 |
|
|
 |
 |
|
 |
|
|
 |
|
|
 |
|
|
 |
|
|
 |
|
|
 |
|
|
Get
your
Chain Off 2007 Attire!
|
||
|
Jamie
Oswalt Excerpt from Variety makes event success Photo
and article BY ANDREW NEEL July's edition of First Fridays can best be described in one word: diversity. A Miami Indian led an American Indian chant on the stage at the west end of the courthouse square early Friday evening as a preview of this weekend's pow-wow festival. While the sounds of the American Indian drums reverberated in the air, Jamie Oswalt was sitting on top of a doghouse at the north courthouse steps. She was chained to the structure from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday to raise awareness for Dogs Deserve Better, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping chained and penned dogs. "Now I know what it feels like to be a dog that is chained up," Oswalt said. "It's very hot and exhausting. I am very fortunate that tonight I get to leave. I get to unchain myself."
Marion Chronicle Tribune article, and pasted below in case the link no longer works: GUEST
COLUMN I am an area representative with Dogs Deserve Better, who educates and assists dog owners with chained and penned dogs. This organization is nationwide and evolving faster than what the founder, Tammy Grimes, had expected. Our position is to educate dog owners of the cruelty, isolation from family members and mental and physical effects it has on the dog. We have owners who welcome the education and assistance we offer with fencing, basic obedience, house and crate training. Other dog owners who don't care about their dogs relinquish their ownership to us. In this situation, the organization pays for medical bills, including spay/neuter, heartworm test and vaccinations and deworming. The overwhelming amount of chained/penned dogs alone in Marion has created a need for foster homes. Me and Marie Belanger, my fellow representative, are the only two representatives in the entire state and need the public's assistance. There are requirements and paperwork to fill out in order to become a foster parent. If you live in the city, county or surrounding area and are interested in becoming a foster parent, please contact Marie at chainsoff@sbcglobal.net or myself at oswalt74@yahoo.com. If you do not have access to the Internet, you can reach Marie, 1-765-517-1532, or me, at 1-765-506-0607. Please join Marie and me on July 6 at First Friday in downtown Marion for the Dogs Deserve Better fifth annual "Unchain the 50" chain off. I will be chained to a doghouse from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the courthouse square. As a nonprofit, we struggle to make ends meet. Monetary donations and sponsors for my "chaining" are so greatly needed and appreciated. You also can go to our Web site and click on "Unchain the 50," scroll down until you see Indiana and sponsor me. Merchandise will also be available for sale. We are a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, and any donations you make will be tax-deductible. Thank you, Marion, for your dedication and love to our four-legged family members. They do deserve better. Jamie
Oswalt is the Marion representative, Region 6, for Dogs Deserve
Better.
Excerpt from July's First Friday includes old, new activities BY
ANDREW NEEL July's edition of First Fridays will include both the familiar and the unusual. The monthly community festival will be today at the courthouse square. In addition to the food vendors, rides and activities present at every First Fridays, July's event includes a woman chained to a doghouse, a bench press competition and a newlywed game. Marion resident Jamie Oswalt will chain herself to a doghouse on the square from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. today to raise awareness for the nonprofit organization Dogs Deserve Better. Oswalt is one of 104 people in 34 states participating in Chain OFF 2007, an event designed to educate people about the neglect of chained and penned dogs. "Dogs that are constantly chained don't get any socialization," said Marie Belanger, DDB's regional representative. "They become lonely and frustrated and that causes a lot of bad behavior. Eventually, a little kid could wander too close to their chain and get attacked."
We
can now accept donations over the phone If
you'd like to donate via regular USPS mail, you may print
out this
|
