Press releases, 2006 to 2008

The former site collected the group's own press releases here. Each is the group's own account. We summarize the main ones below, newest first. Some carry no date on the page, and those are marked.

Raffle winner (undated, saved in 2008)

The group announced that an Old Bethpage resident had won a raffle for a starter emergency kit for her cat, presented at a monthly volunteer night at the Levittown Library. It said the group had been designated by the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets as the Nassau County Animal Response Team.

Students (March 2007)

Representatives were to speak to students at a Uniondale school on 12 March 2007, with a workbook on how children can help their families prepare. The program covered a family communications plan, pets, a supply kit, fire and flood safety.

A newspaper dinner (January 2007)

The president was among 52 Long Island women honored at a newspaper dinner on 22 January 2007. The release said the group was distributing information to owners of more than half a million dogs and cats in Nassau County.

A Hewlett fire (undated, early in a year)

After a fire damaged 16 units in a Hewlett apartment building and no residents or animals died, the group said it showed that planning works. It repeated tips: keep a leash and carrier by the door, carry proof of identification and health records for your pet, and plan a pet-friendly place to stay.

Federal law (October 2006)

The page reposted a Humane Society of the United States release on the Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act. The law is described in Animal laws.

February 2006

The group announced that a state senator had presented its president a Senate award for supporting Hurricane Katrina evacuees and their pets, and published a release on preparing for the 2006 hurricane season. A third notice in that period announced an animal behaviorist as a speaker at a volunteer meeting in April 2006.

The releases also contain donation and tax-deduction statements. We do not repeat them. Those claims belong to the former group, which is no longer an exempt charity.