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There are many ways you can help at 4 Paws for Ability! We have families who want you to help make their dreams come true.

We need you to sponsor a dog (autism, multipurpose, mobility assistance, hearing, and seizure assistance).

We have an active Wish List. We need sponsors for small items and large items.

We need foster care puppy raisers. We need volunteers. And we have administrative and facility costs.

The ways that you can help be a part of this program are almost without limit. Take a look at what other are doing:

Cars4Causes

4 Paws is pleased to announce a partnership with Cars4Causes where we can now accept vehicle donations from every state in the US except Alaska.

4 Paws will receive 70% of the net sale of the vehicle, which will go towards our building fund.

To donate or learn more about Cars4Causes, click on its graphic to your left.

And pass the word!

Purchase Tastefully Simple Products to Benefit 4 Paws

Bill Hertz, an Ohio resident, is graciously offering 4 Paws 20% of all Tastefully Simple orders to benefit 4 Paws! Just go to Tastefully Simple's website filled with easy recipes, entertaining ideas, and gifts that are sure to dazzle your taste buds, and place your order.

If you are looking for a way to "keep it simple" try their "Simple Meals Collection" complete with full meal ideas and grocery lists.

Or their "Slow Cooker Recipes" to have dinner waiting when you get home after a long day!

When you are ready to place your online order just use the "Associate" Option and enter "4Paws" as the First Name and "Ability" as the Last Name. Each month 4 Paws will receive 20% of all orders. Your products will arrive via UPS in just a week!

Ready to order? To shop online today, simply go to https://www.tastefullysimple.com/web/bhertz.

If you have any questions or prefer to shop by catalog, phone, or email, simply contact Bill Hertz at bhertz@cinci.rr.com or by phone at (513) 325-8021.

Deals That Give Back

Greater Cincinnati Retailers & Restaurants Offer Unlimited Deals

This is an amazing new cause marketing initiative for Cincinnati residents called Deals that Give Back.

4 Paws for Ability is now approved and we have our own profile page with unlimited deals with restaurants and retailers throughout Greater Cincinnati.

In addition to our own Profile page, they also send out an email feature each day of 1 deal and 1 charity. When people buy deeply discounted Cincinnati deals, 10% goes to the charity of choice: in this case, 4 Paws for Ability.

4 Paws for Ability Joins Investing In Communities® (IIC)

XENIA, OH, February 1, 2011 - Individuals and businesses can now generate financial support for 4 Paws for Ability at no personal cost by making their real estate transactions IIC transactions!

4 Paws for Ability has become an Investing In Communities nonprofit Partner, and can now receive funds through IIC. IIC will enable supporters of 4 Paws for Ability to continue their philanthropy through difficult times, just by satisfying their existing real-estate needs.

The process is simple:

1. An IIC Friend (consumer of real estate services) approaches an IIC Broker Member with a real-estate need (friends may also ask their preferred broker to join IIC if he or she is not already a Member. It's fast and easy!).
2. IIC Broker Members agree to pledge no less than 10% of their commission to the IIC Nonprofit Partner(s) the Friend selects.
3. IIC distributes funds generated by transactions to the selected Nonprofit Partners on a quarterly basis. Friends direct the philanthropy, but the cost is at the Broker Member's expense.

4 Paws for Ability believes IIC will benefit our organization, our supporters, and real estate professionals because IIC replaces a for-profit lead generation industry with a nonprofit platform that generates social value and real financial returns for participants. Though Broker Members fund IIC philanthropy, they receive positive publicity, excellent exposure, and increased visibility in return - all for a third of standard referral fees. In comparison to typical referral fees of 20-35% of a commission, the IIC pledge of 10% represents outstanding value for our real estate friends.

4 Paws for Ability encourages individuals, businesses, and real estate professionals to inquire about participating in Investing In Communities. Visit www.iiconline.org to learn more about IIC. Become a part of IIC, and help tell the world to GET GIVING℠!

Thanks, Wrestle Against Autism!

Many thanks to Wrestle Against Autism, which contributed $6000 to 4 Paws for Ability to help complete fundraising for two families. Kudos!

Give a Portion of your Customer Costs

Bill Sprunk has been a board member of 4 Paws since 2002 and he and his wife own an Indoor Air Quality company called DUCTZ. This is a nationwide franchise organization and they own the Cincinnati and Kentucky markets. The corporate website is www.ductz.com.

Bill has developed a program for 4 Paws which he wants to roll out for residents of Southern Ohio and Kentucky. DUCTZ will donate 10% of the cost of Air Duct Cleaning Services back to 4 Paws if the mention 4 Paws or use the 4 paws reference number. Read the entire story...

Shop to Benefit 4 Paws

Scentsy is a safe, flameless way to add over 80 wonderful scents to your home. Scentsy warmers use a low watt bulb to melt the specially formulated wax slowly and safely. Beautiful warmers are available in three sizes and lots of beautiful designs.

Susan Byczko, a 4 Paws client, is giving all of her commissions and proceeds from sales directly to 4 Paws to help with the funding of our new facility that is so desperately needed! The demand for service dogs for disabled children and adults is increasing, and we have outgrown our building. If we don't add on, the wait time for dogs will increase. Your purchase will help take the "dis" out of disability!

To shop:

1. Log into https://susanbyczko.scentsy.us/Home
2. Choose "Buy From Party" under 4 Paws Fundraiser Open Party on the left-hand side of the home page
3. Shop your heart out!
4. Upon checkout, DO NOT CLICK "ship to hostess"
5. Pay with your CC #

Schnoodleware® Dog Toys, an on-line dog toy company, is donating 10% of total on-line purchases to 4 Paws. The tug and fetch toys are extremely durable. In addition to the 10% donation, Schnoodleware, based in North Reading, MA, will also donate one toy to 4 Paws for every $100 sold to distributors. At 4 Paws, we use these toys in dog training as incentives to play when commands are completed. To purchase Schnoodleware products, go to http://www.schnoodleware.com.

Foster Care for Dogs

4 Paws Needs Families to Provide Homes For The Dogs in Our Breeding Program. Click here to find out more information on our foster care program.

Be a Sponsor

Sponsor a dog, sponsor a dog in prison, sponsor a bathroom, sponsor an office, sponsor our children's play area, sponsor one of our facility cats or one of our facility ferrets.

Click here for the details of how you can get involved in an exciting, important way and make a difference in the lives of children with disabilities!

Wish List

^{(Ongoing need means they get broken and need replaced at times)}

• 1 computer for the kids to use and small computer desks for them
• 1 Computer desk
• 2 Commercial size heaters - New (URGENT NEED)
• 3 Large Toy boxes
• A swing for a child in a wheelchair
• CD players with earphones (ongoing need)
• Children's DVDs (ongoing need)
• Children's music CDs (ongoing need)
• Crates (mostly Large and Xtra large Vari-Kennel type) - Ongoing need
• Dog Toys - Kongs, Tennis Balls, Nylabones (please no rawhides) - Ongoing need
• Extra Large entertainment center with lots of storage spaces, drawers, shelves
• Game boy advance games (we have the Game Boy Advance)
• Game boy games (we have the Game Boy Color)
• Game cube games (we have the cube)
• Hammock with a frame
• Outside playhouse
• Play Station
• Play Station games
• Portable DVD players (ongoing need)
• Rope swing for children with Autism (sling type)
• Sensory equipment and toys for children with Autism
• Toddler size lego's and building blocks
• Toddler toys (new or like new)
• Upright dresser

Just Give!

You may not want to sponsor a dog, a bathroom, or the children's play area. Specifically. You may just understand that all tax-free non-specified donations go where they will do the most good, and that this is the way you choose to help. You may want to be a volunteer.

But whatever you do, be assured, you will touch the lives of children with disabilities, their families, and dogs...Thank you so much for donating!

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