NOAH’s Assistance Dogs will be hosting ELVIS!! Joseph E. Hall will be at Butler Gym at Doane College January 24th. Tickets are $20, doors open at 7:00p.m. and the show starts at 7:45p.m. Call NOAH’s at 826-9012 for ticket information. Joseph’s wesite is www.erasoftheking.com.

Always entertaining, get your tickets soon as they are going quickly.

The NOAH’s Canine Crisis Response Team was invited by the Westroads mall management in Omaha, NE to attend the anniversary memorial of the Von Maur tragedy of 2007.  On December 5 and 6, the team returned to the site to remember the victims of the shootings and to provide comfort to mall employees, families of victims and others attending the event.  The teams included:  Amy Wurst and Cabernet, Julie Yoder and Mackenzie, Lisa Ashby and Sadie, Dan Sloan and Toby, Penny Turner and Brodie and Gary Turner and Moritz.  Renea Gernant served as team leader.  In addition, on December 6, the team conducted a continuing education session on grief support at the Centering Corporation, North America’s oldest grief support center and a pioneer in animal assisted crisis intervention. 

NOAH’s Crisis Team spent time in Omaha Nebraska at the Westroads Mall when it reopened after the tragedy there in early December 2007.

You can read our more here

Local news station KETV from Omaha has more here

LINCOLN DOG N JOG THIS WEEKEND!!!
Here is the schedule for the Dog N Jog to be held in the Fallbrook community of Lincoln, Nebraska on Saturday October 11 as part of the Second Annual Harvest Fest. The event will be held is 570 Fallbrook Blvd., Lincoln, Nebraska, 68521 (map to town center): Google Map

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

8:00 AM Registration for the 5K Competitive Run
8:30 AM 5K Competitive Run ($20 pre-registration/$25 on-site)
9:00 AM Registration for Family Events
Booths/Silent Auction/Bake Sale Begin
9:30 AM Canine Good Citizen testing* ($10 for certification)
10:00 AM 1 mile Family Fun Run/Walk & Activities ($10 pre-registration/$15 or family of 5 for $40 pre-registration/$45 on-site)
10:45 AM Children’s Pet Parade/Pet Look Alike Contest/“My Dog Will Eat That” Contest
11:00 AM Pet Handling/Obedience/Dog Demonstrations

An entry form for the races can be found here.

The Capitol Humane Society will be on-site with adoptable dogs from 10-12 in the morning.  Stickney’s Toy Breed Rescue will also also have a booth.

Following the Dog N Jog, join the Fallbrook community for their Harvest Fest with a Parade Homes, Community Arts Events, Route 66 Praise Band, Saltdogs Inflatables, and more.
The competitive run will be directed by the Leaders in Physical Education and Health (LIPHE) Club from Concordia University.

The NOAH’S Crisis Team will be accepting donations of food and supplies for donation to animal shelters and food banks throughout the morning.  These donations will be added to the Fallbrook community drive throughout the day.

*Please contact noahsdognjog@gmail.com for more information or for scheduling and information regarding Canine Good Citizen tests. Please put “CGC Test” in the subject line for Canine Good Citizen inquiries.

Event Sponsors and Participants for this years’ Dog N Jog Events include:  Nestle Purina (with NOAH’s booths), Concordia University (alumni and other booth), Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Fallbrook, Diode Communications, Kicks Explosive Sportswear, Petco, Petsmart, The Mill Coffee and Tea, Husker Auto Group, Orschelns in Seward and Crete, Cici’s Pizza,  Casey’s General Store–Seward, Vondra Veterinary Clinic (booth), Walmart in Seward and Crete, Kalkwarf and Smith Law Offices, City Bank and Trust of Crete and Lincoln, Pinnacle Bank, Runza in Crete, Plains Power and Equipment, FastMart Conoco in Lincoln, Walgreens, Target, Sunmart, Culligan Water, Ken’s USave Pharmacy of Crete, Crete Foodmart, Camp Bow-Wow (booth), Mia Bella Candles (booth), Dee’s Love Shelties (booth), Fallbrook Family Health, Red Eye Coffee (cart), Nature’s Variety (booth), Red Cross (booth), Medical Reserve Corps (booth), Capital Humane Society (booth), Stickney’s Toy Breed Rescue and Retirement (booth) and Nellie’s Pet Snacks (booth).

Hey All! Noah’s needs your help. One of the guide dogs NOAH’s placed has been nominated to be on the new Windstream phone book cover. Hans was placed as a guide dog with Kay Konz in Lincoln Nebraska, who is visually impaired. Please take a second to vote!

So far there are almost 500 dogs entered. The winner of the cash prize will be chosen based on number of votes, but the phone company still gets to decide which dog to place on the cover of the phone book.

Since Hans needs allergy and other medications, it would be so helpful for Hans’ to win the cash prize for veterinary bills and to buy him a lifetime supply of Frisbees and tennis balls, which last about ten minutes each with him.

The link below should get you to his page, or he was entered by the name Hans, on July 8, if you have to hunt for him. you can even bookmark the page and go back every day until about Aug. 6 to vote for him. You can vote once per day for five different dogs.

Hans for Windstream Cover Dog

And for those who REALLY want Hans to win, forward this on to your friends!!

The NOAH’S Canine Crisis Response Team was sent to Petersburg, IA where an F5 tornado destroyed much of the community and killed seven in early June. On the Thursday following the tornado four dog handler teams and a team leader with NOAH’s Canine Crisis Response team began working with first responders, aid worksers and victims. ON Sunday, an additional NOAH’s member team working with the group Animal Assisted Crisis Response (AACR) joined the effort.

More information on this trip can be seen in the June 2008 Newsletter.

On the way back to their homes in Nebraska, they were requested to stop at Schuyler Nebraska to work with responders to the floods there.