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One Step Ahead of the Dog…“Recycle a Quilt, Restore a Dog”

A joint project ofBorn Again Quilts and the Allen County SPCA 

Born Again Quilts (BAQ), a local quilt restoration studio, and the Allen County SPCA (ACSPCA) have partnered to recycle old, hand-made donated quilts to benefit the ACSPCA.

When old, hand-made quilts are donated to the Center for bedding, they will be given to quilt restorer and long-time  ACSPCA member Lois Eubank. She will then perform the necessary work to either restore them or use them as “spare parts” to restore other quilts. Once restoration is complete the quilts will be tagged with the project logo and offered for sale at the BAQ studio and other locations. A percentage of each sale will benefit the Center. Quilts can also be taken to BAQ and designated for the “One Step Ahead of the Dog” program.

It’s a win-win-win for the donor, BAQ, the dogs (and cats) at the ACSPCA, and the quilt buyer. Before this program we didn’t know what to do with the quilts that had been donated to us. They would have been destroyed by the dogs! Now the quilts can get a new life and new home by being recycled and the ACSPCA will benefit from Lois’s love of quilts and animals.

Quilts can be donated and dropped off at the Allen County SPCA, 4914 Hanna Street (Tuesday - Saturday, noon-5) or at Born Again Quilts, 124 W. Wayne Street, Suite 209, across from J.K. O’Donnell’s (Monday-Friday 9-4). Questions? Call Lois Eubank, (260) 515-9446 or visit www.bornagainquilts.com 



Make The ACSPCA a Big Winner
The next Animal Rescue Site Shelter⁺ Challenge - together with Petfinder.com begins on Monday, May 17, 2010. Every shelter and animal rescue organization will have a chance to shine!

The Official Challenge dates are Monday, May 17 through Sunday, August 22. The final and regional winners will be announced on Wednesday, August 25 – the Grand Prize is $10,000!

Begin your voting on May 17 at www.theanimalrescuesite.com or through the ACSPCA website. At the last Challenge over 5.2 million votes were cast for more than 12,000 animal rescue groups – let’s make sure the ACSPCA is one of the   winners of this Challenge. Your votes can make the ACSPCA a BIG Winner!