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<DIV>Hi Juliet. I don't know how much you see your emails but wanted to
make sure I don't confuse you.</DIV>
<DIV>I have sent you some correspondence between myself and Purina, Greenies and
Pet smart so far..</DIV>
<DIV>I wasn't sure but sent them personal email rather than cluttering up the
list but can in the future send them to the list if that's better.</DIV>
<DIV>As soon as I have time I will send out some more inquiries to petco and
some other places.</DIV>
<DIV>The purina site does give grants to assist community education projects,
but the form gave me problems maybe with jaws it works better I use
window-eyes.</DIV>
<DIV>I ask them if we can contact someone via phone if we aren't able to access
the online form properly and forwarded you my correspondence.</DIV>
<DIV>If you could get a grant to assist in holding training and public
assistance seminars that could be very helpful in the future because you could
use it to bring in speakers from other affiliates, print and distribute
literature, promote the seminars etc. Probably such a grant would be very
helpful right about now with the Carlsdad seminar--it could be a great help for
the organization if we got one of these grants. Also with a company like
Purina such a grant might not be just a one time thing. Like they have
with the girl scouts and other community groups they might form a bond or
partnership which could be a great help during future years.</DIV>
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<DIV>I'll let you know as well as the list if we get prize donations.</DIV>
<DIV>God Bless:</DIV>
<DIV>Mike Peterson</DIV>
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