Helping the piggies!

Scotch, Soda and the piglets would like me to tell you about an important fundraiser to help their friends who live at the Hearts on Noses Sanctuary in Maple Ridge.

Next Saturday, March 22nd, a friend of Hearts on Noses is having a garage sale to raise money for the sanctuary. Hearts on Noses is the only potbellied pig sanctuary in Western Canada and survives solely on donations. This is Wendi's second annual garage sale to raise money for the sanctuary.

Date: Saturday, March 22nd
Time: 10:00am- 3:00pm
Where: 3758 Wellington St., Port Coquitlam BC

Janice, the owner of Hearts on Noses, will be there with Casanova, her smooching piggy who travels to schools teaching children about potbellied pigs. You can get your picture taken with handsome Casanova - he may even give you a kiss if you ask nicely!

Even if you live too far away to attend the garage sale, there are other ways to support this great sanctuary. Another animal rescuer, Bev from Parksville, has made and donated an awesome kid's quilt. Hearts on Noses is currently accepting bids on the quilt - you can bid on it by sending an email to heartsonnoses@shaw.ca, with "Bid for Quilt" in the subject line, or by going here (you will need to register as a member to post a bid on this site, but you don't need to register to go to the last page of the thread to find out what the bidding is at). The bidding is currently at $60, and can be raised by $5 increments. Bidding will end the afternoon of Mar 22nd.

Here's a couple of pictures of the quilt:




And one final way to help Hearts on Noses is to go to their website here and either sponsor a pig or make a one-time donation through paypal. Every five dollars means five pounds of carrots, every fifteen dollars means a bag of feed, every $150 - 200 pays for a spay or neuter.

Scotch, Soda and the piglets thank you for your support of the many pigs already at the sanctuary and those yet to be rescued.