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NCCAT
Thursday, September 1:
Paul and
Freckles spoke to teachers and
curriculum advisors at
The North Carolina Center for the
Advancement of Teaching
in Cullowhee NC.
Tennessee book
signing
Sunday, September 11: Freckles, Trish,
and Paul had a great tiime
and met dozens of wonderful folks at the Barnes & Noble Bookstore
in Knoxville TN. Special among them was Catherine (pictured below)
who came early and stayed, keeping Freckles company and introduc-
ing to others and helping Paul tell Freckles' story! She is a very
special
person who obviously will be a lifelong friend of all animals
everywhere.
Mission
hospital
Saturday, September 11: Freckles, Trish,
and Paul paid another visit
to
Mission Hospital
in Asheville NC to see the great kids who
are there.
We met some super youngsters!
read-a-thon
Tuesday, September 20: Paul and
Freckles spoke to 350 K-3 students
at the Read-a-Thon
at Avery Creek Elementary School in Arden NC.
These kids had some of the best questions ever!
hope for
horses
Saturday, September 24: This was
the Fall Hay Day fund raising event for
Hope for Horses, a local non-profit organization that rescues
abandoned,
abused, and otherwise unwanted horses in Western North Carolina.
Founder Whitney Wright (a neighbor of Freckles!) invited Paul to speak
about the need for help for the animals in the Gulf Coast region
following
Hurricane Katrina (and now Hurricane Rita).
Whitney
and an equine vet recently drove a horse trailer to Louisiana to
help rescue horses. She did more than that. For the return trip, she filled
her
trailer with
dogs and cats!
One was an all-white mom cat with
her six newborn kittens. There was
another black orphan kitty. The white cat adopted it. It's not the
color of
your fur that counts, it's what's in your heart!
hall
fletcher elementary
Thursday, September 29: With
Trish, Freckles
made her first visit of the
school year helping first graders
at Hall Fletcher Elementary in Asheville
NC with their
reading skills. This nationwide program has a great success
record. The kids read aloud to dogs like Freckles and they love to
listen!
Freckles did this all last school year at Hall Fletcherand loved it (and so
did the kids)!
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