Hey everyone! This year I'm teaming up with some of my co-workers and friends from Mexi-Casa to run the Pittsburgh Marathon Relay and to raise money for the Western PA Humane Society. Here's why this is important to me....

 About 9 years ago, I was lucky enough to stumble upon a sweet little cat, Jeanie, who was abandoned alone, hungry, and cold in the middle of January. I've seen first hand how rough homelessness can be on animals. Jeanie lost the tips of her ears to frostbite but otherwise made a full recovery and lived a full, happy life for the next 7 years with people who loved her. My mom has always had rescue dogs and cats and she taught me the importance of being kind to animals. Currently, my finace and I own a rescue dog by the name of Porter. She's part of our family and while life isn't puppy kisses and tail wags all the time, and sometimes she poops on the new carpet, Drew and I couldn't imagine our lives without her. It breaks my heart to think of her or any other dog or cat in the situation Jeanie was found in. That's why I'm asking for help raising money for the Humane Society. A few bucks buys a bag of food or pays a worker. You can make a credit card donation here, or if you want to make a cash donation, contact me personally or stop in at Mexi-Casa. Thanks so much!

Below is a note from the Humane Society about last years marathon and how they spent the money the runners raised....  

Western Pennsylvania Humane Society wrote -

The 2012 Pittsburgh Marathon raised over $56,000 for the homeless animals here at WPHS. With a large portion of that money, we were able to purchase additional cages and hire an additional staff member to expand our offsite adoption efforts. In the 2012 fiscal year, we adopted out over 1,500 cats and kittens from our offsite locations. That means an additional 400+ lives were saved in 2012. Our runners fundraising efforts from the Pittsburgh Marathon helped us to achieve this. Lets work together in 2013 to raise over $100,000 for the animals of the Western PA Humane Society!

Won’t you be a part of our 2013 Pittsburgh Marathon Team and run to save lives?

Check us out online!

www.run4wphs.org
www.wpahumane.org
www.facebook.com/westernpahumanesociety