Another Successful Year For Animals And The Environment (NAPSA)—It’s in the can. Paws to Recycle, the nation’s first alu- minum can recycling program to benefit animal shelters recently wrapped up another successful campaign—bringing the total of money raised for shelters to more than $2.7 million. The money is used for important shelter operating costs such as food supply and spay and neuter programs to benefit every community. Every year, Alcoa Inc., Ameri- can HumaneAssociation (AHA) and Purina PetCare Company supply animal shelters with the tools and resources needed to conduct aluminum can recycling drives from September through November. “The best part is that recycling aluminum cans for Paws to Recycle not only benefits animal shelters but the environmentas well,” said Cindy Strowbridge, marketing coordinator for AHA. For the 2002 program, Paws to Recycle is awarding grand prizes of $3,000 to four shelters that demonstrated exemplary achievements in the most pounds of aluminum cans recycled, most community involvement and best publicity campaigns. The 108 participating shelters recycled more than 786,000 pounds of aluminum while keeping 24 million cans out of landfills. Five “Wild Card” winners were also chosen and awarded $500 each. In addition,all participating shelters received coupons for cat and dog food products manufac- Fundraising campaign wraps up its ninth year of helping animals and the environment. tured by Purina PetCare. “This is a partnership weare so proudto be a partof,” said Barbara Royer-Healy of Purina PetCare. “Between all of the diverse resources that Purina, AHA and Alcoa bring to the table, we have a rock-solid equation that has made the last nine years a huge success.” According to Craig Covert, market development manager for Alcoa’s Rigid Packaging division, more than eight million pounds of aluminum cans have been recycled since the program began. “For nine years now, the program has greatly benefited the lives of shelter animals, while increasing aluminum can recycling at the grassroots level in communi- ties nationwide,” said Covert. To learn more about how you can help both the environment and animal shelters, call 1-800646-7297 (PAWS).
