Pet Palooza Raises $90,000 for Animals

Pet Palooza Raises $90K for Animals
Where do you go to enroll your beloved pooch into Camp Bow Wow or commission an oil portrait of your diva-dog? Why Pet Palooza, of course! What is a Pet Palooza? It is an event to raise much-needed money for the Humane Society whose goal is stop the euthanizing of any animal. Pet Palooza raised $90,000 to save the lives of wonderful companions and loving pets! Congratulations!
And you can indulge your perky pet from gourmet pet food to couture clothing to sending them to swanky doggie-day care! Oh, to be a dog!
Click here for more pictures from Pet Palooza!

Home Maintenance Tips

Repair the Ravages of Winter

As Spring approaches, keep these tips to freshen the outside of your home.
1. Prune your trees and shrubs.
2. Head to the shed and do a “tool inventory” to make sure you have all the items you'll need in the months ahead. Inspect the tools you already have. For example, test your hoses for leaks.
3. Spring is a good time to paint fences and the exterior of your home, especially wood surfaces, to protect them from summer heat and sun. Wood decks should also be sealed once a year.
4. Now that the heating season is over, have a chimney sweep clean fireplaces and flues.
5. Inspect door and window screens for tears. You can often repair small tears using a kit from your local hardware store. This will prevent insects from getting into your home, and keep you comfortable on the screened porch.
6. Have your gutters cleaned.

Community University is for everyone!

Feeling lost in your own neighborhood? Maybe you need Community University! This is a series of classes put on by Charlotte Mecklenburg Neighborhood Development Department. They want neighborhood leaders and leaders-in-waiting to know that there are services available to them to help with your community organization. The classes are FREE!
CU is a neighborhood capacity building program dedicated to providing high-quality training to Charlotte residents to improve the strength and vitality of neighborhood organizations and the overall quality of community life. The courses are intended to engage, inform and equip participants with the training and assistance needed to help them improve and maintain their communities.

March workshops will be held at the Methodist Home Recreation Center, located at 3200 Shamrock Drive from 6:30 until 8:30 p.m. and include:
Tuesday, March 10, How Are We Doing: Neighborhood Checkup
Thursday, March 19, 501(c)(3) Status and Neighborhoods: What it Means for You

All workshops are free and open to Charlotte residents. To register, visit neighborhoods.charmeck.org and click on the CU icon or email neighservs@ci.charlotte.nc.us.
Customized training
If your neighborhood has a specific need, email neighservs@ci.charlotte.nc.us to arrange for a customized training workshop. To see a list of topics, visit neighborhoods.charmeck.org. Please note that a minimum of 10 participants is needed for a customized training.