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Stephanie and her
rescue cat Marco |
Dear fellow animal lovers and
fans of Breyer:
I have had a love for animals
for as long as I can remember
and found my first Breyer model,
an alabaster Shetland pony with
three legs, at a flea market
when I was probably six years
old. ("Sandy" is still part of
my collection, of course.) I've
also always enjoyed sports and
fitness of all kinds, including
riding, softball, running and
more. When Breyer became
involved with the American
Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals and I heard
about their benefit
Half Marathon in Los Angeles on
October 30th,
also known as the Rock n' Roll
Marathon, I knew that would be a
goal to be proud of. By
training to run the 13 mile
race, I'd also be raising funds
to help animals through ASPCA.
My four wonderful cats, Molly,
Marco, Linus and Sydney, are all
shelter adoptions
- and it's all I can do not to
take in every dog, cat and horse
I find at our local
organizations. It's truly
heartbreaking to see so many
animals in need of homes.
What's going to happen to
Cinnamon and Jake??
While I support my local
shelters as much as I can, I
also enjoy supporting a national
organization such as the ASPCA.
They have tremendous reach
through television, magazine,
newspaper and internet, to
educate the general public about
responsible care and ownership.
They hammer home the message
that it's the right thing to do
to treat animals with compassion
and respect; and they have the
means to go after and prosecute
animal abusers. To get the
message to sink in, ASPCA
repeatedly promotes the
all-important spay and neuter to
prevent more unwanted animals;
and they also drive families to
shelters to give a pet a second
chance. This kind of broad
awareness helps generate change.
I know that many of you support
the cause already with your own
responsible ownership and
volunteerism. But I bet you've
encountered ignorance in others
- those who don't have their
animals spayed/neutered or don't
train their pet and end up with
a problem that a shelter has to
solve when it becomes too much.
Let's do something to generate
awareness and responsibility -
the only way is to constantly
repeat the message until it
becomes second nature.
Will you consider supporting me
as I run my race to help
animals? A donation of any size
at all is most welcome - even $5
can make a big difference! For
those who are able to provide a
greater commitment of $100
(which is approximately $8.00 a
mile!), Breyer has generously
donated a very exciting
Stablemates model, "Hermes,"
(Greek god of athletics and
sport, among other things) to
help me provide a little thank
you. I'm really excited about
this because it's a great gift
to help me raise more money for
the animals! All donations are
made directly to the ASPCA and
are tax deductible. There are
a total of 75 Hermes pieces.
Donations can be made at the
Team ASPCA website as follows:
www.teamaspca.org/participant/steph4molly.
I will not be able to keep a
live tracking of the 75
Stablemates and won't know how
many donations I have received
in total until after the race (I
will pack them up to ship by
November 15th), so please only
donate because you feel great
about supporting the ASPCA! I
can't guarantee a Stablemates
model because of this - but I
can guarantee that any support
you can provide is going to a
wonderful cause. Any questions
please email me at
teamaspcastephm@yahoo.com.
Many thanks!
Kind regards,
Stephanie Macejko
Vice President
Marketing & Product Development |
