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es page on the ccpc website or call deb chebatoris at 412 220 7800 the next certification class is june 2 in bridgeville all other classes listed are introductory classes read a post about the difference between the two classes and my post about the certification class i attended see below for details of date time and place you need to register for each session by calling deb chebatoris at 412 220 7800 space is limited and registrations are taken first come first served tuesday march 20 2012 washington pa citizen s library 55 south college street washington pa 15301 introductory class 6 00 to 7 30 p m wednesday april 18 2012 north fayette pa western allegheny community library 8042 steubenville pike oakdale pa 15071 introductory class 6 00 to 7 30 p m wednesday april 25 2012 moon twp pa moon twp public library 1700 beaver grade road suite 100 moon township pa 15108 3109 introductory class 6 00 to 7 30 p m wednesday may 2 2012 whitehall pa whitehall public library 100 borough park dr pittsburgh pa 15236 introductory class 7 00 to 8 30 p m wednesday may 23 2012 peters township pa peters public library 616 east mcmurray road mcmurray pa 15317 introductory class 7 00 to 8 30 p m saturday june 2 2012 bridgeville pa bridgeville public library 505 mcmillen street bridgeville pa 15017 certification class 11 45 a m to 4 15 p m note deb chebatoris is a personal friend as well as the person who receives my cats for cremation and is also one of my customers for design and promotion i try to be unbiased all images and text used on this site are copyrighted to bernadette e kazmarski unless otherwise noted and may not be used in any way without my written permission please ask if you are interested in purchasing one as a print or to use in a print or internet publication share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on reddit opens in 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charge for participating the session addresses the needs of families who are experiencing the loss of a precious companion the afternoon will involve both education and remembrance to provide grieving families with help and resources to work through the trauma of losing a beloved companion grief information grief resources tributes fellowship please bring a friend to support you or who also might benefit from attending the one afternoon session is free and will include a speaker to provide grieving families with help and resources to work through the trauma of losing a beloved companion you will be in the company of other families who know the gut wrenching feeling of losing a pet families grieving the loss of their pet are welcome whether or not they have worked with chartiers custom pet cremation where and when the session will begin at 2 30 p m on sunday february 26 2012 at labella bean café in bridgeville labella bean is located at 609 washington avenue bridgeville pa 15017 just two blocks away from chartiers custom pet cremation labella bean will be closed to the public during this session so that we may properly prepare and also contact you in the event of bad weather please rsvp if you are planning to attend by calling 412 220 7800 bleeding heart flowers b e kazmarski for any updates about healing hearts you can either check sign up to receive blog posts from chartiers custom pet cremation or friend them on facebook using the links at left to automatically receive notices and please visit our website at www ccpc ws to read about our services and other pet related resources we offer ________________________ all images and text used in this article are copyrighted to bernadette e kazmarski unless otherwise noted and may not be used without my written permission please ask if you are interested in purchasing one as a print or to use in a print or internet publication share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print like loading holiday open house at chartiers custom pet cremation posted december 6 2011 author bernadette filed under animal artwork chartiers custom pet cremation commissioned portrait events portrait tags animal artowrk cats chartiers custom pet cremation dogs pet first aid demonstration pet portrait gift certificate pet portraits leave a comment the borzois commissioned portrait pastel b e kazmarski visit me at ccpc saturday december 10 from 10am to 2pm for a free gift a mini pet first aid demonstration and holiday gift ideas as deb hosts an open house i ll be on hand with a few portrait samples some shown here and portrait gift certificates for a unique gift idea for someone on your list the free gift the first fifty families to visit will receive a pet holiday survival kit the kit is an easy to store and carry pouch containing the basics of what you d need to provide first aid to your pet in the case of an accident or injury during the holiday festivities or any time pet first aid demonstrations karen sable pet emergency training llc and the instructor for our recent series of pet first aid classes will be on hand to demonstrate several first aid techniques buckwheat commissioned portrait pastel b e kazmarski gift ideas you ll also see several special gift ideas that might please the pet parent on your holiday list including deb s outstanding selection of urns and other memorial items and custom made memorial jewelry join us this saturday chartiers custom pet cremation is located at 442 washington avenue in bridgeville for more information about ccpc or the pet first aid classes visit www ccpc ws if you can t make it to this event you can always purchase a gift certificate in my esty shop ________________________ all images used on this site are copyrighted to bernadette e kazmarski unless otherwise noted and may not be used without my written permission please ask if you are interested in purchasing one as a print or to use in a print or internet publication share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print like loading donation to a wphs event and a visit to the cat colony room posted august 30 2011 author bernadette filed under adopting a cat adopting a kitten animal rescue cats commissioned portrait events western pennsylvania humane society tags animal shelters bernadette e kazmarski best friends calendar cats commissioned pet portraits western pennsylvania humane society 7 comments help i m surrounded there s one behind me too help i m being mobbed by kittens not that i mind in fact that s kind of the point of the cat colony room at the western pennsylvania humane society wphs to get you in touch with your inner kitten and hopefully with your next kitten or adult cat best friend i recently visited in order to drop off my donation to the wphs best friends calendar 2012 preview event upcoming on september 13 details below a certificate for me to create a commissioned portrait for the winner he blends right in the cat colony room of course i couldn t pass up a visit to the newly developed room which opened just this past june with the purpose of providing more room for 10 or more kittens to live together and run and play and a space for people to walk in sit down on the floor and have kittens crawl all over them so they ll just be able to get to know them a little better before adopting this used to be a storage room full of cabinets to store food and things for the cats and rabbits and sinks to clean the litter boxes said gretchen feiser director of pr and business relationships for wphs who took the time to give me a tour we had only one room for meeting cats and on a busy saturday people get frustrated with waiting and we certainly don t want that if they ve come here to adopt kittens wake up ready for play they made a decision in spring to create a second feline meeting room room in time for the dreaded kitten season to help with housing the overflow of kittens and the occasional backup of adopters these kittens have come back from foster homes gretchen continued explaining that they try to get litters of kittens brought in for surrender into foster homes until they are a good age and good weight for spay or neuter normally there are many more kittens in the cat colony room but this morning there were four all girls all spayed and ready for homes the brown tabby who greeted us at the door and had a thing for my shoes was zipper at 11 weeks the three orange kittens were all 12 weeks and all from one litter ringo the orange and white girl lala the orange tabby and sasha fierce the cream tabby now there s a name to tell you about a kitty gretchen with zipper the importance of foster homes the kittens chewed on our shoes and pulled on our earrings and climbed all over us apparently secure in the knowledge that humans are just big cat toys as gretchen explained the importance of foster homes for kittens and all other animals in the shelter kittens often come into the shelter too young to adopt even needing to be bottle fed they may have illnesses common to young kittens may have been found orphaned and need nurturing or they may have been born outdoors and never been socialized with people kittens do much better in a home situation in the hands of people who are willing to feed and cuddle and play with kittens to socialize them and introduce them to children and other pets and a true home situation so that when they are adopted they know how to behave we have a great group of foster homes gretchen said adding that they numbered over 100 at the moment ready to take pets of any age for wellness socialization and cage breaks but we need more especially at this time of year she continued we took in 48 cats on tuesday august 23 and we adopted out 11 those foster homes help take care of the overflow of animals especially cats during the summer a typical foster session may be only days to give an cat a break from being in the shelter or it may be a week or two if they are being treated for an illness such as an upper respiratory infection and need medication or it may be a month or two in the case of young kittens in all cases wphs covers the cost of medication and veterinary care in their own shelter clinic and then they come here like this friendly healthy and ready to play said gretchen as she cuddled an orange kitten if you want to adopt but can t or you want to help out but can t come here to volunteer you can always foster she added volunteer cat cuddlers volunteers while we were there two volunteer cat cuddlers siobhan and sean came in to play with the kittens we come in about twice a week said siobhan and we really do hug kitties sean with kittens we take them out of the cages and visit with them too sean added as a kitten was hanging off his glasses and another was climbing up his back we continued playing with the kittens until they started piling up for a nap the wonderful adult cats next we visited the cages in the main cat room and played with as many kitties as we could yoshi and miko yoshi a long haired tortoiseshell 8 months and miko a long haired tabby 2 years had come from a home where there were too many cats they were a beautiful pair of kitties playful gregarious curious anyone who adopted these two would have a home instantly full of the loving and playful companionship of two cats who were best buddies ready to be best buddies with you peaches peaches white with a few orange spots looked cool and distant at first until she fell down on her side and began begging for pets nearly falling out of her cage gizmo gizmo is a big and quiet kitty long haired tabby with white but i could tell he had a lot of mischief in him and the way he made direct eye contact told me he s ready to be best friend with a human i could hear ursula purring all the way down the row of cages and while she appeared to be a plushy gray kitty rubbing back and forth and being as cute as possible on closer inspection i could see she was a dilute tortoiseshell unfortunately her photo didn t come out well it s a shame i can t sometimes be lakshmi with several extra hands to hold kitties and take photos at the same time of course there were other kitties and i visited last thursday so there may be new kittens and adult cats for adoption but i can assure you that any of the cats i met would make a wonderful companion stop over at the shelter to visit adopt if you can or consider being one of the humane society s wonderful foster homes the 2012 best friends calendar each year the wphs creates a wall calendar featuring photos of wonderful pets as a fundraiser for the shelter through sponsorships and sales the preview event on september 13 2011 will be at the fox chapel yacht club from 6 30 to 8 30 p m and will feature hors d oeuvres and a cash bar calendars for sale and an auction of donated items such as my portrait certificate to benefit the shelter for all this tickets are only 25 00 each visit www wpahumane org or call 412 321 4625 ext 248 open door shelters being an open door shelter means we never turn away an animal in need we currently take in over 14 000 animals each year and have been helping people and pets since 1874 visit the open door shelters website sample commissioned portrait certificate donation of commissioned portrait certificates as my way of giving to shelters i donate a limited number of commissioned portrait certificates to 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