Prairie’s Edge Humane Society will host our Annual Dinner and “Auction for the Animals” on Saturday, April 12^th at the Northfield Ballroom. We are planning a fun filled evening with a wonderful buffet dinner, speakers and hundreds of wonderful items on the silent auction as well as a “buy it now, cash and carry” section.  All proceeds will benefit the animals at Prairie’s Edge Humane Society.  Come out and help raise funds for the homeless animals we care for by purchasing a dinner ticket and bidding on the auction items.  This year’s theme focuses on the healing and therapeutic power of animals.  You can purchase tickets on line by clicking here.

Our first speaker, Kendall Iverson will share his personal story of receiving a heart transplant on December 24, 2012 and adopting his dog Cooper shortly thereafter from the Prairie’s Edge Humane Society. Kendall and Cooper have had a difficult journey during 2013 due to illness and complications with his transplant resulting in the need for a 2^nd open heart surgery this past year. Kendall will share what has transpired with his health over the past year and how Cooper was his support, his therapy and his best friend through it all while a patient at Abbott Northwestern Hospital and during his recovery.

Our second speaker, Chaplain Ken Burg, is a full-time chaplain at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, working especially with the Advanced Heart Failure Team, the same team which has treated Kendall Iverson.  He has been a pastor serving in various full-time capacities since 1980.  He has witnessed first-hand the power of therapy and service animals in the treatment and care of many patients at Abbott.

There will be a video presentation of special needs animals helped this year as well as alumni from the Prairie’s Edge Humane Society during the program.  If you have not sent a photo of your adopted pet from Prairie’s Edge Humane Society please do so now to admin@prairiesedgehs.org.

We are planning our largest Auction ever and we need your help to make that happen, either by donating an item for the auction or by purchasing a ticket to the event!

Dinner menu: Chicken breast with wine sauce, vegetable cordon bleu, blended rice, baby red potatoes, green beans and carrots, salad, roll, cheesecake, beverage. PLEASE INDICATE WHEN PURCHASING YOUR TICKETS IF YOU WILL BE EATING THE VEGETARIAN OPTION.

Cost: $20 per person or you may purchase a table for 8 at a discounted price of $130 (no refunds). Tickets may be purchased on line or at the PEHS shelter.  Full table reservations must be made in advance.  We will list all full table sponsors in our program!

For further information or to purchase tickets and make reservations by phone contact the PEHS shelter at 507-334-7117

We have had a great response to our spay/neuter clinic for outdoor cats which will be held on World Spay Day on Tuesday, February 25th!  At this time the clinic is full.  If you would like to be put on a waiting list for any future clinics, please contact the shelter at 507-334-7117.  Thank you!

Prairie’s Edge Humane Society will begin new hours of operation as of Tuesday, February 18, 2014.  We will be open to the public Tuesday-Friday, 1-6 pm and Saturday, noon-5 pm.  We will be closed on Sunday and Monday.

Nationwide, an estimated 6-8 million homeless kittens, puppies, cats, and dogs enter animal shelters every year.  Spay/neuter is a permanent, 100-percent effective method of birth control for cats, dogs, and rabbits. When we spay or neuter pets, feral cats, and other street animals, we ensure that those animals and their offspring will not add to the millions of already suffering animals by continuing to reproduce. The message of World Spay Day is that by spaying or neutering your pet, by supporting spay/neuter efforts in the United States and abroad, and by informing others of the importance of spay/neuter, you become an important part of the solution! World Spay Day occurs annually on the last Tuesday in February. The next World Spay Day will occur on Tuesday, February 25, 2014. World Spay Day events are held throughout February, which is Spay/Neuter Awareness Month. World Spay Day is truly a global effort: Hundreds of animal welfare organizations, veterinary clinics and hospitals, schools, businesses, and individuals in the United States and around the world organize World Spay Day events to educate people in their communities about the life-saving importance of spay/neuter,  to provide spay/neuter services at special prices for particular populations, and to raise critical spay/neuter funds.

In observance of World Spay Day, Prairie’s Edge Humane Society will host a low-cost spay/neuter clinic for outdoor/barn/community cats on Tuesday, February 25th.  Surgeries will be done at the Prairie’s Edge Humane Society shelter in Faribault.  $50 will cover the surgery plus a rabies vaccination.  Please contact the PEHS shelter at 507-334-7117 for details and to register.

It’s time for the annual pancake breakfast!  Join us Sunday, January 26th from 8:30 am – noon at the Northfield Eagles Club, 304 S. Water St., Northfield, MN 55057  for a great, inexpensive breakfast and help raise money for the animals at Prairie’s Edge Humane Society.  Tickets only $6 and can be purchased in advance at the Prairie’s Edge Humane Society shelter in Faribault or at Canine Design and Countryside Animal Hospital in Dundas, as well as at Cannon Valley Veterinary Clinic and In The Dog House in Northfield.  Tickets are also available at the door!  All proceeds benefit that animals at Prairie’s Edge Humane Society! 

Volunteer Opportunity!  We are in need of volunteers to help at the pancake breakfast!  Help is needed with set up, cooking, serving, busing tables, ticket taking and clean up.  Shifts are from 7:30 – 10 am and from 10 am – 12:30 pm, or ANY portion of those times that you are available to help!  If you would like to volunteer please contact volunteer@prairiesedgehs.org.