May 192010
| A large crowd gathered to see the models walk the runway wearing colorful creative outfits fashioned from donated fabric at the Modified Style Fashion Show held Sunday May 16th. Music, raffles, and a silent auction added to the fun. John from OTP spoke briefly to the audience about OTP plus we met some nice people visiting our table to learn more about Out to Pasture. Thank you to Modified Style for letting OTP be one of |
| three nonprofits benefiting from the fashion show this year. |
May 122010
| Volunteers worked hard but also snacked on vegan pizza and watched Orville the peacock fan his feathers in the warm spring sunshine. Babe the pig’s new straw house and enclosure was completed in time for the scheduled arrival of Babe Sunday morning. The cat habitat (Catatat?) now has most the wire up and will be ready soon for our feline friends. Thank you to everyone for all your hard work and good company. |
| Kit’s photos Wendy Williams’ photos |
| Update on Babe: Babe had made other plans for her day Sunday which evidently did not include getting into the trailer for her current caretakers. Pig Rescue Services will be transporting Babe soon to OTP. |
Apr 162010
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Over twenty energetic volunteers came out to work for the animals at Out to Pasture. The new pig pen for Babe (the farm pig/ pot-bellied mix) now has all the posts cemented in. Leroy the goat’s house was expanded to twice its size in preparation for the arrival of his girlfriend, Loretta. The addition to the rooster pen was framed plus the invasive laurel hedge, holly tree and blackberry bushes all got trimmed back. Stalls were cleaned, gates fixed and more chores. Whew! Thanks to all our awesome volunteers for many jobs well done.
Kit’s photos Wendy Williams’ and Karen LeMay’s photos |
Apr 092010
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During the work party on April 7th, Rick the hoof trimmer found and cleaned out an abscess on Singer’s hoof. He explained to all of us how he trims hooves and how to care for an abscess. We learned a lot and even Iggy and Hamilton were all ears. |
Apr 092010
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Over a dozen people showed up to volunteer at OTP. Some clipped a path through a jungle of blackberrry bushes for a new fenceline in the back pasture. Others hauled load after load of wood chips to the pig pen and horse shelters. And others dug postholes for Babe’s new pig pen. Stalls were cleaned and manure was gathered into large piles for composting. Rick Vandenbrook the hoof trimmer came out and trimmed Singer’s hooves. The |
| documentary film crew filmed all the activity. And the peacock fanned his feathers. What a great day! Thank you to everyone who worked so hard to make a nicer home for the animals at OTP. |
Apr 072010
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When a free table became available at the last minute for the Better Living Show at the Portland Expo Center on March 26, volunteer Ninette jumped in and “manned” the table all day by herself. Many thanks to Ninette for gathering signatures for our email list and talking to many people interested in what we do at OTP. |
Mar 232010
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Volunteers from the Portland Animal Defense League and PSU’s Animal Liberation Coalition celebrated spring break and the equinox at OTP with lots of hard work under a warm sun. Workers battled a Tsunami wall of blackberries to clear a fenceline for Babe, a potbellied/farm pig mix coming soon to OTP. Another heroic group of volunteers spent most of the day staining Leroy the goat’s new fence under the scrutinizing gaze of Leroy. Thanks to everyone |
| who came out and worked so hard to make the place nicer for the animals. The next work party is scheduled for Saturday April 10th starting at 10:30 am. |
Mar 092010
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We had a great work party yesterday-we finished Leroy’s fence and he’s now out there chomping away on blackberry leaves. Huge thanks to the Portland Animal Defense League (ADL) volunteers who cleared out the blackberry bushes and we finished the cedar fence, adding cattle panels behind the fence so Leroy can’t butt the fence down.
Our next work party will be Saturday March 20 with the PSU Student Animal Liberation Coalition. More details coming soon. Anyone interested in joining us should contact Kit at kit.collins@gmail.com. Vegan snacks will be provided. |
Feb 272010
I regret that I wasn’t able to be there, was feeling quite sickly. So bummed.
From the OTP Facebook ‘Wall’ page…..
“Chad Miller $500 tonight at the benefit show! Come and get it. Thanks to everybody who took part. And thanks to Aaron B. and Jeremy of Laughing Horse books helping make it happen and for hosting.”
On behalf of the OTP animals, Kit and John, thanks to everyone who participated…thanks to Chad and Emiko…Food Fight Grocery. Thanks to all of the musicians/bands. Thanks to Aaron B. and Jeremy of Laughing Horse Books for helping to make it happen and for providing the venue. Thanks to everyone who was there for the show and made a donation. Borrowing a phrase from a Neil Young song….’keep on rockin’ in the free world’. Thanks to all who do so much to help human and non-human animals every day!
Kevin
Feb 252010
| …who sipped or even slurped their drinks for Out to Pasture on Tuesday, February 23, during the benefit day at Sip. Thank you to Sip and all you sippers for raising $478 for the animals at Out to Pasture. And if you couldn’t make it there Tuesday…please stop by tomorrow, or the day after that, or the day after that for a vegan milkshake and other yummy beverages. Sip website. |
