April 10, 2009 RSS feed / News

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April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Every 4 hours and 46 minutes someone is raped in S.C.
Photo from Living with the Enemy by Donna Ferrato More...

Easter B'egg Hunt

at Pets, Inc. 300 Orchard Drive West Columbia, SC April 11, 2009 Noon- 6 pm

Photos with Easter Bunny Bake sale Open House at the Center Dogs pick tennis ball to win a prize... More...

Bark to the Park

Contributed by Project Pet

If you don't already have Bark to the Park on your calendar, go put a big circle around April 18 right now! We are going to have a great time and we want all our supporters and their pooches there having fun with us! More...

Riverbanks wants you!

Contributed by Riverbanks Zoo

Join Riverbanks Zoo and get free admission and free guest passes (each guest pass is a $9.75 value). All Riverbanks members can take advantage of these primary benefits: 1. More...

Symphony League members make magic for music

Christian Thee and Bruce Bahr host Magic and Maestro party for a Symphony League fundraiser
Photos courtesy of Billy Rawl

The purpose of the Symphony League is to foster, promote and increase musical knowledge and appreciation of the performing arts in the community, and to cooperate with and support the South Carolina Philharmonic. More...

Passion wins over profession

Volunteer's passion guides her to executive director of STSM
By Natasha Derrick

It was late 2004 when Genevieve Waller discovered a classified ad that would change her life. "I was looking for a volunteer position that was completely unrelated to law," she said. More...

Poet's father taught him to honor women

By Natasha Derrick

Two decades ago Eugene Washington was watching the news when one story in particular caught his attention. A woman in Fairfield County had been doused in gasoline and burned alive by her boyfriend. More...

NAPPS to certify America's pet sitters

Contributed by NAPPS

The National Association of Professional Pet Sitters (NAPPS) has announced the launching of a new nationwide certification program for the country's professional pet sitters. More...

City and county join to better serve animals

Contributed by The City of Columbia

The City of Columbia held a Grand Re- Opening of the newly expanded City of Columbia Animal Shelter on April 3, 2009, at 11 am. The Animal Shelter is located at 127 Humane Lane (off Shop Rd. / I - 77). More...

We love our animals

Allan Hobbs, artist at Village Artists gallery, holds Leo, who is up for adoption. (See front page story.) More...

Symphony League celebrates Valentines with a ball and concert

Anne Robinson was crowned Queen of the Valentine's Ball and Concert More...


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