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THE DALL
AS POST
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BILL TARUTIS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST
Christine Zavaskas of Leadership Wilkes-Barre shows donations
from two supply drives that her group donated to Blue Chip Farms
Animal Refuge at a volunteer appreciation picnic at the refuge in
Franklin Township.
VOLUNTEERS
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fast and we needed visiting hours
because I live here. People stop
by at all hours and we can’t get ev-
erything done.”
Bart said part of the problem,
too, is the growing need for more
volunteers at the shelter. Cur-
rently, Bart has about 10 “very
dedicated” volunteers and 30 “off
and on” volunteers.
“That’s typical for any organi-
zation, but we need more,” she
said.
Bart also said the Leadership
Wilkes-Barre group sponsored
the installation of air condition-
ing and electrical upgrades in the
Kitty Cottage in addition to the
| food and supply drive, which was
held at Pet Supplies Plus in
Wilkes-Barre.
Theresa Sufleta, of Sweet Val-
} ley, has been volunteering at Blue
| @- for three years and wishes
Pae could do more.
“When I get stressed out, it’s a
i good feeling to be here, knowing
'm helping the animals,” said Su-
: fleta.
George Layaou, of Franklin
. Township, said after he retired,
“he had nothing better to do, but
he chose to volunteer at Blue
Chip because of its mission and
the people involved.
“The people here seem to have
a goal - they aren’t doing it be-
cause they want to be seen doing
it,” he said. “They aren’t doing it
for the fame and fortune.”
Layaou said sometimes it’s a
cult job — especially since
ost of the animals who come to
lue Chip do so in less-than-hap-
py circumstances.
He said one night his son, a
state trooper, was called out to in-
vestigate a dog that had been
thrown off a bridge. Layaou said
the owners had expected the dog
to hit water and drown, but in-
~ stead the dog hit a pole and land-
Blue Chip Farms Animal Refuge
President Marge Bart express-
es her appreciation for a new
sign sponsored by Leadership
Wilkes-Barre.
Blue Chip Farms Animal Refuge
volunteer Sara Horton plays
with Zeek, a German short-
haired pointer at the kennel in
Franklin Township.
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For more information about Blue
Chip Farms Animal Refuge, visit
www.bcfanimalrefuge.org.
ed on a road beneath the bridge.
Layaou said the county in
which the dog was found had no
animal control services, so the
dog was taken to Blue Chip.
Within a week, the dog, which
Bart named Gigi after Layaou
and his son George Jr., was adopt-
ed.
“We have 30-some dogs — we're
at maximum capacity — and
many of them are older dogs that
have been abused,” said Bart.
“Everyone doesn’t need a puppy
or a kitten. We have a lot of older
animals here than can be alone
for eight to 10 hours a day and
would love to have you come
home.”
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“I remember the pork and
sauerkraut suppers when I was
little,” she. “They were always
served family-style.”
Swanson said the Grange
post recently had members of
. the state Grange attend a meet-
ing to revitalize the post, in-
cluding setting meeting dates
and trying to boost member-
ship.
She said the Grange previ-
ously met on a haphazard ba-
sis, and the group did not
strictly follow Grange require-
ments.
“l said, if I don’t do some-
thing, we're going to lose this,”
she said.
Currently the group has 17
members, and 10 members just
joined at the May meeting.
“This excites me because
there’s just so much to offer
people,” Swanson said of the
Grange.
In addition to providing
outlets for families to spend
time together, Swanson said
the Grange is known for its
grassroots activism and had
an important role in women’s
suffrage.
“They always try to keep it
half men and half women,”
she said. “During the wom-
en’s rights movement, wom-
en could vote in the Grange
but they couldnt vote else-
where.”
But the Grange has
changed some, too. Anyone
can join the Grange - it’s not
just a rural-based organiza-
tion anymore. The Grange is
Christian-based, but Swanson
said members of other reli-
gions are welcome to join.
“To hold a meeting, you
must have an American flag
and an open Bible present,”
she said.
Swanson wants to promote
values and traditions on which
the Grange was founded, such
as hometown roots and family.
“Honesty, integrity, patriot-
ism, love of country — these are
the things we learned at our
mothers’ knees,” she.
She hopes the Grange can
provide activities for families
and children in the community
as a way to help youngsters
learn front their elders.
“My sister said she would go
to the Grange and a woman
there would teach her and oth-
er children how to cook,” said
Swanson. “She taught my sister
how to make salads.”
Swanson also would like to
see the Grange provide services
to the community, such as
making care packages for those
in the military or teaching lo-
cals how to tend a garden.
BILL TARUTIS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST
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