PETIGREE MAGAZINE Issue 5 | Page 28

38Smiles Events 38smiles and Vienna Veterinary Clinic are holding a Pet Awareness Family Weekend on 10th to 11th May 2014 from 10.30 am to 6pm both days. It will be a day full of fun for the whole family with cats, kittens and puppies for adoption. Various artists will participate in the Arts & Crafts Market Greenheart Organic Farms, No milk for me, Adopt-Me. ae, Petigree Magazine, Kids corner being a few of them. There is also a Yoga & Tai Chi inspired sundown class taking place each day. A True Love Story sister Gena Rowland, who lives in Alaska, de- cided to adopt Sandy after recently losing her pet dog a few months earlier. This is the story of a very loving dog that was abandoned by her family in September 2012 and has waited nearly two years to find a forever home, despite being a very loving and friendly dog. Her story is unique and moving and one of pa- tience, struggle, hope and true love. By Suha Jafri She has finally travelled halfway across the world from Dubai to be united with her new forever family. Meet Sandy. She was rescued by 38smiles in 2012 and since then, has moved from foster home to WOOF! pet services and then to an- other foster home. Her last foster parents were Cheryl and Phillip Hall. They had her for a few months and then finally, Sandy found a forever home. Cheryl’s 28 A fundraising initiative was started to raise