Union Gospel Mission women's shelter is official - successful pilot project becomes official program - CNW Group
28 May 2012, 8:01 am
VANCOUVER, May 28, 2012 /CNW/ - Union Gospel Mission is pleased to announce the transition of its women's day-shelter from pilot project to official UGM program. First opened in February 2012, the three-month project was assessed and proved its ...

Some tenants facing admin fees of £600, says shelter Cymru - BBC News
28 May 2012, 1:20 am
Some tenants looking for rented property in Wales are being charged nearly £600 in administration fees, according to new research. The housing charity shelter Cymru said the total cost of setting up a tenancy is often hidden, and it wants new ...

New boutique hotel to ‘shelter’ Island - New York Post
27 May 2012, 10:14 pm
shelter Island is about to get a chic new boutique hotel that is sure to draw some of the stylish set that flocks to Andre Balazs’ popular Sunset Beach resort. Cape Advisors, which has partnered with Balazs in the city and has developed five hotels in ...

Presto, the shelter puppy, served his time and is rewarded with a forever home - Examiner
27 May 2012, 5:13 pm
*Update to Presto’s story of April, 5 2012. Presto is the little Chihuahua mix pup who was found abandoned at around three months of age. The heartsick little dog was rescued and brought to the Nebraska Humane Society over a month ago.

shelter amendment sees senate support - Abington Mariner
27 May 2012, 3:47 pm
A Senate budget amendment that eliminates tighter restrictions on shelter eligibility for homeless families has attracted majority support in that branch a day prior to budget debate, with 22 senators signing on in support. The Senate budget, released from ...

Home Economics: Offering an assist with shelter and school - Philadelphia Daily News
25 May 2012, 7:00 am
In a booming voice able to deaden the rumble of the Frankford-Market El a half-block up South 61st Street, State Rep. Ronald Waters seemed to capture the feelings of his audience in a single sentence. "I’d rather hear the sound of a nail being ...

BARC Animal shelter and Adoptions to honor Houston’s wounded military veterans this Memorial Day weekend - Your Houston News
24 May 2012, 6:57 pm
BARC Animal shelter and Adoptions is honoring Houston’s wounded military veterans by holding a pet adoption event at the Chipotle Kid Power Festival at Discovery Green on May 26. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, BARC will set up a mobile adoption ...

Pup-arazzi & glamour pusses help shelter pets get rescued - Charleston Daily Mail
23 May 2012, 6:58 pm
Local photographers, amateurs and professionals alike are volunteering their time at the Kanawha-Charleston Humane Association. The photographers take portraits of shelter animals, in an attempt to make them more attractive to rescue groups and people ...

In the Kipuka, Birds Take shelter - New York Times
23 May 2012, 10:30 am
David J. Flaspohler, an avian ecologist and conservation biologist at Michigan Technological University, writes from Hawaii, where he is studying the influence of human activities on birds and the natural ecosystems that support them. Thursday ...

The Wonderful Flaws of Insane shelter Dogs - Gawker
21 May 2012, 12:56 pm
The Brooklyn Animal Resource Coalition (BARC) shelter is a no-kill nonprofit animal shelter in Williamsburg. They're great! They do the dirty work of taking care of abandoned animals and, hopefully, getting someone to adopt them. That's not always easy.