Many people sing to be famous but how about Colleen Paige who is singing to save animals?
Recently I made a new friend in Colleen Paige the founder of National Dog Day. My co-host Jeannie Thomason and I brought up National Dog Day on a regular basis on our online radio show, Animal Talk Naturally, prior to and following the August 26th debut because we both thought Colleen's mission was not only an admirable undertaking but a very worthy one. National Dog Day was implemented to have a nationwide adoption of over 10,000 dogs in one day! They surpassed their goal by over 2,000 dogs working in conjunction with shelters all over the country. What an incredible success and how wonderful that so many dogs were adopted!!
Colleen Paige is the daughter of the late actor, Robert Paige. She works as a dog behavorist and trainer and is known as THE dog trainer in Seattle, WA. It seems to me that everything she does is to help animals in whatever capacity she can. She's a multi-talented woman and just lately I discovered her amazing singing talent. With talent like hers she could definitely be taking her show on the road paving the path to fame and fortune. She has a brand new CD that will be releasing in January 2007 entitled Save a Soul. The entire proceeds of the sale of this CD will be going to National Dog Day's Project Shelter, choosing instead to benefit animals rather than her own fame!
I listened to several of the songs and loved it so much I placed my pre-order immediately afterwards. Then I went back to her MySpace page and listened to my favorite song, Ocean View, about 10 more times! You can listen to some of the songs at Colleen's My Space Page.
I'm always so impressed with the right things people do to bring beauty, love, peace, forgiveness, second chances, and hope into a world that is increasingly just the opposite of all these things. Colleen didn't know I was going to blog this today but I was so moved by what she's doing I felt compelled to share it with others, especially because it is to help animals.
Another friend of mine started a new podcast, The Pawz Cauze, to bring animal welfare issues to the forefront and to expose some less than altruistic views masquerading as animal welfare. Her take is a bit edgy and different but as a feral cat rehabilitator and dog rescuer, she wants to expose the wrongs and shed light on the real animal lovers. I hope you'll go support her "cauze for the pawz".
Until next time...
Have a tail waggin day!
