Iguana Mack’s 4th Annual Roadhouse Run Features Food, Fun
and Benefits Maricopa County Animal Care & Control
Calendar Listing
WHAT: Iguana Mack’s Roadhouse Run:
A dog-friendly, two-mile fun run/walk, followed by lunch and contests with your favorite canine.
WHEN: Saturday, March 20, 2010 from 9:30 AM – 12:00 PM
WHERE: Iguana Mack’s Arizona Roadhouse
1371 N. Alma School Road, Chandler
WHY: To raise much needed funds and support for Maricopa County Animal Care and Control (MCACC).
· Offer a family-friendly environment to promote pet adoptions
· Increase community awareness of MCACC’s special programs & need for community support

DETAILS:
Dog-friendly, two-mile fun run/walk registration fee is $20 per person (includes an event T-shirt).
Activities and contests include:
· $6.95 lunch specials for people
· Dog lunches available for $3
· Reservations recommended
· Exhibits and vendor booths
· Pie eating contest for dogs
· Gift basket raffles
· Onsite adoptions through MCACC’s Mobile Pet Adoption Bus 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
· For information and/or registration www.iguanamacks.com

All dogs present at Iguana Mack’s Roadhouse Run event must be sociable, on a leash, licensed and current on all vaccinations.
All pets adopted during Iguana Mack’s Roadhouse Run event on the MCACC’s Mobile Pet Adoption Bus will be spayed or neutered, licensed, provided with leashes or cat carriers and a free wellness exam. Adoption fees are $85 for dogs and $55 for cats. For more information on adoptions, please visit www.maricopa.gov/pets or call (602) 506-PETS.

Maricopa County Animal Care & Control (MCACC) is a full service animal welfare agency with shelter, adoptions, field services, licensing and education programs. Their mission is to promote and protect the health, safety, and welfare of people and pets in Maricopa County.
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Dear friends of United Food Bank:
In April of this year we will be moving to a new facility so that we may better serve the hungry in Arizona. We will be staying in Mesa. Our new warehouse will be on Nina Street which is just west of Extension off Broadway. (Some of you may remember it as the old Rosarita Factory.)
To help furnish our new warehouse/office, we are reaching out to our friends to see if, by chance, you may have a source of some of the items we need. You may have the item, or you may know of someone who does. You may be refurnishing your office and need a new home for your old furniture, etc.

Any help you can give us in donating these items will mean that we can direct our monetary resources towards food for the hungry. Please see the list below, and if you can help with anything, give me a call—480.926.4897 ext. 212.

On behalf of United Food Bank and the people we serve, THANK YOU!
2 – Kitchen refrigerators fairly new, at least one double door and one smaller unit
1 - Small round conference type table
4 – Conference room type chairs
4 – Break Room Tables (round preferred)
20+ -Break rooms chairs (matching)
2-4 – Coffee Makers
4 – Micro Wave Ovens
1 – Toaster oven
1 – Commercial Vacuum Cleaner
20 - Guest Chairs for Offices –matching pairs
10 to 12 – Training Tables – (preferred size….20”w by 60” or 72 “ long, standard height)
30 + - Conference Room chairs (matching)
8 - Office suites –8 offices (desk, credenza, etc)
13 - Matching task chairs – to use in workstations
10 - Executive office chairs
2 – L shaped desk units

Take the Pound for Pound Challenge and help us “Lose Nationally. Feed Locally.” Visit http://pfpchallenge.com to sign up today. Pound for Pound will donate 14 cents for every pound pledged! Make sure to select United Food Bank as the beneficiary of your pledge!

Donna V. Rodgers
Director of Resource Development
United Food Bank
358 E. Javelina Avenue
Mesa, AZ 85210
480.926.4897 ext. 212
480.926.7025 fax
drodgers@unitedfoodbank.org
www.unitedfoodbank.org
Neighbors Helping Neighbors
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Grand Opening Gala Event
Saturday March 6, 2010
3pm — Late
Please join in the fun to celebrate our success and new, expanded location!
Complimentary Appetizers & Beverages
$1 Glasses of Wine & Beer
From 4 to 6PM

Enjoy Live Music & Aussie Games
Didgeridoo Player 3-5pm
Ribbon cutting ceremony with Gilbert Chamber of Commerce
Town Officials ~ 4:30 pm
lack Jack live band 5-8pm
DJ playing your favorite dance music after 8pm until late!

1422 W. Warner Rd, Gilbert Az
The Islands Shopping Center, NE Corner of Warner and McQueen
tel 480-545-4900
www.downunderwinesandbistro.com
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2010 Census to Begin
Support your schools, parks, police and fire: Fill out your Census form when it comes in the mail this March.
Why do residents move to Gilbert? Answers given often include the schools, the parks, the safe and clean community. Our Town was recently named the safest community in the entire state and 24th in the nation, something that we need a strong police and fire department to maintain.

These are exactly the programs and services that continue to attract residents to our Town, and exactly the services that a full Census count supports.

This year the Census is the quickest in history, with only 10 questions. Fill out those questions and return their forms immediately – and no one will ever come to their door or call.

It is very important to every resident that we get a full count in order to maintain the programs that have been made a priority by our residents.

Play a role in your neighborhood and pass on the word at local events and meetings. For more information on jobs and how the Census fuels our Town and school programs, visit www.gilbertaz.gov.

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The Town of Gilbert has launched a new community information service designed to deliver public safety and community information. This service is called Nixle, and it delivers trustworthy and important notifications instantly to you by cell phone text message, email and web. There is NO spam or advertising and notifications are available to you at no cost; however, your standard text messaging rates do apply.

As a user, you are able to choose the information that you want to receive, from urgent public safety alerts and advisories to less time sensitive community information. The town believes this is a valuable tool for our community because it provides real time, secure public safety notifications to subscribers. Public safety notifications from the Gilbert Fire Departments could include; a serious injury or fatal crash in which a helicopter is enroute and an intersection is closed, a public safety emergency that requires people to stay in or remain away from their homes or traffic safety implications around a large fire scene. This messaging capability allows us to get important information to you very quickly.

If you want to receive these notifications, you need to go online at www.Nixle.com and click "register now." The Town believes you will find that this notification capability will help keep your family safe and informed.
Information provided by Sheri Gibbons, CEM, Emergency Management Coordinator, Gilbert Fire Department, 480-503-6333, sheri.gibbons@gilbertaz.gov
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Members in the News - Benjamin Franklink Plumbing
Arizona Small Business Association 2009 Companies to Watch Award- Benjamin Franklin Plumbing was awarded this award on 11/6/09, they were 1 of only 37 companies statewide given this award for 2009. Benjamin Franklin Plumbing was chosen for its strong business and customer ethics, superior customer service and community work, they reviewed a number of items that made Benjamin Franklin Plumbing stand out this year among many of the other nominees, one item talked about was the community work and monetary donation that Benjamin Franklin Plumbing gave to support the Rosie On The House Habitat House.

2009 Greenbuild International Conference, Benjamin Franklin was the only plumber handpicked by Kohler to do the Green plumbing at Chase Field and the Hyatt to unveil their water conservation Green Plumbing products. Benjamin Franklin was lucky enough to have personal discussions with them to offer our suggestions and experience on their water conservation products. I can tell you their water conservation products are excellent and we are proud to offer them. They are a true leader in this Greenbuild movement.

Benjamin Franklin plumbing is now an accredited GreenPlumber, this certification means consumers can trust that our company has been through a number of water conservation training courses and have passed the certification tests needed to be certified. Some courses include Solar Water, climate care, caring for our water, water efficient technology and water audit services. There are just a couple accredited plumbers in the Phoenix area that have this accreditation and the only one on the Rosie network.

Benjamin Franklin Plumbing is the first plumber in Phoenix to offer and install the new RUUD Super efficient heat pump water heater, this is another option for homeowners for electric water heating, it is the only electric water heater with Energy Star Rating and it qualifies for the 30% tax credit, most of the time this water heater does not require any retro fitting to install in the place of the existing standard electric water heater.
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