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Photos from the New York Stock Exchange!

December 24th, 2010 Bev 1 comment

Representatives of Iams Home 4 the Holidays rang the closing bell today at the New York Stock Exchange. Oh, I wish I coulda been there!!

Here’s a link to the NYSE video showing today’s closing bell. It only a couple minutes long—and OH SO CUTE!!

Iams Home 4 the Holidays Adoption Angel Jack Nazarian and his pup Jane, second left, representatives of the Helen Woodward Animal Center and adoptable puppies and kittens from Bideawee animal organization in New York rang the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange to celebrate the Iams Home 4 the Holidays pet adoption campaign Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010 in New York. The campaign, which began on Oct. 1 2010, aims to raise awareness about pet adoption, place 1.5 million pets in happy homes and donate 5 million meals to homeless pets by Jan. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, Iams)

Iams Home 4 the Holidays Celebrates the Holiday Season and Raises Awareness for Pet Adoption; Nedra Abramson of Helen Woodward Animal Center; Nancy Lynn Taylor, President and CEO of Bideawee Inc along with orphaned dogs and cats ring the Closing Bell at the NYSE. Source: NYSE Euronext / Valerie Caviness

Christabelle, an adoptable dog, poses at the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010.

Source: NYSE Euronext / Valerie Caviness

(L-R) Neelam S. Modi, Iams Brand Manager; Nedra Abramson of Helen Woodward Animal Center; Nancy Lynn Taylor, President and CEO of Bideawee Inc. Source: NYSE Euronext / Valerie Caviness

Source: NYSE Euronext / Valerie Caviness

Source: NYSE Euronext / Valerie Caviness

Maddy Callahan holds Christabelle at the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010.

Maddy, Claire and Jane Callahan hold kittens from Bideawee Animal Organization at the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010.

From left, Neelam Modi and Yeechin Harvey, both from Iams, Ronald Taylor of Bideawee, Nedra Abramson of Helen Woodward, Alex Harris and Nancy Taylor, both of Bideawee, and Kathleen Flynn and Steve Flynn, both of Helen Woodward, pose at the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010.

From left, Nedra Abramson of Helen Woodward, Yeechin Harvey of Iams, Jack Nazarian and his dog Jane, Nancy Taylor of Bideawee and Neelam Modi of Iams pose at the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010.

Yeechin Harvey of Iams holds Liam, a kitten from Bideawee Animal Organization at the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, Dec 23, 2010.

Categories: My Iams Life, My P&G Pet Care Life Tags: cats, Current Events, dogs, End Pet Homelessness, Iams Home 4 the Holidays, NYSE, rescue, shelter

Iams Home 4 the Holidays is at the New York Stock Exchange Today!

December 23rd, 2010 Bev Comments off

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To raise awareness for pet adoption, the folks at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) have invited some of my Home 4 the Holidays buddies to ring today’s closing bell! This is the 5^th year that we’ve participated in the bell ringing—and you can watch it today LIVE on the NYSE web site! Live steaming will start at 3:59 PM EST.

Representing Iams Home 4 the Holidays on the NYSE podium will be our friends from the Helen Woodward Animal Center and Bideawee. Joining the group will be our Adoption Angel Jack and his pooch Jane (Jack adopted Jane from Bideawee). Rounding out this group are Yeechin and Neelam, two of my teammates from Iams (I am SO jealous that they got to go!)

My good buddy, Nancy Taylor (who runs Bideawee) will also bring some of Bideawee’s adoptable orphans. They’ll be down on the trading floor prior to the bell-ringing looking for perspective pet parents. Last year, all the orphaned dogs and cats that came for the bell ringing were adopted by folks on the trading floor (after going through Bideawee’s standard adoption process, of course). I hope that happens this year, too!

Someone will be taking photos—and I’ll post them here as soon as I get them.

Livestreaming of the closing bell begins TODAY at 3:59 PM EST. The bell gets rung at 4:00 PM EST. Be sure to set whatever alarm you have handy so that you can tune in and see the NYSE go to the dogs (and cats)!

More details are on the press release on the NYSE site.

Oh how I wish I could be there!

[Edited at 3:39 pm to add photo of Jane]