Bergen Community College Holds Annual Greyhound Adoption Day, Sept. 16
By Mel Fabrikant Wednesday, September 02, 2009, 09:39 AM EDT
Representatives from Greyhound Friends of New Jersey Inc will visit Bergen Community College for the annual Greyhound Adoption Day on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the lobby of the L-wing, Pitkin Education Center, 400 Paramus Road, Paramus. Members of the public are encouraged to attend and learn about ex-racing greyhound adoption. Representatives will answer questions about the breed and explain the adoption process.
Additionally, videos will be shown on racing greyhounds and their treatment.
The event's chair, Bergen assistant professor Harold Kahn, owns two ex-racing greyhounds and is a member of Long Island Greyhound Transfer. Greyhound Adoption Day is co-sponsored by the College's Office of Student Life and Department of Biology and Horticulture.
For more information, please call Professor Kahn at (201) 493-3632.
Greyhound Friends of New Jersey Inc is a non-profit organization that relies on funds generated through adoption, donations and fund-raising events throughout New Jersey. GFNJ rescues and arranges adoption for more than 250 greyhounds each year and is dedicated to finding homes for any greyhound in need. For more information on GFNJ, please contact Ellen Ganopoulos at (973) 759-0461 or visit their Web site at www.greyhoundfriendsnj.org.
About Bergen Community College
Bergen Community College is a public two-year coeducational college, enrolling more than 15,000 students in Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, and Associate in Applied Science degree programs and certificate programs. More than 10,000 students are enrolled in non-credit, professional courses through the Division of Continuing Education, the Institute for Learning in Retirement, the Philip J. Ciarco Jr. Learning Center, located at 355 Main Street, Hackensack, and Bergen at the Meadowlands, located at 1280 Wall Street West, Lyndhurst. Information about the College is available at www.bergen.edu or by phoning the Welcome Center at (201) 447-7200.
Additionally, videos will be shown on racing greyhounds and their treatment.
The event's chair, Bergen assistant professor Harold Kahn, owns two ex-racing greyhounds and is a member of Long Island Greyhound Transfer. Greyhound Adoption Day is co-sponsored by the College's Office of Student Life and Department of Biology and Horticulture.
For more information, please call Professor Kahn at (201) 493-3632.
Greyhound Friends of New Jersey Inc is a non-profit organization that relies on funds generated through adoption, donations and fund-raising events throughout New Jersey. GFNJ rescues and arranges adoption for more than 250 greyhounds each year and is dedicated to finding homes for any greyhound in need. For more information on GFNJ, please contact Ellen Ganopoulos at (973) 759-0461 or visit their Web site at www.greyhoundfriendsnj.org.
About Bergen Community College
Bergen Community College is a public two-year coeducational college, enrolling more than 15,000 students in Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, and Associate in Applied Science degree programs and certificate programs. More than 10,000 students are enrolled in non-credit, professional courses through the Division of Continuing Education, the Institute for Learning in Retirement, the Philip J. Ciarco Jr. Learning Center, located at 355 Main Street, Hackensack, and Bergen at the Meadowlands, located at 1280 Wall Street West, Lyndhurst. Information about the College is available at www.bergen.edu or by phoning the Welcome Center at (201) 447-7200.
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