Testimonials – F. LaRocca & Sons, INC.
Flavio La Rocca & Sons, Inc. reconstructed our slate walkway and patio in May 2015. We couldn't be more pleased with the workmanship; both the walkway and patio, which were in terrible shape after the rough winter, now look beautiful. In addition, Flavio La Rocca completed the work in the time frame and at the price they quoted in their original estimate. Overall, working with Flavio La Rocca was a wonderful experience; we highly recommend them.
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We are very pleased with the masonry work that was recently completed on our home by F. La Rocca & Sons. The men arrived promptly early each morning, and worked steadily throughout the day. At the end of each work day, the entire area was cleaned and all materials stored.
The men did far more extensive work than we expected, and the porch, stairs, walk, retaining wall and driveway look like new.
Mr. La Rocca responded promptly to our request for an estimate, and the work was completed on budget and within the specified time frame.
The front of our house looks beautiful, and we have received many compliments on the work. We certainly highly recommend Mr. La Rocca to anyone needing masonry services.
My compliments to you, Cathy and the construction crew for a job well done on the installation of the new Patio and the masonry repairs to the front stairs and walkway.
I am delighted about the results of this project and enjoyed working with you and your staff. Your expertise, professionalism and advice were most appreciated.
I have recommended your company to my neighbors at 105 Mountain Avenue who are in need of masonry work and I understand from speaking with them that they will be engaging your services.
Thank you for a job well done on the repair of the driveway walls at my home. The Flavio La Rocca operation, generally, is very professional and reliable. Given the reputation the company enjoys, I was impressed with the efficiency exhibited in "La Rocca fashion".
I must mention the two young men, Jami and Roman, who primarily worked on the partial reconstruction of the driveway walls and the installation of stone veneer. With minimal supervision, they worked very neatly, quietly, and diligently to complete the job. They also patiently answered questions I might have had. Their dedication, pride in their work, and knowledge are evident.
I would be remiss if I failed to mention the professionalism of your Secretary, Cathy, who handled each call very carefully and with true expertise.
Mr. La Rocca and his team need to be commended for their professionalism. Promptness, work ethic and ability to complete our drainage installation in one day!
We look forward to working together again in the spring on other projects.
We would highly recommend Flavio La Rocca & Sons for an expert and exceptional landscaping project!
Once again, as always, it has been a pleasure dealing with your company.
Cathy is always so helpful and courteous whenever we needed to call her. Your men are pleasant and hard workers, and we are always satisfied with a job well done by all.
It is greatly appreciated when knowing that we are able to have an experienced company when we need to rely on someone who knows what they are doing.
Recently we had our driveway repaved and the walk from the driveway to the front door replaced. To choose a company to do the work, we drove around the area and noticed the good work done on driveways where the La Rocca sign was displayed. As a result we engaged them to do ours. We were not disappointed. They brought teams of skilled workers supervised by a member of the family. The work project was finished in 4 days as predicted by the Estimate. We are very pleased by the final result and so do passerby who stop and look hard at the driveway.
Finally I must recommend the Office Administrator, Cathy Porco for her politeness and the way she guided us throughout the waiting period while the permit was being processed. We recommend Flavio La Rocca and Sons, Inc.
I highly recommend Flavio La Rocca and Sons for any masonry projects. We chose Flavio to install stone veneer around our house and front steps because of his experience, but also because he was honest, professional and easy to talk to. Once we hired him, we were able to choose our stone from a variety of samples, and we were also able to view it before installation. While quality was important to us, the look of the stone was equally as important. Flavio assured us that as long as we communicated our needs to him, we would like the results. He also encouraged us to share our input with him and the crew during installation. Our house looks beautiful and we have received so many compliments from our family, friends and neighbors.
Flavio was onsite every day, and if the crew could not work due to weather, the office manager called me first thing in the morning to let me know. Our project was completed on time.
This is the second time in as many years that I have used Mr. La Rocca's company to perform work at my home. I am delighted to be able to say I am once again completely satisfied with the way the project went and the quality of the final product. The project was completed on schedule even though the scope of the project grew as I added on additional areas in need of restoration. Mr. La Rocca expertise in the area of restoration benefited the end product as he suggested ways to incorporate repairs that when completed blended in with the original work that was done over 100 years ago. Finishing touches like back filling areas with top soil and seeding were not stated in the contract however they were not treated as "extras". The cleanup after the job, and the finishing touches are just as important as the "heavy" work. Job well done!
Thank you to Flavio La Rocca and his staff for doing such a great job in providing expertise in masonry. We are now enjoying our new front steps, side steps and front walkway. Flavio's employees completed their masonry work professionally and expeditiously. They were focused on their job, worked carefully and kept the property clean while doing the assignment. The Office Manager, Cathy, was also very helpful.
It was a pleasure working with Flavio and his team. We would highly recommend Flavio La Rocca & Sons, Inc. to our neighbors, family and friends. Thank you again for a job well done.
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From the very start after estimating the work, you thoroughly explained each step of the process and payments for us to have a clear understanding on what you were going to do. As you promised and guaranteed, everything was done accordingly and promptly on time. There was no need for any negotiation and or arguing which is hard to avoid with other companies. The entire process went very smoothly. The workers were all very pleasant which gave us a feeling of trustworthiness and responsibility.
The front steps and the driveway are beautifully done. Now we don't need to worry about any cracks, hazards and the way they look. Thank you very much for a wonderful job and experience.
I was very happy with the professionalism and the fact that you started and completed the job when you promised you would. Flavio La Rocca and Sons will be the first company I call for any future projects and I will feel confident to recommend them to anyone I know.
installing sod on all sides.
Throughout all of these undertakings, every operation was professionally handled. Working with Flavio was an absolute joy. The customer service of this company is superb!! I could not have expected any better response to the queries I had. This company squarely suited my personality as I tend to be a person who wants every "I" dotted, and every "t" crossed. They have certainly met all of my concerns and beyond. I consider every dollar on this project very well spent, because after completion I was one hundred percent satisfied. This company will certainly be the one I call upon for any future needs I may have.
I wanted to write a quick letter of recommendation for F. La Rocca and Sons, for any driveway paving. They did any excellent job for us on our driveway blacktop. One could see the materials Flavio used were actually better that what the original builder had included. They estimated the job at a fair price, and the work was done on time. They were great!!
We want to express our gratitude for the work that you and your team have done. The craftsmanship was impeccable. It was truly unique and one of a kind. You completed the work as promised, which was very important to us. We had looked around with other contractors for this work and your company was the only one that was able to give a reasonable proposal and also complete all that had been proposed. The finished product was beyond our expectation.
We want to thank you once again. We will highly recommend your company.
From my original call to Cathy, to Flavio's site visit for an estimate, to Flavio's suggestions and recommendations, everything was extremely professional, courteous, and informational. The workmen were experienced tradesmen and under Flavio's supervision finished the seating wall, made from all natural stone and the installation of the patio beyond our expectations.
I found out what a caring owner is all about, when , at 6:30 AM Flavio was at our house hosing down the seating wall and patio to ensure there would be no cracking of the concrete due to the extreme heat and the curing effect of the concrete.
I would highly recommend Flavio's firm for any of the services he offers.
Thank you for your expert advice and supervision of work for our recent home landscaping improvement project.
The work was performed as agreed for the price quoted and was completed as scheduled. We appreciate the special care that was taken to avoid damage to existing underground cable lines and sprinkler system. Your construction crew was polite, efficient, and left the site in good condition. Your office staff was courteous and helpful throughout each phase of the project.
We are pleased to recommend your company to our family, friends, and neighbors without reservation.
The above mentioned contracting firm has recently completed a home improvement project for me. The work was done well, promptly, and courteously. I have no hesitation in recommending this firm for any appropriate contracting job.
My family would like to extend our greatest appreciation for a job well done. Looking back, words cannot describe how happy we were to have done business with your company. The new patio area, steps, stucco and walkways look great! All stages of the work were clearly defined and met in a timely, efficient, and professional manner. The work crew was phenomenal in their quality of work, cleanliness, and professionalism. There is no question about it that we are more than satisfied customers. It was a pleasure doing business with you and we look forward to future projects with Flavio La Rocca & Sons. We would highly recommend Flavio La Rocca and Sons to anyone seeking true professionals.
This letter is to recommend Flavio La Rocca & Sons, Inc. for any masonry, driveway paving, drainage, stone work you may have. They did an excellent job for us on our driveway Blacktop, two retaining walls, two entrances with natural stone and Bluestones. They beautified our driveway with Belgian block curbing on the sides and an apron at the driveway entrance. They also turned an ugly old wall into a show piece by installing mosaic stone veneer over it. They bid the job at a reasonable price. Flavio, the owner was on site every day to supervise the work and his workers were on time, neat and did a fantastic job that not only pleased us, but it was the envy of our neighbors. Flavio finished the job on time, addressed our concerns and came in on budget as promised!
If you have any need for any work on your home or business, see Flavio. He accommodated us to finish an additional stone wall and a street curb in front of our property. He does everything to code so you have no worries about your local municipality Building dept. See Flavio at Flavio La Rocca & Sons, Inc. They will not let you down!
Re: Expansion and installation of new driveway with Belgian block curbing on both sides; installation of Trench drain and Drywell, new Bluestone walkway, steps and front porch.
Thank you for providing us with your expertise in paving and masonry. We are now enjoying a more beautiful and functional driveway and front walkway, and hearing compliments from our neighbors.
We appreciate very much and applaud you and your team for the exceptional experience we had working with you from start to finish.
We had requested initial consultation and estimates of this work from three different companies, including yours, of seemingly comparable reputation. We pursued your company based on that first meeting. You were thoroughly knowledgeable not only of the prospective work, but also of the process in acquiring the required permits and allowable metrics. Equally important to us, you were immensely professional. We could not be happier with our experience throughout the duration of this project.
This project finished ahead of schedule, on budget, and with the design and quality upon which we agreed. We are pleased that you handled all processing of permits. In addition, we appreciate your willingness to coordinate electrical work with a separate contractor.
Your company's outstanding customer service spans the whole team – from your leadership to your administrative staff. All communications were prompt, fair, kind and considerate.
We would surely turn to your company for future projects, and would highly recommend you to our family and friends.
Wishing you and your company sustained success.
I just want to send a thank you note to Flavio and his entire staff at Flavio La Rocca & Sons, Inc. for a job well done on my property. Flavio and his crews showed up when they said they would, completed the work as detailed in the proposal on time, on budget and left my property looking like the front cover of a home and garden magazine. I couldn't have asked for a better job.
It's great to do business with an outfit that's professional from start to finish, has all the necessary equipment for any job big or small and has talented, well trained and courteous personnel performing the work. When the owner of the company is out there directing the workforce, you know he is taking personal care of the job and final product.
I would not hesitate to call on Flavio La Rocca & Sons, Inc. again for any of my contractor needs.
We would like to say "Thank you" for a job very well done and customer-first attitude to Flavio and company.
We recently hired F. La Rocca and Sons Inc. to demolish and replace our existing driveway and sidewalk, repoint a retaining wall as well as install a Cultec drywall for proper drainage. After several estimates we decided to go with La Rocca based on their professional demeanor, detail oriented proposal and breadth of experience in the field. The demolition work was completed quickly with minimal damage to adjacent areas and the new installation looks great and exceeds all expectations we had. It was a smooth operation from start to finish and Cathy, from the office, kept us aware of the next steps to ensure there were not surprises. It was a pleasure doing business with you and we would definitely recommend this company to anyone in need of similar work.
We are very pleased with the work done by your men over the past few weeks.
All the walkway stones, brick work on the chimney and front of the house and new landscaping were completed with care and precision as well as in a timely fashion.
We would be happy to recommend your business to friends and neighbors.
It is my pleasure to supply this letter of recommendation on behalf La Rocca & Sons.
They handled several challenging jobs on our property from repaving a driveway and installing a drain in front of our garage which led to a bigger project of taking care of some drainage issues on the sides of our home. They maintained high standards of customer service as well as utilized quality materials. Their workers were courteous and our property was always left in perfect condition each night.
The owner Flavio really cares about his work and it showed with this follow through and great attitude. Flavio is always pleasant to deal with and had great solutions for our problems. His office is very well organized and always returned calls and showed up when he said he would. They keep track of all the details necessary to keep things running smoothly. We are very satisfied with the outcome.
This letter is written in regard to F. LaRocca & Sons, Inc. who has been a snow removal vendor for the Bronxville School District located at 177 Pondfield Road, Bronxville, New York 10708 for several years.
The company is excellent and is always reliable when it comes to removing snow from the school grounds. The expertise and timely manner getting the grounds cleaned before staff and children arrive are superb. I am confident that LaRocca & Sons loyalty and expertise will be a great asset in any organization. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions.
I would like to personally thank you for the excellent job done at my home which included installing Belgian blocks, drywell/recharger, new crushed gravel and blacktopping my entire driveway in just two days. My neighbors and I were truly amazed.
P.S. I will always recommend F. LaRocca & Sons very highly to anyone in the future.
I went to Iona Prep yesterday after your men left and I could not stop smiling, with a few tears in my eyes, at the beautiful courtyard you have completed at the Paul Verni Fine Arts Center. It is beyond my expectations in every way and I am now proud of what we have done at Iona in memory of our son Paul.
Vito and I also appreciate all the extra work you did by seeding the necessary areas and putting the red chips around the building. I want you to know I am very happy now with the building and the courtyard which is what should have been there from the beginning and the benches are truly wonderful and will be enjoyed by the students at Iona Prep for many, many years.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the work you did at our home at 31 Albert Place. We are incredibly pleased with our new stairs, patios and driveway. Your workers were always courteous, clean and the utmost professionals.
When we started the process of interviewing contractors, we were nervous and apprehensive about finding the right person to do the job. You eased our concerns, did a fabulous job and everything was done ahead of schedule.
Please feel free to use us as a reference for future projects, as we could not be happier with the outcome. Thank you and your staff so much, and we hope to work with you again in the future.
I would like to express my sincere appreciation for your timely and professional work performed at my home. It was refreshing to deal with an individual which keeps appointments, promptly responds to calls and performs the work as agreed and in a skillful and professional manner.
I have been disappointed by many other contractors in the past, but I can now say that I have found a company that has exceeded my expectations.
Now that the job is done, I want to write a note of thanks to you, your crew and to Cathy in the office. Everything was conducted very professionally, from start to finish. Your company did a great job keeping us updated on what to expect and when. Your crew was polite and hardworking, and they clearly knew what they were doing! The job was done efficiently and on time. And we are very happy with the results. It looks great. It drains great. Your crews were very careful not to damage plantings along the driveway. They even returned the dog's "invisible fence" to working order.
Thank you. It was a pleasure doing business with your firm. We would gladly recommend Flavio LaRocca & Sons to anyone rebuilding their driveway.
F. LaRocca & Sons, Inc. were true professionals. They assessed our needs and delivered a quality project with minimal disruption. The project was done in such an efficient manner…So much so that I had them do a second project. Both my wife and I are very happy and satisfied with F. LaRocca & Sons, Inc. and their employees.
I would highly recommend them to others as well as utilize them again in the future for other projects.
We hired Flavio LaRocca & Sons, Inc. in the Fall of 2009, to expand our driveway, replace our driveway walls, re-do our walkway with pavers and update our steps with natural stone and pavers, His team also replaced our side steps and put in a side patio of pavers as well. We were so impressed with the workers, office staff, as well as Flavio LaRocca the owner. Flavio came to the work several times a day, helped on the job, and was available to us whenever we had questions. Also, his team was very impressive. They arrived at the jobsite on time, worked all day, and even came on the weekend. In addition, the office staff was very helpful and responsive to all our needs. My Husband and I are very happy with the outcome of the project and would highly recommend Flavio LaRocca & Sons, Inc. for masonry and landscape work.
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Having just walked out of my home and admired my new front walkway and driveway, I thought it would be appropriate to write you a short note to express my thanks for the superior work that your company provided me with on our home renovations.
You never know what you're going to experience when you begin doing business with a contractor, a painter, a roofer or any tradesman for that matter.
I'm happy to say that my experience with you, your crew, and your office personnel was a pleasure.
You were always prompt and on time for our meetings, you told me precisely how the job would advance day by day, and everything went like clockwork.
Your crew is skilled and they were friendly, neat, and clean. My renovations look great and I have only you to thank for that.
Feel free to use my name as a reference for any future customers that want to learn how a past customer feels about your work.
I simply had to write this letter. I have dealt with many contractors in my life and I have NEVER written a letter to express my complete satisfaction. I'm sure we have all had negative experiences with contractors who we would love to write a negative letter about, but this experience was quite opposite.
Your men completed the job in a timely and thorough manner. They cleaned up the work site at the end of the job so my yard was back to what it was prior to your arrival. But that is not all I would like to say, my front steps are just shy of a masterpiece. Everyone in the neighborhood is talking about them. Random people are driving by and giving "thumbs up" signs. It really brings a smile to your face.
I guess when you tell someone you are going to do a job, you really do it, and do it right! Your word means a lot. In the middle of the work we ran into a few things that were somewhat unexpected and your solutions in order to "complete" the job were absolutely beautiful.
We realize that you went ABCD "Above and Beyond the Call of Duty" and we really appreciate it. Simply stated, I have never had a contractor that held true to his price even when it ultimately involved doing more than what might have been expected to complete the job. Only someone who takes such pride in their work and their reputation would do such a thing.
I would recommend your men and your company to anyone. In fact, I know at least two people who have already reached out to you for more work. Congratulations on being the kind of company you can really feel good about.
Please accept my very sincere thanks and appreciation for the correction of a very serious flooding problem that resulted from the street resurfacing that was done in front of my home.
I appreciate very much your immediate response to my concern. You inspected the problem, recommended the installation of a drainage system, and also recommended the replacement of the entire driveway with Black Top. Our initial conference was greatly enhanced by a professional presentation of licenses, certificates of liability insurance, schematic diagrams and specifications of the drainage system, and photographs and references regarding your past work performance.
I appreciate even more, however, the quality of work that was done – from demolition and excavation to the final application of Black Top. From beginning to end, you and your crew demonstrated considerable respect for my property and the adjacent property of neighbors.
Yesterday's torrential down pouring of rain provided an invaluable test for the evaluation of your workmanship; and, needless to say, I am more than pleased with the results. There was absolutely no flooding in either my garage or the basement den.


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Japan Air System (JAS; jap. , Kabushiki-gaisha Nihon Ea Shisutemu) war eine japanische Fluggesellschaft mit Sitz in Tokio und Basis auf dem Flughafen Tokio-Haneda. 2002 fusionierte sie mit Japan Airlines.

Geschichte

Erste Jahre
Die Fluggesellschaft wurde am 15. Mai 1971 als Tōa Kokunai Kōkū (TDA; , engl. Toa Domestic Airlines) durch die Fusion der Tōa Kōkū (, engl. Toa Airways) und der Nihon Kokunai Kōkū (, engl. Japan Domestic Airlines) gegründet. Die Flotte bestand anfangs aus Boeing 727-100 und NAMC YS-11, ab 1974 wurden hauptsächlich Douglas DC-9 in mehreren Varianten eingesetzt. Von 1981 bis 1987 kamen elf Airbus A300B2 hinzu. 1983 wurde die Japan Air Commuter als Tochtergesellschaft gegründet.

Aufnahme internationaler Strecken
Tōa Kokunai Kōkū wurde schließlich am 1. April 1988 im Zuge der Aufnahme internationaler Strecken zu Japan Air System umorganisiert. Zu diesem Zweck wurden zwei McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 sowie 12 Airbus A300-600R gekauft. Die Fluggesellschaft flog nun vom Flughafen Tokio-Narita nach Seoul. 1993 wurden Verbindungen nach Singapur und Honolulu aufgenommen.

Im Jahr 1995 flog Japan Air System 99 Flughäfen im Inland und einige im Ausland an. 1997 stieß die erste Boeing 777 zur Flotte hinzu. Hierfür veranstaltete Japan Air System einen Wettbewerb für eine neue Flugzeuglackierung. Diese wurde 1997 mit der Einsendung des 13-jährigen Masatomo Watanabe zum 25. Firmenjubiläum der Öffentlichkeit vorgestellt. Im gleichen Jahr wurde die Harlequin Air als Tochtergesellschaft gegründet. 1999 wurde eine Codeshare-Partnerschaft mit Northwest Airlines gestartet.

Fusion mit Japan Airlines

Im November 2001 teilten Japan Air System und Japan Airlines (kurz JAL) ihre Fusionspläne mit der Öffentlichkeit. Zu dieser Zeit kontrollierte JAL 25 % des Inlandmarkts und damit nur halb so viel wie All Nippon Airways (kurz ANA), weshalb Japan Airlines in der Fusion eine mächtigere Position im Inland sowie einen verstärkten Konkurrenzkampf mit ANA sah. Im August 2002 wurde ein gemeinsamer Flugplan entworfen.

Am 2. Oktober 2002 gründeten die beiden Airlines die Holdinggesellschaft Japan Airlines System (). Die beiden Marken "Japan Airlines" und "Japan Air System" blieben weiterhin bestehen, bis am 1. April 2004 die Japan Airlines ihren Namen in "Japan Airlines International" und Japan Air System in "Japan Airlines Domestic" änderte. Damit wurde die Nutzung des Namens "Japan Air System" offiziell beendet. Am 1. Oktober 2006 fusionierten die beiden Unternehmen schließlich.

Flugziele
Als Basen dienten zuletzt die Flughäfen Tokio-Haneda und Osaka-Itami. Japan Air System bediente zahlreiche innerjapanische Ziele und konzentrierte sich dabei vor allem auf die Flughäfen Fukuoka, Chūbu und Neu-Chitose. International wurden die Städte Hongkong, Guangzhou, Kunming, Xi'an, Seoul, Singapur und Honolulu vom Flughafen Tokio-Narita aus angeflogen.

Flotte

Im Laufe ihres Bestehens betrieb Toa Domestic Airlines (TDA) beziehungsweise Japan Air System (JAS) folgende Flugzeuge:

Zwischenfälle
 Am 3. Juli 1971 zerschellte eine NAMC YS-11 im Anflug auf Hakodate am Berg Yokotsu-dake. Bei dem Unfall kamen alle 68 Insassen ums Leben (siehe Toa-Domestic-Airlines-Flug 63).

Tochtergesellschaften
 Japan Air Commuter
 Hokkaido Air System
 Harlequin Air

Trivia
 Die Flugzeuge vom Typ McDonnell Douglas MD-90 der Japan Air System trugen jeweils verschiedene "Rainbow"-Sonderlackierungen, die vom Filmregisseur Akira Kurosawa entworfen wurden.

Siehe auch
 Liste ehemaliger Fluggesellschaften (Asien)

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Einzelnachweise

Ehemalige Fluggesellschaft (Japan)
Japan Airlines
Gegründet 1971
Aufgelöst 2002

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David Cobley grew up in the Midlands and attended Liverpool School of Art for just one term before dropping out and heading East to Japan, where he lived and worked for ten years. He eventually came back to England and worked as a freelance illustrator for several years in Bath, whilst he developed his drawing and painting in his spare time. Today, David is an incredibly well-established artist, having made his name as a portrait painter David has completed commissions of The Princess Royal, Ken Dodd, and Professor Stephen Hawking to name but a few. David has been a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and was elected a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters in 1997. He has exhibited at Messums, Beaux Arts in Bath, and Mall Galleries.
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Stories listed chronologically except for 1st story because it warms our heart so much.
How our beds helped a long term shelter pooch in New York
So far I've made a number of the beds for my local feral cat rescue and local dog shelter. It's going well and my husband and I really enjoy making them.
Turbo had been at the Schuyler Shelter for MORE THAN A YEAR. He got the first bed we sent to Schuyler and this is a photo of him using it. He LOVED it they said. Funny thing is, within one week of getting the bed, he was FINALLY adopted. They said he stopped "rushing" the front of his cage whenever someone came to see him because he was so cozy on his bed. People finally started noticing him for the nice dog he was and BINGO.....he has a wonderful home now! Gave me goosebumps when they told me. I thought that was pretty cool. Sure makes me want to make more beds.....for Harlan in Kentucky and as many other places as possible.
Donna in New York
Turbo. Waiting for a home for over 1 year. After he received his elevated dog bed, he was adopted within a week. Read why to the left.
January 21, 2021
If you have connections to shipping or financial support in Cape Town, South Africa, please contact Brenda directly at:
Brenda Isaac, 4 Swaan Crescent, Amandelsig, Kuilsriver, Cape Town, 7580, South Africa
Email: Brenda@vhf.co.za
Hi Kellie
Wow, Its Monday morning here, I am having an early start at work and can you imagine the me starting my week off like this, the surprise on my face when I saw your mail. I did not expect this at all, this is unreal I need to pinch myself. Thank you so very much for the kindness you have shown, it just brings tears to my eyes right now. I still can't believe that this is happening. My hope has been restored.
I am sorry that I haven't kept in touch with you, but a lot has happened since our last communique, COVID has not being very kind to my broader family here in SA. For the whole of last year we have come off unscathed by this pandemic but from the January to date I have lost a cousin in Cape Town and a cousin and his wife in Johannesburg due to COVID. I wish it will all just end already. I hope that you, your family and colleagues are all doing well on that side of the world. We are entering our Autumn season now, it's starting to get nippy in the mornings and evenings, Winter just seems to come earlier every year and lasts longer than usual. Our seasons have changed dramatically, at times we can experience all four seasons in a few days sometimes even in a day. Life certainly has changed and so has people but our God is still in control and on the throne. What you are doing to make a difference warms my heart. I have read all the stories on your web page and it just blows my mind. I want to be part of this movement to make a difference.
Anyway on a lighter note. I have made another bed for a colleague of mine. She told me that her dog sleeps outside in a shed, so I decided to make her a bed and the response was heart warming. (see picture above with translation)
My name is Brenda Isaacs, 55 years of age and I live in Cape Town, South Africa, I watched your video on YouTube with regards to the elevated beds that you make and I have been inspired to start a similar project to make beds to sell to boost our income as I am currently the only breadwinner at home, my husband lost his job during lockdown, and at the same time I would also like to donate to people who cannot afford to purchase a kennel. I have seen many dogs lay on cold cement and when I saw the video I knew this would at least get them off the cold ground.
I was so excited that I went out today to purchase my pipes and cloth to trial and use as a sample. I have attached a picture of my unfinished attempt using old pipes which I had laying around. What I am inquiring about is the corner pieces that you use for the beds, I have searched suppliers of PVC piping but they don't seem to stock that particular corner piece in your video here in South Africa. I would like to know, if it is at all possible for you to assist me or alternatively direct me to a store that could perhaps give me a quote on the corner pieces and the screws to courier to me. The second photo attached is the connectors I used to put the frame together, instead of having to purchase only 4 connectors I've had to purchase 8 just to make the frame which is not cost effective. Your assistance in this regard will be greatly appreciated.
Again thank you so very much for your assistance and the great work you are doing. Your video was a game changer for me hence my drive to do something for our fury friends.
Brenda,
Cape Town, South AfricaAgain thank you so very much for your assistance and the great work you are doing. Your video was a game changer for me hence my drive to do something for our fury friends.
Brenda Isaacs
4 Swaan Crescent, Amandelsig, Kuilsriver, Cape Town, 7580, South Africa
Dear Friends, Family, Troop 139 Scouts and Leaders,
Thank you for your generous donations to my Eagle Project.
Because of all your help, I was able to make 10 dog beds and
donate them to the East Valley Animal Shelter for the dogs to
Yours In Scouting,
Wyatt, Sherman Oaks, CA
Gary & Pat, pictured with their kids, have made many elevated beds over the years. In fact, Gary used our design to come up with a sewn version of the hammock part, which eliminates the need for screws. It's a great option if you have a seamstress in the house.
These beds were donated to Hope for Paws in Los Angeles.
Way to go Gary and Pat !
Fairfax County Virginia October 2017
Blake Switzer Troop 160 in Herndon Virginia
I just wanted to say thank you again for donating all the material for my sons Eagle Scout project !
It was a great success and we will be donating 30 elevated dog beds to the Fairfax Co Humane Society here in N Virginia. Thanks so much for all you guys do!
Maricopa Co Phoenix AZ Nov 28, 2016
100 beds were delivered to shelter dogs on Sunday. (Source: KPHO/KTVK)
The dogs and the volunteers both benefit from this act of kindness. (Source: KPHO/KTVK)
Dogs at Maricopa County Animal Care and Control have warm beds to sleep in thanks to the hard work of a group of dedicated volunteers.
"I've been here many times, I foster a few, and I know they need beds, it's freezing out at this time," said Jill Smyros with Step Up USA said.
She said the group of people from Gilbert made the elevated beds themselves. "This was my favorite event of the whole year. All the kids, all the parents, we had so many people. We almost had to turn them away, but we didn't," Smyros said. They delivered the 100 beds to some grateful pups on Sunday.
"Huge impact, as soon as you put that dog bed in, the dog jumped in. It was awesome," Smyros said. "They're perfect for our kennels because we can sterilize them. They're heavy-duty. They last a while," Melissa Gable with Maricopa County Animal Care and Control said.
At no cost to the county, Gable said they can't say "thank you" enough. "We actually cannot go out and solicit for donations so the fact that these people contacted us and tell us this is something we want to do really helped us out," Gable said.
The dogs and the volunteers both benefit from this act of kindness, Smyros said. "I want to get the littles involved to make sure they know how to give back starting at a young age, so they love it and get used to it as they get older," Smyros said.
More Pictures below.
New Bern, North Carolina August 2016
Tyler Burdulis
The Eagle Scout Project Troop 13
Ohio State University Vet Students 2015
Middletown, DE October 2015
Dear Columbus Dog Connection,
Thank you for the instructions on how to make a dog cot. I have a rescued older pit bull that loves to lie under the tree and feel the wind in her face, rather than be indoors on her blanket. I followed your "large dog" pet bed instructions with good results. It was surprisingly easy and quick once I had the right materials. The only change I would make is the fabric. I used marine vinyl which is not holding up well. I'll try the Sunbrella fabric next and make more for the shelters in our area.
Thanks again for your website. I've never written to anyone to thank them for information on the web, so this is a first. I was very impressed with your video and instructions. Thanks again,
Kelli Martin
Le Claire Iowa, May 2014
Thanks for making the video and giving me the inspiration. It has been almost a year since I built my first bed for the shelter. I now build beds for two shelters and have recovered too many to remember. I am currently testing my first cat tower using the same design idea. I love the anticipation of getting inside the shelter to see who is on their bed enjoying it. I started taking pictures of the dogs on their beds and it has reawakened a lost passion of photography. I now take pictures of the dogs and post them on my page and for shelter use as well. Michael has a Facebook page where you can see pictures and order beds to support his efforts to make more shelter beds. https://www.facebook.com/MLCpetbed
Jackson, Mississippi September 2016
Blake Haskins, Bryan Grove and Jack Grove with Eagle Scout Troop 18 built 12 elevated dog beds for CARA.
Community Animal Rescue & Adoption CaraMs.org
Athens OH April 2015
Drew McCutchan working on his Eagle Scout badge, made beds for a domestic violence shelter for the pets that enter for services.
"I wanted to than you for the wonderful You Tube video that you created for the construction of the elevated beds that was a key part of my recent Eagle Scout project. Withou your efforts, I would not have had any idea as to how to build the beds. Thank you for hleping sme to make a difference in peoples' lives".
Monroe Co Michigan
We just delivered 25 NEW beds last Wednesday and I am just getting back from delivering 15 that needed repair from the ones that we first made in January. Makes it all worth it to see them enjoying them so much! Monroe Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is helping make the bed for the Monroe County Animal Shelter-MI"
New Jersey, April 2014
New Jersey Couple Makes Columbus Dog Connection Elevated Dog Bed for shelter who save their dog.
Steve & Tammy made/donated 40 of our elevated dog beds for the dogs at Associated Humane Societies in NJ. Their beloved pooch Gracie motivated them to help dogs in this New Jersey Shelter.
Kellie, as promised below are some pictures from both shelters that we donated the beds too. Some of the pictures are doggies laying on our beds. So cool and such a great feeling.
Santa Rosa Co FL February 2014
Florida, Santa Rosa County, February 2014
A great day at the Santa Rosa Animal Shelter today. The Eagle Scouts got all of the beds finished. Thanks to Dotti Brightman for cutting the material and repairing some of the odd size beds; to the volunteers of CARE of Santa Rosa County, FL and the Eagle Scouts for coordinating the attaching the fabric to dozens of other frames; to Island Quest Canvas for the donation of these amazing rolls of material pictured below, and to Coastal Canvas of Pensacola for its donation of sturdy vinyl to also help with this dog bed project.
Finally, thanks to Columbus Dog Connection for instructions on making dog beds and inspiration!
Ann Hill
California December 2013
Beds for Best Friends in Utah & the Orange Co CA Shelter
This is the 2nd big bed build for this group! Kellie, Here are pictures of the 14 beds we just finished for Christmas 2013. We're delivering half the beds to Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in
Kanab, UT in a couple of days and we'll deliver the other half to the Orange County CA Animal Shelter when we return. We haven't inserted
legs in most of the beds since they are easier to transport that way. We'll pound the legs in when we get to our destinations.
The last photo shows our beds being used at Best Friends last year.
Gary and Pat (and Raymond and Sammy)
Raleigh Co West Virginia October 2013
I wanted to share some photos from our Build A Bed. I'll send a few, but you can go to the album on Facebook listed link below to see all the photos. https://www.facebook.com/selina.vickers.9/media_set?set=a.10200482563656874.1073741828.1540749583&type=3
Thank you SO much for the YouTube video. It is what inspired me to coordinate this event. We made 45 beds for a shelter with 50 kennels. They already had some beds. :)
Selina Vickers for the dogs of Raleigh Co Humane Society
Minnesota, August 2013
Tammy Humphries and husband Wes
of Stillwater made and donated ten dog
beds for the Duke Memorial Redwood Area
Animal Shelter Aug. 3.
From the Redwood Falls Gazette:
"It's Christmas in August," said Sue Weelborg, of the Duke Memorial Redwood Area Animal Shelter. On Aug. 3, Tammy Humphries and her
husband Wes, of Stillwater, stopped by the shelter with a few donations. "Few" means items ranging from 10 custom-made dog beds to a pick-up's
worth of handmade blankets and cat toys, dog and cat food, and other items. Why would a couple from Stillwater donate to the Redwood area shelter?
"My family owns some land in the Redwood area, so we already knew of this shelter," said Tammy, playing with dogs in the shelter's back room.
Humphries' love of animals is statewide. She created a Facebook page, "Lost Dogs - MN" that has already reunited dozens of dogs with their owners
across the state. "We are an all volunteer group committed to reuniting owners with their lost dogs," stated Humphries. "This service is provided free to
dog owners, shelters/rescues and animal control professionals." The Humphries created the dog beds and delivered them just shortly after the shelter
finally received its last shipments of kennels for the dog room. "They came in at the perfect time," said Weelborg. "We like donating to small no-kill
shelters as our way of showing support," said Tammy, "and since we had a connection to Redwood, we had to visit."
Hi Kellie I watched your video on making the PVC dog beds and was inspired. So we bought the materials used some of the vendors your suggested
and started yesterday. We plan to make 15 beds to donate locally, we've got 7 done. We donated one to Diamonds in the Ruff Rescue, PetHaven rescue,
that is where I rescued my girl from, who is the inspiration for all my donations, and 10 beds to Redwood Area Friends of the Animal Shelter.
My family owns farm land in Redwood falls, they are a 1 year old shelter desperate for help, so we gave it to them! I also decided that since we were going there,
and we were taking the RV anyway, why not fill it up with other stuff too, so we did! You'll see in the photos.
The financier was myself, and the makers of the beds were My Mom- Sue, Dad- Bob, husband- Wes and Myself. Our bed testers were Jasmine Marie
(small and my girl) and Baily moms doggie. We spent about 3 solid weekends on the beds. It was a true labor of love. One weekend we had the power
out due to a storm, so my parents fired up the generator and we powered on to finish them up! Our final donation was on Sat Aug 3rd to The Redwood
falls shelter. There are some pics of the volunteer gals in the photos. Names are Sue and Mckenzie Weelborg. They were so excited they had a few of their
board members there, and the local newspaper! As we were packing up to leave, after spending a good 2 hours there, getting a tour and playing with the dogs
and cats, I decided, we were going to make this a yearly donation. Not the beds, done with those, but anything and everything else they need and we can get.
I then told some friends and some of my volunteers (I run a Facebook page called Lost Dogs- MN, and I have 19 volunteers, some of which also pitched in on the donation)
already signed up to help next year, and a volunteer who's parents own a nursery in Redwood falls, offered to donate some shade trees and landscaping for the shelter and
even plant the stuff for them this year!! Paying it forward! I have talked to them about getting them a chip reader and microchips, and I'd like to get donations to help them with
fencing so they can have an outdoor run for the dogs. That will be on my list of things to do for this year. All of this started with these beds, for me to buy and make to give away.
And its turned into such a wonderful thing, and I met many new friends as a result! I am a lucky girl to be a part of it all, and happy to help when I can. I've attached a zillion pics,
you pick which ones you'd like to use. I'm Tammy, the one with the long black hair :-) Thanks for the support, and helping me on this journey!
Keep up the great work Tammy Humphries and Family
California, December & October 2012
Gary & Pat delivered 8 beds to Best Friends on December 23rd.
The staff distributed them, along with tons of toys and treats, on Christmas Day.Hi Kellie,
We're getting ready to gear up and start making our 2nd set of beds. We plan on taking some of these to Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Kanab, Utah when we visit this winter.
Attached are some pictures of the beds we completed and then donated to the Orange County and Irvine Animal Shelters here in California. After several attempts,
we ended up with our own sizes and dimensions for the beds. The material was donated from a company that manufactures premium outdoor patio furniture.
We couldn't have done it without your website's information and instructions. Our first attempt (the orange one which we use in our home) was assembled using a Coolaroo replacement cover that we purchased on Walmart.com then finished off by cutting PVC to size.
Thanks for your website advice and for all the good things you guys do.
Sincerely, Gary & Pat Turnbeau (and Raymond and Sammy)
Lake Oswego Oregon, October 2012
Kellie:
My son decided to build raised dog beds for a service project. We adjusted some dimensions because of the material we had donated and
available at good discounts.
Used 25 yards of Cordura pack cloth which was 58" wide -- so cut in half was 29" wide and everything was adjusted from there.
210 feet of PVC, 164 corners, added 164 end caps on legs. Used 3/4"screws because easier to handle than 1/2". Pre-cut the pipe. Had
teams of fabric cutters, PVC assemblers, and fabric installers. Took about an hour to crank out. Because of the donations the cost of the
beds was about $ 9.00 each. (Plus the cost of cookies for volunteers and gas money picking up and delivering. )
Beds were donated to Oregon Dog Rescue, New Life Family Dogs, and the local county animal shelter. Everyone was thrilled to get the beds.
A great project.
Steve Collett
Lake Oswego Oregon
Michigan, August 2012
On August 26th, 2012 Volunteers came together to help build over 200 raised dog beds for Animal Aid Foundations 1st raised dog bed building project.
Florida & Georgia July 2010
Cots for Homeless Canines helping faraway dogs
Sharon Steelman spearheaded this effort which lead to over 500 beds being built/donated to shelters in Florida and Georgia!
July 10, 2010 (but we (Columbus Dog Connection) just learned about this awesome woman April 2012)
WALTON COUNTY — Sharon Steelman is working one county at a time to make sure every animal control dog has a dry place to sleep. After donating beds to all of Walton County, Steelman's organization, Cots for Homeless Canines, is donating beds to dogs in Santa Rosa County Animal Services.
"I just think that every dog deserves a dry place to sleep," Steelman said. "We'll be supplying county by county wherever there's a need." The cots are made of PVC pipe and boating mesh and cost about $10 each. They allow the dogs to sleep above the concrete that is also used as their bathroom. "In these facilities, all they have are concrete floors, which get very cold in the winter and are damp in the summer," Steelman said. "So we'd really like to donate to whatever shelters have a need and express an interest in getting our beds."
Santa Rosa's shelter received 30 test beds and has requested additional bedding for their canines. Steelman said the design for the beds was taken from another company where beds average $45 each. Dora Thomason, operations manager at the shelter, said any donation is exciting, but the beds have had a positive effect on the canines. "I've seen a change in attitude from some of the dogs," Thomason said. The cots are designed to help dogs with their orthopedic health as well as being non-chewable and durable.
The beds also help prepare the dogs for adoption and staying in beds at their new homes. "We're very happy about this donation," she said. "It is so kind and generous to just give like that." Steelman said once Santa Rosa County is complete, she has shelters to help in Panama City and Alabama. The holdup, however, continues to be funds for buying supplies. "It's always funds that block us from doing more," she said. "We could make 10 beds a week if we had all the materials. "For more information on donating or volunteering, e-mail Steelman at rsteelman@cox.net.
"I'm doing this because I want these dogs to be in a healthier environment and this is something I could do to help," Steelman said. "We want to help make these dogs as comfortable as possible and these cots seem to be the way to do it."
Bastrop, Texas March 2012
Hello Columbus Dog Connection:
We just wanted to say "Thank You" for all of the informational resources that you have provided to rescue groups on your website for the Kuranda Style Dog Beds! We use all of the resources that you provided on your website and step-by-step, we order the materials, organized volunteers & a date to build the beds, and we did them! Attached is a couple of pictures of us assembling them. They just built the beds today, so we will get more pictures of the dogs sleeping on them! We are located in Bastrop, Texas - Just 45 Miles East of Austin, Texas. Our precious pups use to sleep on the cold, hard concrete floors, but now Thanks to your help, we have build a bed for every kennel. With having some of the materials donated and purchasing some, the beds ended up being $14.75 a piece! :) Thank You So Much! Please see attached picture!
Thanks - Jeremy Parks & Lorraine Joy
Urgent Animals at Bastrop County Animal Shelter
www.facebook.com/urgentbcas
P.O. Box 317 - Bastrop, Texas 78602
Philadelphia Pennsylvania February 2012
Hazleton man creates beds for shelter dogs Philadelphia Area, PA BY JILL WHALEN February 9, 2012
www.Beds4Paws.com
Paul Kattner of Hazle Township stands with two raised pet beds he has made and will donate to area animal shelters. Kattner is hoping others will help with his "Beds 4 Paws" project. Through the Hazle Township man's "Beds 4 Paws" project, homeless animals won't have to sleep on
cold, concrete floors."The way I see it, animals don't have anyone to talk to. They didn't ask to be born, and they didn't ask to be dropped off on the side of the road," Kattner said of the reason behind helping the homeless canines.
The bed frames are made from lengths of pipe on which Kattner affixes heavy, washable canvas.The beds are elevated, Kattner said, so "dogs won't have to sleep on the cold floor in the winter or on the hot floor in the summer."The Animal Resource Center near Bloomsburg already uses off-the-ground beds and is welcoming Kattner's donations. He also dropped off a trial bed to the Hazleton Animal Shelter.
An animal lover, Kattner found plans for the beds on a website for the Columbus Dog Connection, a group of dog enthusiasts in Ohio who rescue all breeds of canines. He contacted the group and learned that members had built and donated numerous beds to shelters across Ohio.He figured he could do the same locally, and shelter officials were receptive to the plans. He's making small, medium and large beds, and is hoping members of the community will assist him. For information on how to help, email him at beds4paws@ptd.net.Hazleton resident John Medashefski will help with the next round of beds, and Kattner has received support from Hajoca Corp., Hazleton Area Landlord Organization , Cedar Street Supply, Tractor Supply Co., attorney Donald Karpowich and George Hayden Inc. Those who donate will have their names added to the beds with white chalk, he said.He also invited other regional animal shelter representatives to contact him if they want to learn how to build the beds for dogs - or even cats."I can't make beds for every shelter, but I can show volunteers how to make them," he said.Kattner said he has a deep love of animals - something he believes was instilled in him when he was growing up.His dog, Snowball, was adopted from a shelter, and Kattner encourages others to consider adopting shelter animals.
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St Louis Missouri November 2011
 Kellie, I don't think I ever told you thank-you for your help with our elevated dog beds. The girls did a great job making the beds and they turned out really nice.
We donated them to Stray Rescue of St. Louis.
Lesley, St Louis MO
Salt Lake City, Utah October 2011
My name is Robert Moore and I wanted to thank you for your sacrifice, love, and service to a vulnerable part of our society. My son, Caleb Moore has a strong desire to help animals much like you. He was trying to find an Eagle Scout Project, so he visited a local animal shelter and then we came across your website. So, he decided to make 25 elevated dog beds for the shelter as his Eagle Project. Needless to say your instructions and YouTube video were extremely helpful.
Robert Moore
A Salt Lake City, Utah television station did a story on my son, your website and YouTube video.
So, you were highlighted all the way out here in Utah. Here is a link to the story:
http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&sid=17517945
Newpaper Article http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/south/spanish-fork/article_73216a75-7e0e-5d47-893d-a83d3012a4f6.html
 Madison Co Indiana May 2009
Thank you sooo much for your efforts toward making this project happen! The paper didn't get all the details quite right of which beds/condos go where,
but that's OK. We even have extra materials to make a few more. :) You guys are great for helping so many dogs you'll never see and people you'll never meet.
Happy Trails and Waggin' Tails! Jan Kleopfer
Hot diggity digs for dogs Saturday, May 30, 2009 Madison County Courier Madison Co Indiana
Freshman Cody Miller helps to steady a "dog condo" frame as sophomore Patrick Green attaches the cloth material to the frame, and sophomore Kyle Stephan uses a band saw to cut PVC pipe to size for the frame in the construction technology class at Madison Consolidated High School.
The students' work was for the Elevated Dog Bed Project. The beds, also called dog condos, are for local shelters and rescue operations, and is being funded by Bridges for Animals in Madison and the Scottsburg Environmental Club at Scottsburg High School. Additional materials were provided by the Columbus Dog Connection in Ohio. Six large and two small beds will go to the Leota Animal Rescue facility in Scottsburg and two will go the Madison-Jefferson County Animal Shelter in Madison.
The project is one of several community service projects that the MCHS construction technology class took on this school year. Last week, the students also made picnic tables for the Kent Volunteer Fire Department and the Faith Alliance Church in Madison. Teacher Mike Frazier said the projects are good for the local organizations and for the students because they get to build things that will be of use in their hometowns. (Staff photos by Ken Ritchie)
Troy Michigan July 2010
Bed A Palooza
Above, Deven Godau, left, of Trainers Academy, Troy, measures fabric for a dog bed with Jackie Rudity of Retro Dogs Rescue and Lisa Patana, also of the academy, at an event called Bed-a-palooza. The T-shirt of Jamie Wolfe, right, explains it all: "Because no shelter dog should have to sleep on a cold floor." The volunteers recently made dozens of beds for local animal shelters in Madison Heights, Warren and Sterling Heights as well as poorer rural areas in northern Michigan.
Sebastian Florida June 2010
So far I made and delivered 129 beds to the HALO no-kill animal rescue in Sebastian Florida.
Joe Bottieri
Winter Haven Florida June 2010
Elevated Dog Project Helps Dogs in Winter Haven Florida
Hi Kellie,
I have talked to you by email a few times over the past year. I just wanted to give you an update on our progress. Save Our Homeless Pets, a local animal organization I volunteer for, has just donated another 100 of the large elevated beds to Polk County Animal Control in Winter Haven. They were delivered this afternoon.
We also donated 105 in February, which brings the total to 205.
In addition, we have also recovered 61 to date with new fabric to be used again (which included some of the beds the local high school featured on your site had donated in Dec).
Thanks for the wonderful website and easy to follow instructions.
Tara Simpson, Save Our Homeless Pets,
Doggie Do Gooders Make Our Beds in Winter Haven Florida
Mary Garcia says the first thing she did when she returned home was check the Internet for dog beds. Garcia discovered a Web site from Ohio for Columbus Dog Connection, www.ColumbusDogConnection.com. This team of a few "Doggedly Dedicated Dogmanity Do'ers," pooled its creative talents and came up with an easy and inexpensive way for anyone to build an elevated dog bed.
The Web site home page shows a photo of the inspiration for a dog bed idea. The photo shows dogs in a rural shelter in Ohio sleeping on wet floors and one dog appears to be slumbering in what resembles a litter box. The Web site was just what Garcia needed to get started in her efforts to help the Polk County dogs that wait on adoption row for a good home. The site provides step-by-step instructions, a list of materials needed, and a list of suppliers who carry them.
Dearborn County Indiana October 2009
I thought that you might like to see the dog beds that we built for the local animal shelter. Since we have built these we have had requests for other rescues and shelters for beds and we would like to build more but we will need more material. So we would like to built 20 more beds. Home Depot donated the PVC so all we had to pay for was the corner pieces. These are just some of the beds....this picture is going into our local paper and we are going to present this idea to council for other Girl Scout troops to do.
Vicki Reiter
I wanted to get back with you to let you know that we will not be needing anymore awning material to make more dog beds because we have found plenty of companies willing to donate here in Cincinnati...Queen City Awning just gave us a complete 50 yard roll of brand new material because it was discontinued...in fact I cannot get to all the places that are willing to donate material.
We dropped our first set of beds off at the Dearborn County Animal Shelter and will be taking our net batch to the Rising Sun/Franklin County Animal Shelter and then we are going to take a few to the local vets for the older dogs that need to spend the night for various reasons.
Ft Lauderdale Florida October 2009
Hello Kellie,
I wanted to thank you and your wonderful organization for the elevated dog bed directions you posted on your web page! Some good friends and I recently started volunteering at a local shelter in Ft. Lauderdale and quickly realized that their larger guests were in desperate need of some good, comfy beds!
Thanks to the magic of Google, I stumbled across your directions and within a month or so, we had networked our way into getting the PVC and awning donated and birthday donations provided funds for the 3 way corner pieces. We put out the word to friends and co-workers and organized a group of 30 people who cranked out 58 beds in just under 3 hours JWhoever came up with those plans is a certifiable genius as they were unbelievably easy to put together and your directions could not have been more clear and easy to follow. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. I have attached a couple photos to show you what an amazing idea you had and what an amazing impact these beds had on the dogs who received them (not to mention the overjoyed shelter staff when we showed up to deliver them!)
Thanks for all the good work you do,
Jennifer Hessley
Florida 2008
My husband and I made 31 beds for our shelter a few weeks ago and when we went this past weekend to see how the dogs were enjoying them we were a bit disappointed.
We made them for Domestic Animal Services in Naples FL
Kentucky 2007
Dogmanity in Pendelton Co Kentucky by Luv 4 K9's in Dayton 2007
August 30, 2008 We had a ball !! 18 people turned out Saturday. We had a bed making party last Sunday. All 25 dogs got beds, their kennels cleaned, walked, brushed and got new toys, lots of treats and rawhides. We got Stanley Steamer to steam the floors. We took 8 big tubs full of food and for storage...enough food for a couple of months. We ran two outlets for wet vacs/fans, fixed the hot water heater, repaired cages, introduced dogs to people who might be able to get them out of that shelter. Thank you for sharing Dogmanity with us. We love your website, we send a lot of adopters, fosters and people who email us asking how they can help with puppy mill dogs to the Columbus Dog Connection web site. We never miss a Mingle With Our Mutts Adoption event in Dayton or a chance to tell anyone about the Columbus Dog Connection Habitat for Dogmanity and Elevated Dog Bed program.
Delaware Co Ohio 2007


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Example:
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var impurge = require('impurge');
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```

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```js
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The new test file included will check the currency of the regular expressions against live reddit data to ensure imgur is not changing link formats and will look for any it does not recognize

I have added a few additional methods that I used for testing the accuracy of my regex's
```js
impurge.is_imgur(url); //will output true if the url is imgur
```

the following takes a string input and will return an array of imgur links contained within
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impurge.get_text_imgur_links(text); // will return an array of links
```

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});
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Front PagePeopleRecent ChangesWebster Community Partnership
Webster Community Partnership
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875 Ridge Road, Webster, NY 14580
http://www.WebsterCommunityPartnership.com/
The Webster Community Partnership, WCP, is an unconventional partnership between the Webster community, local government, and the Webster Public Schools.
"The Webster Community Program, through a unique spirit of cooperation between the Webster Aquatic Center, school and community, is dedicated to promoting health and wellness and providing opportunities for instruction, recreation and competitive programs at well-run facilities.
Known primarily as the administrator of its two premier recreational sites, the Webster Aquatic Center and the Webster Field House, the Webster Community Program actually has a much broader reach and greater implications on the community.
Providing a conduit for the partnership of school and community, allows for management and coordination of shared resources for the benefit of all. The Webster Community Program offers recreational sites, provides instructional and certification programs, and manages special events.
The goal of Webster Community Progrmaing is to offer opportunities to the community, build a national presence through prestigious events, and develop partnerships with businesses which will enhance the experience of visitors, while also boosting the local economy."1
The WCP used to be sponsored in part by a program with City Brew Coffee (closed as of April 2010), which allowed customers to use their Universal Rewards Coffee Card and donate 5% to the community charity of their choice.
The WCP's achievements include Webster receiving the #1 Sportstown of the Year award in 2004 from Sports Illustrated magazine (see reference below).
WCP FAQ (2.4M PDF) contains complete description of the WCP and Frequently Asked Quewstion
Innovative partnership, community focus earn Webster Sportstown honor from Sports Illustrated on CNN.com
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Woven by Italian masters from a luxurious cashmere wool blend, the navy crew sweater is characterized by its contrasting bold colours and raglan sleeves. It's a contemporary take on a sweatshirt and very much a seasonal must-have. It can be matched with the deconstructed and unlined jacket. Colour: Navy Made in Italy.


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Weekly Roundup: 1PA, Adtech Tax, The Ozone Project, and More.
"When you randomly alter the bid floors, and buyers aren't aware of it, their behavior won't adapt in the short term."
Preparing for the first-price auctions
It's done. The major ad exchanges including Google, AppNexus, Rubicon Project, and OpenX are all running the first-price auction to determine the closing price. Every player in the adtech chain is influenced by this shift – either directly or indirectly.
However, publishers are the ones who will continue to feel the heat the most. We've suggested how to prepare for 1PA and Google's new unified pricing rules and compared Google's unified auction with header bidding. Last week, AdExchanger interviewed auction theory Ph.Ds to know what buyers and sellers should be aware of – while navigating the 1PA world.
Here, we highlighted a few interesting statements.
– Bid Shading
Bid shading algorithms should also consider the value of an impression being bought, not just the price. At present, DSPs boast how they've managed to decrease the CPMs with the help of bid shading. But that's half the story. Without accounting for the value, buyers may end-up buying subpar impressions from the open auction.
In other words, it's yet another push towards qCPM*
*qCPM checks whether the viewable ad impression is delivered optimally to the right user at the right time in a brand-safe environment or not.
– Price Floors
Publishers aren't advised to A/B test their floors or use any algorithms to dynamically change their floor prices. This may seem surprising for many but there's a reason behind it.
– Shengwu Li, assistant professor of economics at Harvard University.
First-price auction and Google's unified pricing rules are affecting the way buyers bid. If you add more and more floor changes to optimize, buyers wouldn't be able to predict and bid as you expect. At the end of the day, you might lose bids from buyers.
– Transparency
The researchers also argued that ad exchanges should allow buyers to have aggregated bid distribution information, which, in turn, can increase transparency and help us get rid of illegal auction tweaking.
The industry is moving towards value. As a publisher, it's time for you to focus on delivering stellar user experience and quality impressions. Also, whether you're adding a new bidder partner or creating new pricing rules, give some time so that buyers can adapt to the changes.
Adtech tax
There are only a few topics that tend to repeat themselves in our weekly roundups and adtech tax, apparently, is one of them. On one hand, private marketplaces are trying to reduce the adtech fee for the buyers – hoping that it would help them build long-term relationships. On the other, consortiums are advising the sellers and buyers that not all adtech fees are taxes.
Leaving the arguments aside, what's the actual fee that intermediaries levy on the buyers and sellers to enable programmatic trading?
Well, eMarketer's latest study has a definitive answer – Nearly one-third of the programmatic display ad spend (non-social) goes to tech intermediaries.
To be specific, that's $11.65 billion fees for ad transactions valuing $24 billion.
The research includes estimated fees from all the platforms, managed services, programmatic exchanges, demand-side platforms, supply-side platforms, data and targeting providers, measurement vendors, attribution providers, verification services, and others. We believe the scope of the study is to assess the tax – with most of the intermediaries and technologies involved in the transactions.
eMarketer surveyed dozens of vendors and service providers to get an estimate here.
Where are we headed?
At first glance, the fees might seem huge. But, in fact, it is decreasing. As shown in the picture above, the growth in adtech fee will be 18.1% this year, 15.4% the next, and will reach just over 13 percent in 2021. The overall adtech fees are increasing as the spend towards non-social programmatic display is increasing year-over-year.
"Programmatic fees as a share of the total have decreased in the last several years and will continue to do so for several reasons."
– Nicole Perrin, Principal Analyst, eMarketer.
We expect the fees are reducing because of three major reasons:
Media buyers are taking advantage of vendors offering their products using Software-as-a-service model. Instead of charging based on volume, demand-side technologies are wooing advertisers with month-on-month standard pricing plans.
Supply Path Optimization (SPO) is getting into the adtech scene and will continue to grow among the buyers.
Last but not least, adtech consolidation will reduce the number of intermediaries/
The state of RTB in Europe
The battle against the use of personal data in RTB is gaining steam in Europe. The latest AdExchanger's piece tries to look at the state of RTB from different perspectives.
IAB Europe:
Without any surprise, IAB Europe believes it is possible to conduct RTB without breaching the GDPR law. Wondering how? The consortium aims to use Transparency and Consent Framework (TCF).
"There is a latent question in the air. Is it possible to do programmatic in a way that complies with the GDPR?"
– Townsend Feehan, CEO of IAB Europe.
Informed consent and data protection:
Though TCF can help publishers to get informed consent and pass it along the supply chain, privacy advocates argue that there's no way to protect the data. According to the filed complaints, the framework doesn't consider how data is being handled in real-time bidding – dissemination, lack of minimization, and data leakage issues.
On top of the existing grapples, ICO has warned that current TCF isn't in line with the GDPR yet and expect it to comply with the law, within the next 6 months.
To be frank, analyzing RTB and how can it rectify its loophole to become GDPR compliant is a long process, which might significantly change the way RTB works. Brian O'Kelley, founder and former CEO of AppNexus thinks it doesn't make sense to run RTB w/o personal data.
"I'm calling BS – you can't stop targeting and keep doing RTB. Making RTB untargetable kills it, and it's not the right conversation to be having, it's not an honest conversation."
– Brian O'Kelley, founder and former CEO of AppNexus.
We'll see what development follows and where RTB is headed.
The Ozone Project introduces contextual ad-targeting
The Ozone project, an alliance b/w The Guardian, News UK, The Telegraph, and Reach has come a long way since it started. It ran its first successful ad campaign and integrated the data and audience of the biggest UK titles – beating the scale of Facebook in the UK.
What's interesting is, the alliance evolves its tech stack to offer what the market demands. With media buyers worried about third-party cookies and personal data (thanks to GDPR and major browsers blocking third-party cookies), contextual targeting has been the talk of the town.
The alliance realized that there's an opportunity to pull in more ad dollars with the help of the right contextual ad targeting tool.
Inefficiencies:
Typically, publishers have different ways to measure the context of the page and place relevant ads. In addition, most tools are keyword-based, that is, it uses keywords to match content and ads.
This means publishers [of the Ozone project] can't reach the combined audience of 40 million+ and keyword blacklist prevents ads from appearing on the relevant web pages. So, the ozone publishers decided to make use of the same ad tech to standardize how context is measured and ads are places across all the sites.
As per the source, Ozone has run over 50 campaigns on the platform and generated revenue well into the seven-figures, with a month-on-month rebooking rate of 85%. With this contextual ad-targeting options, the partnership makes itself stronger and a compelling alternative to duopoly.
"If they [premium publishers] can do things as a group, that provides cost benefits to them and to us, a uniform way of targeting in a set structure"
– Dave Sandham, director of media at GroupM.
Q1 2019 Reaches $28.4 Billion in U.S. Digital Ad Revenues, According to IAB – Business Wire.
Break Up Google? 5 Questions For Brian O'Kelley – AdExchanger.
Enforcing Against Click Injection Fraud – Facebook.
Publishers thoughts on 1PA, contextual ad targeting, and more – Digiday.
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HomeHIKEHIKE Southern CaliforniaHIKE Santa BarbaraFranklin Trail: Historic Path to Santa Barbara Backcountry Re-opens
Franklin Trail: Historic Path to Santa Barbara Backcountry Re-opens
HIKE Santa Barbara
I can't resist hiking a 100-year old trail—especially one that recently re-opened after being closed for 40 years—so I motored along Highway 101 to Carpinteria and headed for the trailhead at the base of Franklin Canyon.
Franklin Trail, back in action after a 40-year closure.
If Franklin Trail was a person, it would have a very interesting life story. Franklin was born 100 years ago in the foothills near Carpinteria, cared for in its early years by doting hikers and horseback riders, and was very popular during its early and middle years.
At age 60 Franklin was forced into retirement, lost from public view and all but forgotten except by a few friends who remembered Franklin or recalled stories of Franklin told them by earlier generations. Then at age 100, Franklin re-emerged, perhaps a mere shadow of its former self, but nevertheless back in the public eye.
The trail and the hillsides it crosses were scorched by The Thomas Fire in December of 2017. I was surprised, even shocked to find lots of hikers following Franklin Trail over blackened slopes just weeks after the fierce and long-lasting blaze.
Constructed in 1913 by the U.S. Forest Service, Franklin Trail was a popular way to access the backcountry. The pathway ascended to the crest of the Santa Ynez Mountains and then down to the upper Santa Ynez River.
Heavy metal hiking: Chain-link fence and power towers along Franklin Trail.
In 2013, a short length of Franklin Trail was reopened after it had been closed to hikers for about 40 years. Franklin Trail leads from Carpinteria High School to Trail's End, a distance of 4.5 miles round trip with 750-foot elevation gain. As a tradeoff for public access, the first mile of trail is bordered by a whole lot of chain-link fence. The next mile is more interesting and the trail delivers fine coastal views.
Apparently Franklin Trail was a whole lot more fun 100 years ago.
In the 1913 edition of her "Santa Barbara Guidebook," Leila Weekes Wilson gave Franklin Trail a rave review: "This is a trail that will appeal strongly to every resident of Santa Barbara County. From the summit one may turn and look toward the Pacific Ocean and the islands, and the Eden of Santa Barbara County, the lovely valley of Carpinteria, at your feet."
Early users of Franklin Trail included students from the nearby Cate School, one of West Coast's premier boarding schools. A major funder of Franklin Trail was Cate School founder and headmaster Curtis Cate, a big believer in the character-shaping power of the great outdoors.
After World War II, avocado farming and commercial flower growing became popular businesses in the Carpinteria Valley and in the 1970s, agricultural interests began sealing off access to Franklin Trail.
Local ranchers insisted that horses or hikers could spread avocado root rot, a potentially fatal tree disease into their orchards. Three property owners fiercely fought public access both politically and in the court system. Hikers never regained access to the trail.
I last hiked Franklin Trail in the early 1980s; I seem to remember my friend Bob McDermott and I starting out from Linden Avenue, walking through avocado groves to a power-line road and finally locating the footpath. We walked a few miles, and got some good views from the neglected trail that was already getting very overgrown, I recall.
Franklin Trail leads to great views above Carpinteria Valley.
A tip of the hiker's cap to Ray Ford, local trails expert, for his tireless efforts to resurrect the pathway.During the last decade, the Trust for Public Land and The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County, Santa Barbara County Parks, Friends of Franklin Trail, and the Montecito Trails Foundation and other organizations have helped secure a conservation easement, get what is called "Phase I" of the trail built, and plan for the re-opening of the rest of Franklin Trail leading to the crest of the range. Visit Friends of Franklin Trail. (FranklinTrail.org).
Meanwhile take a hike and dream of the day when 4 more miles of Franklin Trail is re-opened. Expect to see lots of dogs and their owners.
Directions: From Highway 101 in Carpinteria, exit on Linden Avenue and drive north 0.3 mile. Turn left on Meadow View Lane and follow it 300 feet to its end, where you'll find access to a paved pedestrian path. Park curbside along the lane. (You can also access Franklin Trail from Carpinteria High School; however there is no public parking on campus during school days or during special events. Continue on Linden Avenue to its end. Turn left on Foothill Road, and then turn right into the high school lot.)
The hike: Walk along the paved path, cross Foothill Road, and locate the signed trailhead near the entrance of the parking lot. Read all about the Franklin Trail at an information board then continue north on the trail along the west end of the high school. The path turns east, and takes a long straight course behind the baseball and football fields and greenhouses. Chain-link fences constrain the narrow path, which turns north and climbs steeply next to power lines.
Finally, nearly a mile out, you hit dirt trail, the fences recede and Franklin Trail resembles what we have come to think a trail should look like. The path zigzags on the brushy south slope and soon delivers excellent vistas of the Ventura-Santa Barbara coastline as well as the Channel Islands.
End of the trail–for now. Supporters hope to re-open 4 more miles of historic Franklin Trail.
At the two-mile mark, top a knoll and intersect a dirt road. Walk up the dirt road a last 0.25 to a gate across the road—and for now, the end of the Franklin Trail.


I admit it. There is no joke. I just wanted to dress them up.
Studio Killers is an animated band with a Dane, a Brit, and a Finn behind it, but they prefer to stay relatively anonymous and not be confused with the characters, so while the Finn sings, I decided to just dress them up as whoever fits them best.
Yes, that is indeed Brother Denmark as Cherry because her singer is a man.
I need englands glasses in real life. they're just so awesome!
How did it take me 12 years to find this?
I'd like to hear Finland sing.


Asma Khan, born in India, opened her restaurant 'Darjeeling Express' in 2017 after running supper clubs and a pop-up. A year later she published Asma's Indian Kitchen, winner of the Gourmand World Cookbook Award in the Indian Cuisine category in the UK. Khan is the first British chef to feature in Netflix's Emmy-nominated Chef's Table.


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