Sue Martino, Executive Director of The Pet Project, an Oakland Park, FL-based organization that helps serve the needs of pet owners who are living with HIV/AIDS, have a terminal illness, are disabled, or seniors on low, fixed incomes–discusses the history of The Pet Project and its specific focus in the earliest days.
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She describes the organization’s growth and widening out of both the coverage area and clientele served, as part of longer range plans to operate not just statewide, but nationwide; outlines the scene of a quintessential Pet Project client and the products and resources provided her; addresses the group’s corps of volunteers; and fields a handful of calls from listeners offering to help The Pet Project in one way or another, and more. [www.PetProjectForPets.org]
COMEDY CORNER: Brian Regan’s “Dog Barking” (www.BrianRegan.com)
MUSIC:Friends Of Dean Martinez’s “All The Pretty Horses,” They Might Be Giants’ “I Am A Paleontologist,” instrumentals
NAME THAT ANIMAL TUNE: The Beatles’ “Leave My Kitten Alone”