I'm thinking the local media would be more interested in the requests of viewers from the local market - so that if Leslie and her friends call in and request a story - and tell them how fascinating to local viewers it will be and make them want to help - it would have a greater impact than calls of people from hundreds of miles away who can't watch their station anyway.
just a thought, Bonnie in WI http://grants.library.wisc.edu/organizations/animals.html http://savingspaldingpets.blogspot.com/ http://www.bestfriends.org/nomorehomelesspets/pdf/walkforanimals.pdf ----- Original Message ----- From: "Precious Pets, Almost Home" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 1:36 am Subject: Re: Stolen car (non)update - another idea To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Leslie: > > I think Nina has a good suggestion regarding calling > the phone. You can also have people text message your > phone as well. The person may read the text messages > since this does not require speaking into the phone. > I recent lost my cell phone at Jewel Grocery Store > when grocery shopping. Since I use my cell phone for > rescue and the rescue group business, I get alot of > phone calls. Well after a short period of time, one > of my friends call my direct home number and told me > that my cell phone was at Jewel. I did not even > notice that I had lost the cell phone. I just thought > that it was being a quiet night?? You see my cell > phone ringer for caller I.D. is a recording of six 10 > day old baby kittens screaming to be feed. So say the > least, Jewel was delighted to hear from me and that I > was coming to get the phone. The phone was driving > them crazy and Jewel's customer service text message > my friend that I had lost my phone. That night was > busy with phone calls that was screaming baby kittens > to be feed! > > So maybe the person that took the car may get curious > about all the phone calls and text messages. Maybe > the person will try to read the text messages and see > they are about the cats. I know it is a long shot but > it happen to me! > > Precious Pets > > P. S. Another suggestion would be to offer a reward > for their safe return in the text messages. > > > --- Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Yes Kelly, post the numbers to the local media for > > Leslie and I for one > > will call and plead for them to run the story. I > > had another idea, > > Leslie. Why don't you place a box ad in the paper? > > You should put one > > in the lost/found section as well, but find out how > > much it costs to > > place an ad somewhere in the paper itself. When you > > get the salesperson > > on the phone, tell them your story and see if they > > will put someone on > > the phone who might find it newsworthy. I'd start > > with something like, > > "Cats with medical condition abducted in stolen > > car!". Offer a reward. > > Describe the car. Don't just write emails, keep > > calling the TV stations > > and the newspapers. Go down there if you have to. > > This is off the > > wall, but have you thought about calling your cell > > phone and see if > > someone answers? I'm just sick thinking about those > > sweet angels and > > what you and they are going through. Did you get my > > post about the > > animal communicators? You may think I'm nuts, but > > what can it hurt to > > try it? > > Big hugs, > > Nina > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > >
