About
YogaFit,
Community Service
"Business without a greater purpose, a purpose beyond profit, has no point." - Beth Shaw
YogaFit is a company on a mission. Since 1997, YogaFit instructors
have given roughly a half a million or 56 years of community
service. YogaFit asks every person enrolled in its training program
to complete eight hours of community service or charity work.
Together, they've brought yoga to at-risk youth, the elderly,
disabled adults and children, stressed-out employees, teenage
mothers, churches, synagogues and prisons." Beth Shaw serves
on the Board of many animal rescue organizations and on National
Leadership Council for the Humane Society of the United States.
Here are just a few of the organizations that YogaFit donates
to on a regular basis:
- Karma Rescue
- Meals on Wheels
- Pugs and Pals
- Humane Society
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- Women for Women International
- Human Rights Campaign
- America's Second Harvest
- UNICEF
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- Save The Children Foundation
- Action Against Hunger
- OXFAM
- The ONE (Fight against hunger)
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Beth
Shaw produces multiple Public Service Announcements for
the state of California to promote the CA Healthy
Pets Act (bill AB 1634).
Beth has been rounding
up the troops to sponsor and personally produce
4 commercials to promote the pet bill AB 1634
which would require all companion animals in
CA to be spayed or neutered unless owners have
a CA License to breed or if they are service
animals. This bill would single handedly help
the over-population problem within CA which currently
kills animals in their shelters EVERY
63 SECONDS. CA has the highest rate
of shelter deaths than any other state, accounting
for 1/8 of all shelter deaths in the U.S.
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Beth's
Blog:
Beth Shaw
now has a blog where she sounds of about animals
issues and life in general. You can view her blog
anytime at http://www.thoughts.com/bethshaw
Animal News:
Last
summer, Paris Hilton brought home a new Chihuahua
and Britney Spears a Yorkie -- both purchased from
Pets of Bel Air, L.A.'s pet boutique to the stars.
At Pets of Bel Air, staff members perfume and coif
their tiny puppies for sale, creating an illusion
of perfection. That illusion fooled Paris, Britney,
and many others -- showing that even the rich and
famous believe what pet store clerks tell them
about the puppies they sell.
Watch our exclusive undercover video exposing the dirty secret
behind the puppies sold by Pets of Bel Air. Click here: https://community.hsus.org/campaign/stoppuppymills_poba/wgxuuki4r7nk5357?
The HSUS's undercover investigation relealed that many of the puppies
sold at Pets of Bel Air come from puppy mills in the Midwest including
Arkansas, Kansas, and Oklahoma. At these large-scale factory farm
operations, we found hundreds of breeding dogs living in barren
wire cages where they are treated like production machines. Some
had untreated injuries, were pacing frantically, and were housed
in overcrowded cages that reeked of urine.
Each mother dog at these mills is sentenced to a miserable life
in a cage so her puppies can be sold at pet stores across the country.
In addition to the lifetime of neglect their parents will suffer,
the puppies are also much more vulnerable to illnesses and disease
due to the conditions in which they were born -- with many falling
ill or dying within days or weeks of purchase.
As
we celebrate compassion this holiday season,
many people will unwittingly support this
cruel and inhumane industry when they purchase
a puppy from a pet store. Pets of Bel Air
is just one of thousands of retail stores
and Internet sites that sell puppy mill puppies
-- and that's why we need your help. Click
here to watch the video:
https://community.hsus.org/campaign/stoppuppymills_poba/wgxuuki4r7nk5357?
After you watch our video exposing the truth about the puppies
sold by Pets of Bel Air, please share it with your friends and
sign the pledge to stop puppy mills. Animal shelters and breed
rescue groups are the best sources for dogs -- not pet stores or
Internet sites.
Yesterday, as a result of our investigation, local authorities
shut down Pets of Bel Air for failing to secure the proper permits.
Thank you for all that you do to help animals.
Sincerely,
Wayne Pacelle
President & CEO
The Humane Society of the United States
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