South Jersey Pet Symposium in Palmyra This Saturday

Palmyra, NJ -- The Wuff House is the featured charity and recipient of this year's community service project at South Jersey’s third annual Pet Wellness Symposium, set for this Saturday, April 16, at the Palmyra Community Center, 30 West Broad, Palmyra.

Pet food will be collected at the symposium to help support their mobile pet food pantry that comes to Palmyra the third Saturday of each month and assists all Burlington County residents, organizer Lori Greenstein said.

All proceeds from the Symposium are donated to the Boo Tiki Fund, a non-profit 501 (C)3 charity, with the purpose of keeping animals in their forever homes by assisting pets in need of veterinary care when their families are experiencing a financial hardship and have nowhere else to turn.

The Boo Tiki Fund founders will be in attendance with a slideshow of beloved pets who received emergency, life-saving surgery and care essential for good health and happiness.

"Attend an empowering day of interactive lectures. Learn the importance of preventative care and vital information to achieve and maintain wellness, quality of life, safety and the benefits of holistic and integrative care for your beloved pet," Greenstein said. "Become enlightened to the ability of healing with food not medicine, less-invasive treatments and pain management for your senior pet. Receive giveaways and product samples to enhance your pet’s health and well-being."

Speakers will cover the following topics:

• Feline Wellness - Dr. Lisa Aumiller, HousePaws Mobile Veterinary Service
  
• Nutrition - Feeding for Optimal Health, Dr. Lisa Aumiller
  
• Dental Health - Quality of Life - Dr. John Lewis, NorthStar VETS
  
• Pet First Aid - Common Pet Emergencies - Dr. Joshua Portner, NorthStar VETS
  
• AARP - Assessment, Assistance, Rehabilitation & Pain Management for the Senior Pet - Dr. Russell Howe-Smith, PetPT

There is a children's program that includes:

• Basic Care for your Pet
  
• Why Your Pet Goes to the Vet
  
• Turtle Talks, Upcycle Art, and Learning about the Environment through Enrichment and Fun - The Turtle Lady, Cindy Pierson
  
• Story Time & Reading to Therapy Dogs from Tri-State K-9 Crisis Response Team
  
• How to Properly Greet a Dog
  
• Fire Prevention with Palmyra Fire Department and Palmyra Office of Emergency Management
  

There will also be a complimentary lunch, samples, giveaways and a Chinese Auction.

Donations raised by the Symposium 2015 doubled that of 2014.

Last year, the Cinnaminson Cub Scouts participated as part of the Symposium’s children’s program. They participated in a community service project making environmentally-safe toys for homeless animals.

To register, visit the Symposium Web page or the Symposium Facebook Page.

For more, call Greenstein at 856-906-7111.

The attached image of the Cinnaminson Cub Scout Troop #59 is a Patch file photo from last year’s Pet Symposium.