Melissa Hardy, Reno resident and TTouch Practitioner of 15 years began volunteering at Camp Reno yesterday, using her skills to help the residents to feel better and become more social.

We continue to get good reports on the dogs from Shannon Asquith, director of field services, and the EARS volunteer team. Perhaps one of the best success stories they've shared so far is about Maggie.

Thanks to the wonderful generosity of PetSmart Reno and General Manager Byron Thompson, the dogs of “Camp Reno” all have brand new beds!

EARS volunteers awoke this morning to five inches of fresh snow, with more still falling! Although all of the current EARS volunteers are from the Sacramento, California area and not used to driving in snow, we all made it safely to the shelter. Thank goodness for four-wheel drive!

"Camp Reno," as it was named by local EARS volunteers Scott Carson, was a busy place yesterday!

Posted by Shannon Asquith, UAN Director of Field Services, who is on site in

Can you imagine living in the desert, with nothing but a makeshift hay hut for shelter? Subject to intense heat and biting cold, without proper food and clean water?