Franklin Animal Shelter Gets Awesome Award for Halloween Displays

With all the decorations and Halloween displays out there, it’s always fun to find one that creates a little buzz and gets people talking about its creativity, and is something unique.

Franklin Animal Shelter has done an awesome job with its displays this year. Here are a few of the ways they’ve got people talking and hope to create some awareness for all of the pets that are available for adoption at the shelter.

Here’s an example of some of the cool displays that you can stop by and check out at the Franklin Animal Shelter.

According to their website, Franklin Animal Shelter has completed close to five thousand adoptions. Sadly, nearly fifty percent of animals that arrive at shelters are strays, and over six million companion animals arrive at shelters each year.

Fortunately, we have a wonderful shelter right here in Central Jersey to visit if we’re looking for a rescue. This is a big decision, but one that will bring joy to your home for years to come. Many of the animals they offer will walk into your home as if they have always been there.

It’s an easy but thorough process if you’re looking to adopt. You fill out an application, have a conversation to learn which pet may be right for you, provide a few references, and take your forever friend home.

Some people think that they need to go elsewhere to get the specific breed or animal they want, not true. If you are looking for a specific breed or animal, you fill out an application and they keep you on file and contact you as soon as your preference becomes available.

Even if you’re not looking to adopt right now, there are other ways you can help. Volunteering at the Franklin Animal Shelter could be what you’re looking for. Volunteering is rewarding, and fun, and helps to improve the lives of the animals in their care. They’re always looking for volunteers to help the staff at various times of the day. So, if you’re at least sixteen years old, can work 2-3 hours a week, and are comfortable with working with both cats and dogs, you should stop by to learn more.

There are many things you can do including dog walking, monitoring the play yard, kennel cleaning, picking up donations, and more.

For more information about the Franklin Animal Shelter click here.

Happy Halloween:)

Every year our kids dress up and knock on strangers' doors and ask for candy. Free candy! They just walk up and people they've never met before give them sweet treats, it's arguably the best idea ever. We could complain that they don't always get the candy we want, and sometimes it's not even candy! Apples, pretzels, potato chips, and sometimes some loose change they have sitting around the house, what's wrong with these people?

According to a study by Coventry Direct, New Jersey's overall favorite is Raisinettes. I always hoped for a Zagnut, but that's another story. I say Zagnut is my favorite, but according to the New York Post, being a Scorpio the stars say it's not.

AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18), PISCES (February 19 to March 20), ARIES (March 21 to April 19), TAURUS (April 20 to May 20), GEMINI (May 21 to June 20), CANCER (June 21 to July 22), LEO (July 23 to August 22), VIRGO (August 23 to September 22), LIBRA (September 23 to October 22), SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21), SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21), and CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19).

"Aquarius is commonly associated with innovation and cosmic exploration. Fittingly, M&Ms were developed as a war ration. Their candy case prevents the chocolate from melting in the pockets of soldiers"

Described as the "music to your mouth," Pisceans are soothed by its sound. It's like Rice Krispies cereal cemented in a chocolate casing. Snap, crackle, pop, crunch.

Snickers bars are made by Mars Inc. and the Mars family named it after their pet horse. Marketing experts would reject that today. You need to research potential names, focus groups and surveys. Not for Snickers.

Bart and Homer Simpson said, "No one better lay a finger on my Butterfinger." Tauruses are possessive so it all makes sense. Food that is named after a body part. Finger seems to be a popular name, just ask the chickens and ladies. There's even a group of eats called "finger food."

Gemini is represented by twins, and Twix comes in twos. It's got a great combo of sweets. Cookies, caramel and chocolate, delicious!

"The 100 Grand Bar has been the subject of many a radio prank. Announcers offering callers $100,000 and delivering a single bar instead. It has even been plot points in episodes of “The Office” and “Seinfeld.” That product placement sold a lot of candy.

They're crunchy and delicious. Leos love their shiny appearance which garners attention which they love. One a day keeps the doctor away unless the doctor is a dentist.

Kit Kat was named after a London club with strong literary and political ties. The candy debuted "during Virgo season in 1935." My dad turns 88 next month and the Kit-Kat has just barely been around his entire life. 

This is the most popular candy in most circles. It allegedly came about by accident when two people, one eating chocolate and one eating peanut butter, bumped into one another causing their snacks to collide. They were about to kill one another when they both realized the discovery they made.

As a lifelong Scorpio, I'm not sure I agree with this. If I haven't mentioned it, my fave is Zagnut. However, astrologically speaking, I love candy corn.

"Sagittarius is the eternal optimist of the zodiac...you can’t keep these people down or out...Mr. Goodbar was... [used]...as a way to keep the company afloat and employees at work during the Great Depression." The story goes that someone in product development said, "That's a good bar." Milton Hershey heard that and decided on the name.

I'm not sure I completely understand this. Apparently Capricorns hand out toothbrushes at Halloween because they "rule over the teeth." I think the lesson here is, "Stay away from Capricorns on October 31st.