Avenue Magazine’s Top 40 under 40 feature article on animal-lover Andrea Cairns
Top 40 under 40
Lynsey Burke
Freelance Writer and Editor
Filed under The Philanthropic …
Animal Abuse Registry
Dogs in Canada Magazine – February 2011
In Canada, we have sex offender and child abuse registries, but currently, there’s no equivalent to track animal abusers.
Second Chance Animal Rescue
Second Chance Animal Rescue Newsletter – July 2010
SCARS is a Northern-Alberta-based dog rescue society that I write for on a volunteer basis. These articles bring attention to the charity of the organizations’ dedicated volunteers.
Fundraisers
Avenue Magazine Edmonton – Party Crasher
In this monthly section, I would venture out to local galas where people would get all dressed up for a good cause.
Wild Dog Rescue
Avenue Magazine Edmonton – Nov. 2009
Fionn MacCool is his name, and Andrea Cairns is his foster mom. The brown-eyed pooch is Cairns’s newest household member, rescued with 21 other huskies from a life spent living on a chain. After naming her fair share of foster dogs that have come and gone from her home, Cairns jokes, “You start to get creative.”
Humanitarian Efforts
Avenue Magazine Edmonton – Nov. 2009
“Hope is a really important thing, and we don’t have enough of it,” says Renee Vaugeois, a lifelong humanitarian. “When I meet people who believe in the world, that gives me hope.”