Evanston, Ill. – With the New Year right around the corner, it’s time to start thinking about choosing a calendar for 2009. Evanston pet photographer David Sutton unveils Sutton Studios’ seventh annual Dog Days Calendar to benefit animals in need. Here’s a way for you to adorn your wall with artful photography and make a difference to a needy animal at the same time. Sutton Studios provides the Dog Days Calendars at no cost to shelters and animal welfare organizations throughout the greater Chicago area. The agencies in turn sell the calendar and use the proceeds to support their mission to care for homeless and abused animals.

The organizers of I Do, Doggone It! would like to extend an invitation to Malia and Sasha Obama: find your puppy at the Animal Care League of Oak Park!

Getting a chance to meet the jolly old man in the red suit at Christmas time will make any child’s day during the holidays. We’ve gathered up all the times and places in Lake County and the North Shore you can catch Santa Claus out and about before his big adventure delivering gifts to good boys and girls around the world.

Get out your tuxedo and Fido’s best collar for the Third Annual Golden Paw Gala to benefit the animals at Northbrook’s Heartland Animal Shelter. ABC 7 News Reporter Charles Thomas will serve as this year’s special host for the event set for Saturday, November 15 at the Radisson Hotel in Northbrook.

Winning may be in the Barnes family genes or it could be the luck and skill of an Ace.

The Chicago-area biker community continued to demonstrate their strong support of area charities at the Second Annual Hogs for Dogs for the Heartland Animal Shelter. Over 150 riders, double last year’s number, participated in the charity ride on Sunday, September 21, raising over $5,000 for the Northbrook animal shelter.