GL Actors Give a Hoot! (And a Bark and Meow and a….)

On Nov. 7, 2002, Grant Aleksander (Phillip) and his wife, Sherry Ramsey, hosted the Guiding Light/ Animal Haven Adopt-a-thon at Biscuits & Bath Doggie in New York City.

Animal Haven has been finding homes for abandoned cats and dogs throughout the greater New York area and providing lifetime care to animals that they can't place, since 1967. It operates a no-kill shelter in Queens, New York, a sanctuary and rehabilitation center in Delaware County called Animal Haven Acres and will soon be opening a branch inside Biscuits & Bath Doggie on New York's East Side. The November event was a combination adoption fair and fund-raiser for the new facility, with six animals adopted and $2,000 raised. (Which, according to Executive Director Marcello Forte, "is pretty awesome, considering it was a free event!")

Grant first became involved with the shelter through David Andrew Macdonald (Edmund). David and his wife, Nikki, adopted a shiatsu named Larry from Animal Haven when they first moved into their home in New Jersey. Shortly after, the organization held an event and David brought Grant. Grant and Sherry have always been very supportive of animal causes and when Grant learned that Animal Haven would be opening a branch practically right across the street from the GL studio, he suggested enlisting the cast into appearing at a fund-raiser.

To check out photos from the fun, furry-fest, click here!

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