US99.5's Weekend Journal: Paws Holiday Adopt-a-thon / Garrett Popcorn Shop - Feeding America / Bickell Foundation (12...

Sarah McDonald, Associate Director of PAWS Chicago talks about ways you can support PAWS for the Holidays, and the PAWS Holiday Adopt-a-Thon taking place December 9th and 10th at their Lincoln Park Adoption Center.  Scott Schroeder, Executive Vice President and Chief Brand Officer of Garrett Popcorn Shops, tells us about Garrett’s partnership with Feeding America.  Amanda Bickell, Co-Founder of the Bryan and Amanda Bickell Foundation, talks about the Bickell Foundation calendar! The 2017 calendar features famous Chicago athletes and actors.  She also talks about the mission of the Bickell Foundation, creating awareness for pit bull type dogs and working with them to assist formerly abused children and the Paws for Strength program, which utilizes therapy dogs to help the kids at Chicago’s Hephzibah House.