Ookie Donates Monies to Protest Dogfighting

One Ookie is waging a battle against dog fighting about 50 miles north of Los Angeles in a central coast beach city called Ventura. Ventura County is the home of Baby Emporio LLC, the 11-year-old company that created Ookie, a cuddly mom and baby bonding doll with satin binding and 'Ookie' embroidered on the front . It's about as far from Michael Vick aka 'Ookie' and the recent scandal that rocked the NFL as you can get.

Ventura, CA (PRWEB) July 25, 2007 -- One Ookie is waging a battle against dog fighting about 50 miles north of Los Angeles in a central coast beach city called Ventura. Ventura County is the home of Baby Emporio LLC, the 11-year-old company that created Ookie, a cuddly mom and baby bonding doll with satin binding and 'Ookie' embroidered on the front . It's about as far from Michael Vick aka 'Ookie' and the recent scandal that rocked the NFL as you can get.

Recent association of Vick's alias 'Ookie' with the doll of the same name is causing great distress to Clasina Valkenberg, owner of Baby Emporio LLC (www.babyemporio.com). Valkenberg, who rescued her two, much-loved Weimaraners named Max and Megan, is appalled by reports of alleged dog fighting on property owned by the Atlanta Falcons quarterback.

"Turning attention away from Michael Vick and focusing attention on ending these cruel dog fights is what we want to do now." Valkenberg's baby gifts company is donating proceeds of Ookie sales through September 30 to animal shelters. "Our Ookie is doing something positive for babies and animals."

The Ventura Ookie's most compassionate supporter is The Tiny Miracles Foundation (www.TTMF.org) in Fairfield County, Connecticut. The not-for-profit organization, dedicated to helping families with premature infants, gives moms the Ookie Mom & Baby Bonding Doll to ease alienation in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs).

Animal loving customers at babyemporio.com must use the coupon code: HUMANE for orders to count towards the donation drive. Baby Emporio hopes the light will shine on their little one, Ookie Baby's First Doll, instead of animal advocates' worst enemies.

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