Bishop Plumbing

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Bishop Plumbing has been offering quality plumbing service for over 90 years and as the company continues to bring top service to their clients, Bishop Plumbing has embarked on a new mission that has a strong place in the hearts and minds of the owner and employees at Bishop – to find safe and loving families for dogs in need of a home.

About a year ago, Bishop Plumbing's managers, Kristina Curran and Brian Wilk bought Bob a chocolate lab that he named Oakum. After several months with Oakum Bob felt that he wanted to adopt another dog to add to the Bishop family. In his plight to find a dog to adopt, Bob became very affected by the amount of dogs that were in the adoption programs due to abandonment. Bob eventually adopted Buster, but his heart still ached at the idea of all those dogs out there that needed good homes. Just the other week, Kristina Curran was contacted regarding a couple of dogs that were in danger of being put down at a pound in Jacksonville, Illinois. Kristina discussed this with Bob and they made the decision to rescue these dogs and place them in good homes. They quickly developed a list of foster homes from Bishop employees and sent then sent a Bishop truck to Jacksonville to pick up these three dogs. By that afternoon when the two black labs and one white shepherd were brought back to Bishop's office, Kristina had found them all homes. The white shepherd was actually adopted by one of Bishop's employees and they couldn't be happier with the dogs!

Bishop Plumbing is now starting an initiative to inform their community of clients about the need for safe homes for dogs who are currently roaming the streets or housed in pounds until the time comes for them to be put down. If you are interested in either adopting or fostering one of these dogs and rescuing them from these fatal possibilities, please contact Kristina Curran at Bishop Plumbing by calling her at 847-824-1800.

With our recent economic state there have been an alarming number of dogs that are abandoned on a daily basis because their former families could no longer afford to care for them. These dogs that were once family pets have either been turned into the local pounds or shelters or, in the worst case of desperation, just let loose to fend for themselves. Many of these dogs end up in pounds where they are given a certain number of days to be adopted or they will be put to death.
Bishop Plumbing Inc., is inviting our customers to join us in our plight to save these endangered dogs. We currently have dogs available that we saved a high kill shelter. Please take a moment to learn about these dogs and call our office at 847-824-1800 or email Kristina Curran at Kristina@bishopplumbing.com if you are interested in making any of these dogs your new pet.
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The 3rd campaign for the Warms Hands/Full Heart Food Drive Kick Off!

Bishop Plumbing has kicked off their third annual Warm Hands/Full Heart food drive. This year's food drive kicked off on October 1, 2010. Bishop Plumbing technicians will collect 10 items of acceptable food and/or paper products from our customers in exchange for a $30.00 discount. During the past campaigns, Bishop has found that their customers were really excited to be involved in such a great cause and many of their customers were generous enough to donate more items than was necessary. All items will be donated to local food pantries. A total of 2041 items were collected during this campaign and all items were donated to the Des Plaines, Mt. Prospect and Elk Grove food pantries. Please check back often to see how many items have been donated for this current campaign!

Over 65,000 Quality Service Calls Since 1921
Since 1921, Bishop Plumbing has offered quality plumbing services to the city of Chicago and its surrounding suburbs. Bishop Plumbing is a licensed, bonded, insured and union contracting company with highly trained technicians who offer professional service and exceptional results. Our 24-Hour Emergency Service means that your home will receive the care it needs any day of the week, at any time-24/7.

This morning, Bishop Plumbing converted one of its trucks into a sled like Santa's as it piled in toys upon toys to bring to the WGN-TV studio in Chicago for their annual Drive-Thru Toy Drive. Bishop Plumbing technicians and staff members, as well as Bishop Plumbing customers donated dozens of toys to give to the Toy Drive for the Boys and Girls Club of Chicago. To see footage of the Toy Drive visit the WGN-TV website at: www.wgntv.com. Those who helped with the drop off included Brian Wilk, Brad Goble, and Andrew - who we will now be calling "Santa's Elves" around the Bishop Plumbing office. Thanks, guys!