As I was finishing my run around the loop in Prospect Park this morning. I saw what, from a distance, looked like bright green specks on the lawn of Longs Meadow.

What were they? I wondered. What was it? Some kind of art piece, a gardening project, weird animals?

As I got closer I saw that they were frisbees. Chartreuse frisbees. I also saw a camera crew taking still photographs of the scene. They had lots of equipment set up and some nice women standing around.

"We’re doing a poster for and animal shelter, BARC. We’re giving away 250 frisbees," one of them told me. "The name of the shelter is on the frisbee."

The Brooklyn Animal Resource Coalition is an animal shelter in Williamsburg. Their mission is to provide safe haven for homeless animals and find permanent and loving homes for them. The animals receive quality food, shelter and medical attention. They also exercise them frequently. They are able to do this through the revenues generated from their pet supply business. But they are always in need of donations.

OSFO and I visited BARC a few years ago. Everything they say on their website is true: they do take very good care of the animals in their care.

Photographer Ty Cole worked hard to get the shot just right. He donated his services pro bono.

They also had a box of yellow tennis balls with BARC printed on.