Thanks to all of you who attended the Fall Barbeque in last September. It was a success thanks to the ladies at FARF (The Friends of ARF)
2009 Fall Babeque
Friday Saturday Sept 25th
Tickets must be bought by Sept 18th
Please drop by the clinic for ticket sales
Coming Soon .... our own EBay Store
Ten Ways You Can Help
1. Give For Free:
Come by and get a coupon with a BiLo bar code on it. Once Bilo scans in this bar code ... everythime you use you Bilo Bonus card, we get a BiLo Charity donation with no cost to you
April 2009 update.
BiLO is now in bankruptcy procedings and not honoring this program. they even stopped payment on the $1212 check they gave us in mid March for last year ! Bummer
2. Buy a Bandanna. Mary and Davis Arnette, of The Regions Bank of Anderson have been kind enough to adopt not only a homeless pet, but our charity. One of the ways they're helping is by selling pet bandannas which Miss Mary makes. They're for sale at The FoxNest Veterinary Clinic, at Miss Kitty's Grooming Boutique. All of the $5 goes to ARF.
NEW: We now have a large selection of Fall and
Winter coats for dogs that were donated by Gretchen for sale (all proceeds going to the shelter). Also; painted birdhouses, boxes, and shirts.
3. Please Give Money if you can:
Any amount will be greatly appreciated...lots of clients give an extra $5 when they pay their bill...and it helps a lot. You can donate right online:
4. Give old Towels, paper towels, laundry soap, or pet food:
We use a lot of towels in our kennels and cat house, partly for cleaning but mostly for the pets to lay on. We also use a lot of bath mats, but we need things that can go through the washing machine in quanity. We have 6 washing machines going all the time trying to keep up with over 100 pets we sometimes have at the clinic and shelter...so laundry soap would be a great gift.
If you give us canned pet food, we use it as treats for strays and sometimes for sick patients, so that would be a great gift. We have to be very careful, though, with changing dry dog food on our dogs lest we cause diarrhea, so dry dog food is not a great gift, but still, if you have a bag your dog doesn't like we will be grateful to have it, but don't go out and buy it...we'd rather have the money.
5. Give Time and Love:
Our stray pets would love more walks and play time and especially just petting and touching...drop by when you have 20 minutes and ask to walk or play with the strays. Or if you're really an angel...take one or two of the more socialized pets home for the weekend to give them a break from their caged life. (See note in red at bottom)
6. Give us your referrals:
When the subject comes up, let people know that we have pets for adoption.
And let people know about our web sites:
FoxNest.info: all about our veterinary practice which is a major supporter of the shelter
7. If you enjoy yard work or gardening...consider helping me keep all our shrubs and garden areas maintained. It's a big job keeping our grounds spruced up. We have about 10 acres of woods, ponds, and trails where we walk and play with the dogs. Last year a group of men came and did a bunch of repairs that saved us a lot of money. Thanks.
8. Help us write grant requests asking foundations for their donations.
9. And, of course, consider adopting a pet
10. Attend and get involved in our fund raising events
Recent Past Events
We have a lot of nice people that organize fund raising events to help our stray pets. Here's what we have planned so far:
2008 Fall:
September Barbeque Party
We have a raffle ($5) for a beautiful pearl necklace
worth $500. Come see it at the shelter.
A Christmas Season Pet and Family Photo Shoot
And maybe in the works:
A golf tournement
A poker road rally race
And anything else that people like you might organize for us to help.
More details about what and when and so forth as we get organized and closer to the date of the events.
Thanks so much, Roger Ross DVM and all the people already helping to make this venture a success.
Note; If you want to volunteer: some of the pets need to be handled with care, and for the safety of you and the pets...there are a few reasonable rules about volunteering.
Check in with Diana, or Bonnie. We don't want just anybody walking through our place, opening cages etc without checking in first.
We are especially concerned about children.
Remember not to make fast movements and loud noises around animals who are deciding whether or not to trust you.
Remember that wet cement floors are slippery.
Really control your children. Even little kittens will scratch their eyes out if grabbed and terrified.
