a community outreach program
of Atlanta Pet Rescue
Pet Pals is a new and growing program at Atlanta Pet Rescue! Special volunteers take a few of our currently available adoptable dogs and some alumni dogs (or former adoptees) to senior residence homes. Once per month, Pet Pals visits Canterbury Court in Buckhead, Hearthstone and Freedom Pointe in Roswell, and KingsBridge in Atlanta.
The residents love to see Pet Pals coming! As most of them had a dog in their lives at one time, and are unable to have one now, Atlanta Pet Rescue offers them the chance to experience a little canine love and companionship. Pet Pals provides a wonderful outing for the little ones as well, who love all the attention!
A big thank you to our team leaders who coordinate with the activity directors at the residences and schedule the volunteers: Lauriel Leonard (Canterbury Court), Denise Davis (Hearthstone and Freedom Pointe) and Laura Pate (KingsBridge).
Click here to read more about Atlanta Pet Rescue's community outreach program, Pet Pals.
Red Bandanna Natural Pet Food Stores partner with Atlanta Pet Rescue to provide healthy food for shelter pets awaiting adoption.
Atlanta Pet Rescue & Adoption is proud to announce a partnership with local pet food retailer, Red Bandanna Natural Pet Food Stores. Starting on June 1, 2008, Red Bandanna Natural Pet Food Stores became the exclusive provider of pet food for the cats, kittens, dogs and puppies awaiting adoption at Atlanta Pet Rescue.
This partnership represents the annual commitment of a donation valued at over $24,300 from Red Bandanna Natural Pet Food Stores to Atlanta Pet Rescue.
Over the past several years, Red Bandanna Natural Pet Food Stores have become known to us as Atlanta’s source for Super Premium, Natural, Holistic and Organic pet food formulas for dogs and cats. At Atlanta Pet Rescue, we recognize the impact of good nutrition on the overall health and well-being of our animals. Red Bandanna Natural Pet Food Stores use only the finest quality of human-grade, nutritional ingredients. Never again will we need to supplement our pets' diets with vitamins or minerals—everything they need is in the food!
In addition to providing food for all of our pets awaiting adoption, Red Bandanna Natural Pet Food Stores have also agreed to donate one free bag of pet food to each adopter, along with coupons for additional food, treats and identification tags. The are also offering all Atlanta Pet Rescue volunteers a discount on in-store purchases.
Our heartfelt thanks go out to Red Bandanna Natural Pet Food Stores, for their generous commitment to Atlanta Pet Rescue, and their concern for the health and nutrition of all pets.
If you would like to find out more about how your own pet can benefit from a better diet, visit the Red Bandanna Natural Pet Food Stores web site.
The Atlanta Pet Rescue 2010 CALENDAR
is finally here!
$10 each
All $10 of the purchase price goes to support the pets awaiting adoption at Atlanta Pet Rescue! Our 2010 Atlanta Pet Rescue calendar features the work of professional pet photographer, and Atlanta Pet Rescue volunteer, Leesia Teh, who graciously donated her studio, time and talent to make this calendar possible. See more of her amazing work at www.leesiateh.com.
The calendar is a celebration of the amazing beauty of our rescue pets. Like last year, every single month features a pet that is either still available for adoption, or was adopted from Atlanta Pet Rescue. Each one of the pets featured in our calendar is a perfect example of what your support means to our no-kill adoption program. I am sure you will agree, each life saved is precious and worthy of celebration.
A HUGE THANK YOU TO CLAIRE PINKERTON, OUR AMAZING EVENT CHAIR!
...AND EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED!!!
A note from event chairperson, Claire Pinkerton:
It's truly amazing that despite the 500-year flooding we still had a successful WAGS TO RICHES sale. Could we have had it on a worse weekend? Despite the weather, we made about $33,000 for Atlanta Pet Rescue! In addition, we donated truckloads of items to three other rescue groups for their upcoming sales: FurKids, Mostly Mutts, and Clayton County Humane Society. Congratulations volunteers!!
A special thanks to Lindy Wright for her constant support and for securing the warehouse space that is vital to having this sale.To Lauriel Leonard for pursuing donations from various showrooms and getting them to us. To Judy for her encouragement and keeping us all fed during the sale.
Also thanks to Julie Stepp, Gigi Gould, Julianne Cook, and Susan Curtis for not only working at the sale, but also on multiple days at our oh-so-glamorous warehouse, in hot summer conditions, doing all of the essential sorting, pricing, and packing of all the accessories. Their hard work was key to a smooth sale. And Gigi worked not only at the warehouse, but every day at the sale, setting up and then the cashiering duties as well.
Very few people see him these days, but Kemp Hickey has helped WAGS for several years. Kemp did another outstanding job again this year in getting the trucks loaded and all of the goods driven over from the warehouse and unloaded at the Piedmont building. Another person we now only see at the sale each year is Becky Gaudette. Becky works hard every year on the sale and did so again this year both at the warehouse and every day of the sale. Becky takes on the task of all the fabrics, pillows and lampshades to be sorted, packed, and priced. Becky and Laura Dobson both went out of their way to keep me company on some late nights as we finished the packing at the warehouse and the set-up at the sale. Another person most of you have never met is John Overton. John was at the Piedmont building every day to help Lindy and me finish the pricing of the nicest furnishings and accessories. John is an expert appraiser and dealer with a shop on Bennett Street. John has helped us for the last three years with enthusiasm and a great sense of humor.
So many people became involved in WAGS TO RICHES in so many ways. Your help is what made the sale a great fundraiser and another way to get the word out about Atlanta Pet Rescue. Thanks to you all for your dedication to APR: To Ben Bailey who brought us cheese straws from Rhodes Bakery to keep us going, Hallie Brett, Dwain Curtis, Pat Dusenbury, Lyndel Gliedman, Jennifer Haggerd, Rachel Hawley, Jerry Herman, Pam Host, Gerald Huang, Pat Opperman, Gail and John Lewin, Don Page, Laura Pate, Amy Perkins, Melissa Rose, Kelly Sartin, Beth Sarver, Lisa Shone, Jackie Thomas, James Ballance, Effie, Michelle, Miriam, Randy Veal, and his good friend Mark.
Thank you all!
PAWS FOR COCKTAILS 2009
When: Thursday, November 19th @ 5:30pm
Where: Park Tavern, 10th and Monroe
How much: $15 donation at the door includes food & drink ticket
***Gold Fundraising Concepts makes a donation to APR for 30% of all gold sold that night. Last year we got a donation for $1,700! Please bring your scrap, old and unused gold and gems to Paws for Cocktails and help us get another amazing donation from this generous organization!
Please click on the image below to download the event flier. Please SHARE it and help spread the word! We had just over 500 guests last year... let's make it 750 this year!
Atlanta Pet Rescue thanks our PAWS FOR COCKTAILS Celebrity Hosts:
Atlanta Pet Rescue was voted "Best Place to Adopt a Pet" for the last two years of Atlanta magazine's special Pet edition. A big thank you to everyone who voted for us! We are very honored to receive this award for two years in a row!
GOOD DAY ATLANTA
When:
Friday, November 13
Friday, December 11
Where: Fox 5, Good Day Atlanta What: Please tune in to Fox 5 at around 9:45am for Good Day Atlanta for a segment on Atlanta Pet Rescue. You will see some of our wonderful pets available for adoption and hear the latest news about upcoming fundraisers. Don't miss it!
