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Posted on December 21, 2011 by admin

Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable. ~Kenyan Proverb

Because of you, who donate & believe in a vision of a no kill nation, “A Place To Bark” has been Blessed to save over 2,500 homeless pets in the past 5 years. Thank You so very much!!!

Our model program, is where each entity does their part, to further animals along the adoption process. We rescue animals in need, from high kill shelters, puppymills & cruelty cases.

By being a full time foster & rehabilitation program we take them in, get them well, provide full veterinary care & any rehabilitation needed.

It is then a win/win situation for the homeless pets & the people who adopt them!

Working together is the answer!

We are their safety net, if for any reason the animals does not shelter well, they are always welcome back into our program, for as long as they need to be here.

Our partnering shelters have the means to showcase, screen, spay/neuter & adopt the animals out in large numbers. So we do our part on the front end & they do their part on the back end!

Thank you“Adopt A Pet” for the mention about “A Place To Bark” in their newsletter!

Their dedication to finding a homes for animals in need is Amazing!!!

Wonderful article done by “The Humane Society Of The United States” in their Sheltering Magazine pages 14-15, about our rescue efforts, titled “Travels With Bernie” .

We’ve been getting some great press, but that won’t keep our doors open.

We need recurrent donations to continue on.

For as little as $10.00 monthly, you can help save the life of a homeless pet in need & if in Chicago or Florida can adopt one of our rescues, from our partnering shelters.

This Holiday Season, keep love in your hearts and support rescue efforts!

The animals cannot help themselves & depend on us to care for their well being.

Help “A Place To Bark” continue saving homeless pets everyday by donating HERE

“Travels With Bernie”

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Updates

Posted on December 21, 2011 by admin

“Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do”
~John Wooden

Please accept my apology for not posting sooner…

I’ve been working double duty, between my art world & my rescue world.

This has been the hardest year ever, keeping the rescue open.

After 11 years of doing rescue, I almost had to close the program, earlier this year.

The economy has been so bad, people are surrendering their pets because they can’t afford to keep them. People aren’t adopting because they can’t afford a pet and people aren’t donating because they don’t have the disposable income to do so.

Not to mention rescues are closing like you’ve never seen because of lack of donations & funding.

So it’s become a very difficult situation all around, with homeless pets being put to sleep at greater numbers.

“A Place To Bark” is not out of the woods yet, but we are working hard on restructuring by partnering with businesses, who would actively fund the rescue & also creating residual income giving back.

The program has been so successful at saving lives, it’s grown beyond what I ever envisioned it to be. But along with that has been growing pains. Baptism by fire so to speak, in learning what works & what doesn’t as far as generating enough money to save the animals in need.

The operational costs, transport, gas, food, veterinary care, becomes very expensive. But Life shouldn’t have a price tag attached to it…

Thanks to “Chase Community Giving” giving us a grant we will be able to get a grant writer & cover some basic operational costs.

We still have alot of catching up to do, with outstanding bills, that have grown due to lack of donations. I have Faith, everything will work out and the program will continue to grow.

The grant money won’t arrive for 8-10 weeks I’ve been notified by the grant giver.

Please donate this holiday season so that we are able to continue saving homeless pets from needless death at our local animal controls.

Life is precious and should not be disposable. Together we can change things…

So in the next few months the website will be overhauled, many changes on the horizon…

Stay tuned & Thank You for visiting, donating & loving your pets….

Till there are no more homeless pets, we are “A Place To Bark”

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Drink Wine and Save a Life? Hmmmm…

Posted on November 9, 2011 by admin

We’ve been visited by an ANGEL! Drink Wine, & Save a Life?

A Place to Bark Animal Rescue has been proudly chosen as the official animal rescue of Cellar Angels.

Their mission is simple; expose wine lovers to incredible wines and provide assistance to worthy charities like us.

Please sign up today and help a great company support a great causes.

Find out more about Cellar Angels:

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Two Cups of Coffee a Month or Save a Life? Hmm…

Posted on July 14, 2011 by admin

Paying by credit card?
Click the “Subscribe” button and look for the link to “Pay by Credit Card”

“A Place To Bark” is in need of your help!

Due to record numbers of homeless pets & lack of donations we may be forced to close our doors at the end of July. The “Zoline Foundation” has given us a 20k matching grant, 7/1 – 8/1, 2011, to help us keep our program open, to continue helping animals in need.

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30 days & A Small Miracle Needed: 20K Matching Grant

Posted on June 26, 2011 by admin

“I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do.” ~Edward Everett Hale

Photo Credit: Joe Frazz photography

“A Place To Bark” is in need of your help!

Paying by credit card?
Click the “Subscribe” button and look for the link to “Pay by Credit Card”

Please donate, even the smallest of donations makes a huge difference. Spread the word, via the social networks, “Facebook”, “Twitter” & Your Blogs. Together WE CAN make a difference. Recurrent donations are what keep our program alive! 10 or 20 dollars a month, helps to make all the difference in the world.

With the economic challenges these days, there are more pets in need, than ever before. We seriously get hundreds of pleas for help monthly. It breaks my heart to think we may have to close.

In “2010” we rescued & placed 705 animals on a shoestring budget. In the past 5 years over 2,500 hundred were saved by “A Place To Bark” This certificate of recognition was given to us earlier this year by our county commissioners.

Can you imagine, if we were properly funded, how many more we could save? Our program is very successful, with 6 shelters waiting to take animals from our program. Unfortunately, it comes down to dollars. Sad, the reality of it all. That it is cheaper to euthanize than to rescue. In most animal control facilities here in the south, it is a 98% euthanasia rate. Can you imagine? Those numbers are staggering. Most of the beautiful faces you see on my blog, facebook, twitter, etc, would have all been put to sleep needlessly. My mind races daily with the ways of the world. How is it that society has become so cold? That life is measured by dollars… We Need To Change the practices of this world & Change will only occur, if people care enough to work together, by the masses. The sheer numbers of loving caring, hearts, CAN CHANGE THIS WORLD! “A Revolution For Life” needs to become a global mantra.

This program has grown beyond anything I could have ever dreamed, 12 years ago. Happy that I’ve been Blessed to save so many. It has come at a cost though. The cost being, that I know, all these precious lives can be saved! Thru hard work, long drives, networking and dollars. I’ve waged a war with my own money that began this rescue, to prove a point. That life does not have to put to sleep needlessly. After going thru most of my own personal dollars & family inheritance, it became painfully clear I needed to lead with my business head & not my heart. Even with the biggest of hearts, Love will not pay the utility bills, food, veterinary, fuel, van rentals, boarding, grooming, etc.

So the last few months have been, looking at the best way to restructure “A Place To Bark” to be viable & sustainable thru buisness practices. A new board is being put into place as I speak, all seasoned business people who love animals. We have connected with many big businesses that will give back, so it’s just a matter of time till we have this all figured out. But in the meantime, we have lives to save…

Won’t you help us continue on and donate? I’ve always been terrible at asking for help, but we have come too far to just give up. So I’m asking now, we need your help!

If for some reason we can’t raise our operations costs for this year, I will never give up! My life is one dedicated to the cause of helping animals in need, so I may have to slow down to catch up so to speak or change directions. But I will NEVER, EVER, give up…. Did I mention I wouldn’t give up? I won’t ever

These faces will tell you why I’m so driven… This was a delivery brought to me by the Sheriff’s Dept on the day they were to be euthanized. Look into those precious faces, I laughed so hard, I cried when I saw them… ALIVE & Smiling right back at me as if they knew, they were safe. All dogs have been placed into loving homes.