A Sitting For a Cause Blog Featuring All Things Pet-Related
Welcome to Feature Rescue Friday! This week we’re featuring an amazing program, FORWARD (Felines and Offenders: Rehabilitation with Affection, Reformation and Dedication), a program run in the Indiana State Prison by the Animal Protection League. The program is teaching inmates love, compassion, and important life skills about what it is to be human through the warmth and affection of their feline […]
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Welcome to Featured Rescue Friday! This week we’re featuring Hope for Life Rescue Center, a rescue located in Virginia Beach that gives hope to the animals they save and the community they live in. At Hope for Life Rescue Center, the walls are painted pink, blue and yellow. The rooms are fully decorated, complete with furniture and paintings. If not […]
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Welcome to Featured Rescue Friday! This week it is an honor to be able to feature a phenomenal rescue in Georgia that is helping to assist people and pets in violent situations, Ahimsa House! Ahimsa House is an organization dedicated to helping the victims (and their fur friends) of domestic violence. “Ahimsa” means “non-violence” in Sanskrit. Their website reports that […]
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Welcome to Featured Rescue Friday! Today we are highlighting the outstanding rescue, Furkids Animal Rescue & Shelters! Over 10 years ago, a woman named Samantha Shelton found a stray mother cat with kittens. She was unable to find a shelter that would take them. In response, she created what would become the largest animal rescue and no-kill shelter system in […]
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A few weeks ago I volunteered at an animal shelter for the first time, and I absolutely loved it. I was able to give back to the community by spending time with dogs that needed some love and attention. Even if you’re only giving an hour a week at the shelter, it really makes a difference to the pets and […]
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Welcome to Featured Rescue Friday! This week we are featuring the Montgomery County Friends of Animal Care and Control, a rescue operating in Christiansburg, Virginia that I was fortunate enough to visit last weekend with some friends. The rescue has been working at the Montgomery County Animal Shelter since 2006. Not only have volunteers and employees given their love and […]
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Welcome to Featured Rescue Friday, a weekly series where we share an amazing rescue that you should know about. This week we are featuring a rescue that is doing exceptional work for dogs in Los Angeles, The Forgotten Dog Foundation! The Forgotten Dog Foundation was launched in 2009 by Linzi Glass. Over the past six years of operation, Glass has placed over […]
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Welcome to Featured Rescue Friday! This week we are featuring a rescue that is near and dear to my heart since they flew my first foster pup to a rescue up in Washington and consequently helped her find her furever home. It is a privilege to feature the inspirational organization, Wings of Rescue. Wings of Rescue was launched in 2009 […]
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Welcome to Featured Rescue Friday, a weekly series where we share with you an awesome rescue that should be on your radar. This week we are featuring the amazing rescue, Angels Among Us! Angels Among Us is an extraordinary animal rescue based in Tennessee that saves animals from high-kill shelters. Their biggest mission is to inform people about the dangers […]
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Welcome to Featured Rescue Friday, a weekly series where we share with you an awesome rescue that should be on your radar. This week we are featuring the exceptional new rescue, Kaua`i Animal Welfare Society (aka KAWS)! KAWS officially launched in April of 2015 on the small island of Kaua`i. In the few short months they have been operating, they have saved […]
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