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Issue 10.05
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Please help our Furry Kids
Make A Donation Today! |
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OCTOBER IS NATIONAL ADOPT-A-SHELTER DOG MONTH |
 National Adopt-a-Shelter Dog Month is a great time to consider adopting a dog from your local shelter or rescue group. Millions of animals are killed in shelters across the United States each year. Rescues, such as Furry Kids, help reduce those numbers by bringing dogs and cats into our program and into foster care...for example, dogs like "Bugler"...
 Furry Kids has taken in this sweet boy from the KCK shelter. Bugler is believed to be around 2 years old and weighs 37 pounds, which is very, very underweight for his size. You can see from the photo on the left that he is skin and bones! The KCK shelter workers told us that people just would not feed him. How sad!! Bugler has been with us for just a few weeks and already he has stolen his foster mom's heart! He is a complete doll who loves other dogs and doesn't have a mean bone in his body! We will be working to "fatten" him up and get him completely healthy before he will be ready for adoption. So, until then, Bugler has decided that he wants his own page on the Furry Kids' website so he can keep you updated on his progress. Watch the Furry Kids Website for Bugler's Blog....COMING SOON!
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FALL FOOD DRIVE!!
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 We've got hungry mouths to feed!!! Furry Kids is running low on dog food supplies and we need your help! We will be kicking off our Fall Food Drive this Saturday, October 16th and will continue the drive weekly until November 7th. We need good quality dry dog food, with meat listed as the first ingredient.
Donations of any size bag of the dog food can be dropped off at our weekly adoption events. We will be at the Lee's Summit Petco every Saturday and at the Blue Springs' Petco on Sunday, October 31st and Sunday, November 7th. Donations can be dropped off between Noon and 5:00 PM at both locations.
Would you like to donate some dog food but can't make it to Petco? Please email or call Connie (816-853-9360) and we'll make other arrangements! If you'd like to donate monetarily, just click the 'donate' button above and specify that you'd like your donation to go towards food.
Your tax-deductible food or monetary donation will provide desperately needed food for our rescued Furry Kids as they await their forever homes. Thank you for opening your hearts and donating to our Furry Kids! |
2010 HOLIDAY SHELTER+ CHALLENGE
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The Holiday Animal Rescue Site Shelter+ Challenge began on Monday,September20th. The grand prize is a $10,000 grant as well as weekly $1000 grants to rescue groups with the most votes - a total of $100,000 in grants for animal welfare organizations. Think how many animals we could help for $10,000! 
Help us win! We've tried to win this challenge several times but each time we have fallen short...can we do it this time? YES, but only with your help!!
You can vote once a day, every day, now through December19th, 2010. So, let's start voting!!
P.S. Did I mention that we could win $10,000 to help our Furry Kids!!
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 Meet Baylie....
Baylie is an 1 1/2 year old Red Heeler who came to Furry Kids’ when his owner could no longer take of her. She is very sweet and just loves people. She gets along well with other dogs, too! AND....she is housetrained so that is a definite BONUS!
Read more about Baylie on her Petfinder page.
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Furry Kids' Refuge is especially in tuned with animals who have special needs. As a group, we rescue a lot of well adjusted, healthy dogs who find loving forever homes quickly. Then there are those that have issues that make them not-so-highly adoptable...like "Traci." |
 Traci is a female, full grown, Australian Cattle Dog/Blue Heeler mix who was rescued from a local shelter when her time had run out. Traci has been diagnosed with a heart murmur and has to take an inexpensive medication on a daily basis. But this doesn't stop Traci....she loves to run and play! You can tell she definitely has the herding breed in her because she will sometimes nip at the other dogs heels to keep them in line and nip at our heels to playfully keep us in line too! So, Traci would probably do best in a home with older children as she might be too much for the littler ones.
Traci loves to be part of the family...she likes playing with toys but is also content just to lay down with them. She craves attention from her humans more than she does play time. Traci just wants to be part of what is going on, whether it's watching TV on the couch or going bye-bye for a walk. For more information on Traci, please check out her Petfinder page.
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Our hopes for all of our Furry Kids is that they find a great forever home. The photo on the right is one of our lucky Furry Kids before he was adopted. His name was Domenic when he was with us but now he is known as "Buster." His new family sent us this note and a great photo... If you look real close at the photo below, you will see that one of the animals is not stuffed ...:-)
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Dominic is doing very well with his new family. It took a few days for him to get used to our other adopted dog (Ellie) but they are inseparable now. We did change his name to Buster because our son's name is also Dominick and it was a bit confusing for both of them...:-) I have attached a picture of our daughter, Abigail, with Buster and this shows how truly lovable and patient he is with our kids... Thank you."
THANK YOU, to the Wendte Family!!...for giving our Furry Kid such a fantastic home!!
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If you want someone who's always willing to go out with you, at any hour, for as long as you want and will go wherever you want ...
... then adopt a dog!
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FURRY KIDS WISH LIST
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| Adult and Puppy Dry Dog Food |
Kitty Litter (scoopable) |
| Dog Toys and Chews |
Dog Collars & Leashes |
| Large Metal Crates |
Empty Kitty Litter Buckets  |
| Blankets and Towels |
| Cleaning Supplies (Bleach, Laundry Soap, Antibacterial Spray Cleaners, Paper Towels) |
KITTY LITTER BUCKETS ??
You'll notice a NEW item on our wish list..."Empty Kitty Litter Buckets." We are collecting these in an effort to help Chain of Hope whose main goal is to help alleviate the suffering of abused and neglected animals within the urban core of Kansas City. These buckets can be used for water and attached to a fence so they don't spill over like a bowl on the ground. This gives the dog a better chance of maintaining a much needed water source.
If you'd like to make a donation, please bring items to the Lee's Summit Petco between noon and 5pm on any Saturday. We appreciate your support!
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DOGTOBER FEST
Sunday, 10/17/10
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| This is our favorite event of the year! Everyone is guaranteed to have a doggone good time at Dogtober Fest!! There will be contests, games, agility matches, dock diving competitions, demonstrations that include Police Dogs, Search and Rescue Dogs, Sheep Herding, and more!! There will also be booths for a wide-array of dog related products and services. |
Please stop by the Furry Kids booth to say "HI" ... and of course, your 4 legged friends will not want to miss out on Bobbin' for Hot Dogs!!
Click here for directions. |
ROVERlution
Saturday, 10/23/10
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Kansas City Dog Advocates (KCDA) is hoping to make ROVERlution 2010 the greatest Adoption Event of the year! The event will be held at Mill Creek Park on the Plaza from Noon to 5:00pm on Saturday, October 23rd. There will be costume contests, micro-chipping, ID tags by IDKC, spay / neuter and TNR info as well as a focus on how breed discrimination effects the efforts to achieve a No Kill Solution for the Kansas City Metro. For more information visit the KCDA website or visit ROVERlution on Facebook!
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Applebee's Flapjack Fundraiser - Breakfast with Santa Claus!! |
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Under Applebee’s “Community Connections,” a community outreach program sponsored by Applebee’s® International, Inc., Furry Kids’ Refuge is pleased to announce its "Holiday Flapjack Fundraiser- Breakfast with Santa Claus ” on Saturday, December 4th, 2010 from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. at Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill and Bar: 701 Melody Lane, Lee’s Summit, Missouri. More details will be available, as well as the ability to purchase tickets online, in the next newsletter and on our website very soon! |
ADOPTION EVENTS |
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What if Furry Kids earned a penny every time you searched the Internet? Well, now we can! GoodSearch.com is a new search engine that donates half its revenue, about a penny per search, to the charities its users designate. You use it just as you would any search engine, and it's powered by Yahoo!, so you get great results.Just go to goodsearch.com and be sure to enter Furry Kids Refuge as the charity you want to support.
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Microchipping will Ensure a Safe Return if Your Beloved Pet is Lost |
Registration is free and easy to update from the internet!
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Ideas or Comments? |
Is there something you'd like to see in our email newsletters? Do you have ideas for articles or stories? Please email Catie. We are always open to new ideas or creative criticism.
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He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog.
You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours,
faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it
to him to be worthy of such devotion.
~Anonymous
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ABOUT FURRY KIDS REFUGE:
Click here to read our mission statement. We are a Federal 501(c)(3) organization.
Founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors: Carla Wing
Board Of Directors: Carla Wing, Crystal Wing, Lisa Barelli, Connie Lawson
Volunteer Officers: President:Connie Lawson Secretary/Treasurer: Denise Lamb
Volunteers & Foster Families: Kim Accurso, Steve & Alex Accurso, MaryAnn Bachman, The Barelli Family, Diane Bell, Tracy Bornmann, Catie Callery, Robin Chevalier, The Cunningham Family, Kay Danneberg, George & Judy Devenport, Terry DeVore, Danielle Golden, Jonathan Graham, Pauletta Grantham, Peggy Hurshey, Judy Kerns, Janet Kirk, Denise and Tim Lamb, Connie and Justin Lawson, Katreen & Kent Lawson, Heddie Leger, Tara Manillo, Sheila Martin, Sean McCann, Jennifer Miller, Carol & Duane Nellis, Andrea Passantino, Amanda Peoples, Kimberly Oxley, Heather Prins, Lindsey & Brandon Schaaf, Jill Schmidt, Tom Schuitema, Lisa Thursby and Family, Jennifer Tiffany, Cheryl Wilds, Jim & Jacque Wiskur, Donna Wing, Mike Wing |
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Thank you to all our volunteers, contributors and supporters.
Without you we would not be able to continue this work! |
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© Furry Kids Refuge. All Rights Reserved. Powered by Necessaria Marketing LLC Furry Kids is a 501(c)(3) non profit organization.
Website: furrykidsrefuge.org | Email: admin@furrykidsrefuge.org | Phone: 816.277.8284|
Address: P.O. Box 1442, Lee's Summit, MO 64063 |
