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Zelda in the News-Again! -- Friday January 15th, 2010
Original link:
http://www.nems360.com/pages/full_story/push?blog-entry-Zelda%20&id=5537295
Story:In December 2008, a dog was hit on the Natchez Trace and left to die on the side of the road. She was found by someone who called me. When I arrived, I saw that her leg had been broken and was protruding through her skin. She was in shock and had lost blood. I took her to the vet’s office, where she received emergency surgery. Emily Le Coz was kind enough to write an article about her. As a result of that article, many generous people donated money toward the dog’s vet bill. It has been a long time in coming but I would like to thank everyone who helped Zelda! She will never know all the wonderful people who helped keep her alive! I would like to extend a special thank you to Mr. James Roy of Booneville and everyone at McMillan & Cunningham Small Animal Hospital. After many surgeries, Zelda was finally able to walk on all four legs again. Working with Homeward Bound of Mississippi and Good Karma Rescue, Zelda found her forever home this summer in Vermont with a lady who has stated that “We are so in love with out new dog its not even funny!” Zelda’s new name is Nellie but as you can see in the photo, she probably doesn’t mind. Thank you everyone for being so kind!
GKR Bovine Rescue -- Saturday December 26th, 2009
When Farm Sanctuary in
Watkins Glen, New York,
received a request from Teal
Church of Good Karma
Rescue in Montpelier asking
for a contact to help her find
a home for a male dairy calf, GMAD became involved.
Here is the rest of the story, as told by long-time
GMADer Sara Mann:
One day in mid-August, I drove to Montpelier to check
on a calf, as well as the mother of the calf, who we were
told wasn’t in good shape. Gertie had given birth to the
calf in May and her udders were pretty much dragging
on the ground. While we were there, we noticed another
cow mothering the calf. Elsie had had a calf in the spring
that died, so she had become very attached to Gertie’s
calf, Rupert. Both cows were headed for the slaughterhouse
for various reasons.
Two weekends later we showed up at Matt and Teal’s
house to give these old girls and their charge a new home.
It didn’t take too long to load Gertie and Elsie. After a
lot of chasing we rounded
up Rupert, put a halter on
him, and put him in the back
of the truck because there
was no room for him in the
trailer.
It didn’t take us long to let the new cows and our Jerseys
out together in the meadow. They have all bonded and
don’t go anywhere without each other. They have even
accepted a rescued Appaloosa
mare into their fold. All of the
adults look after Rupert. He
is growing stronger and bigger
every day. Gertie has had lots
of TLC from us, and we just
bought her an udder support
to help her get her udder off the ground and make it easier
to treat her poor old teats. The cows will be cared for,
loved, fed regularly, and allowed to be just cows enjoying
the sunny days up on our little mountain.
This whole process was made so much easier by all of
the good folks who donated to GMAD, and Teal and her
husband, Matt. GMAD paid for Gertie’s initial checkup,
they paid for Elsie to join Gertie and Rupie in their new
home, and with extra donations, GMAD paid for the
most recent checkup and half of the cost of the trailer
which was needed to rescue them and for future rescues.
We welcome anyone who wants to come visit our farm.
We have 1 horse, 4 big pigs, 8 jerseys, 4 cats, and 8 dogs.
Sara & Lisa
Finally Home Animal Sanctuary
Winner! Maddie's Fund -- Friday August 7th, 2009
Good Karma Rescue is a week four winner of the Maddie's Fund "Best Foot Forward" customer service Grant challenge. On August 3rd we were awarded a $500 grant for having good customer service! Here's the press release from the contest:
Maddie's Fund® will award $50,000 in prize money to Petfinder.com member shelters and rescue groups in the U.S. who demonstrate good customer service. The promotion runs from July 13 through September 18, 2009.
The Purpose of the Promotion
Maddie's Fund and Petfinder.com believe that good customer service saves lives. The first step in good customer service is to capitalize on the public's enthusiasm for adopting by responding right away when initial contact is made. The second step is to make a potential adopter's experience positive and helpful.
We hope our cash prizes will encourage shelters and rescues to assess their customer service and entice them to improve it if it is lacking.
GoodSearch For Good Karma -- Friday May 15th, 2009
What if Good Karma earned a penny every time you searched the Internet? Or how about if a percentage of every purchase you made online went to support our cause? Well, now it can!
GoodSearch.com is a new Yahoo-powered search engine that donates half its advertising revenue, about a penny per search, to the charities its users designate. Use it just as you would any search engine, get quality search results from Yahoo, and watch the donations add up!
GoodShop.com is a new online shopping mall which donates up to 37 percent of each purchase to your favorite cause! Hundreds of great stores including Amazon, Target, Gap, Best Buy, ebay, Macy's and Barnes & Noble have teamed up with GoodShop and every time you place an order, you’ll be supporting your favorite cause.
Just go to www.goodsearch.com and be sure to enter Good Karma as the charity you want to support. And, be sure to spread the word!
Donate a Kuranda Dog Bed -- Friday May 15th, 2009
Our dogs LOVE these beds! They use the ones we have everyday and would love to have more so they don't have to share!
Kuranda’s “Donate A Bed” program enables individuals to donate beds to Good Karma Rescue at discounted price. Just select Good Karma Rescue and follow the instructions.
The donation will be sent directly to the shelter in your name. Your donation is 30% to 35% off of our retail prices
Link to Good Karma Rescue to Donate a Bed :
http://kuranda.com/catalog/donate_landing.php?intShelterID=3480
Give Back America -- Saturday March 21st, 2009
We now have our own personal shopping mall listed on GiveBackAmerica.org. The link above will bring you to our page for shopping with many large online retailers.
We have partnered with GiveBackAmerica.org to help our organization raise additional funds, all at no extra cost to you the consumer!
GiveBackAmerica.org is an online shopping mall created to raise money for local charities. The concept is simple, every time you shop online from your favorite online retailer (ex. Target, Expedia, Amazon, Ebay) a percentage of each purchase goes to Good Karma Rescue.
Children's Book Fundraise -- Saturday March 21st, 2009
Frisco Finds a Forever Family is a beautiful, full-color, hardcover children's book written by seven-year-old author Ansley Carol Burnette. When Frisco's first owners don't want him around anymore, he feels lonely and frightened. While living in a rescue shelter, he wonders if he'll ever find a forever home where he can love and be loved.
And for every book sold, Tiny Hands Press donates money to private, no-kill rescue shelters to help other dogs like Frisco find their forever families.
All donations to Good Karma Rescue are tax deductable as Good Karma is a charitable 501(c) 3 organization.
Visit this site to purchase a book: http://friscothedog.com/Good%20Karma.html
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