It’s Time to Let the Dogs Out! After visiting over one hundred shelters, one thing we’ve realized is that too often people aren’t aware of what’s happening in their community’s shelter and sometimes they aren’t aware there is a shelter in their community. This is a recent message we received on Facebook: “…just wanted to…
WE’RE Letting the Dogs Out! Notes from our Founder, Cara Achterberg Three years ago, Nancy Slattery and I sat in a bar in Alabama, exhausted after another long drive and shelter visit. It was in that bar that we launched the idea of Who Will Let the Dogs Out and our mission to raise awareness…
THANK YOU!!! Thank you for making our first Online Auction such a success – donors, buyers, volunteers, and most especially Lindsay Kohr, who headed up our auction, and Karen Alden and Becky Zarrella who helped her with everything! We learned a lot and are already making plans for next year. Special thanks to the following…
In this Issue: Online Auction, SWD Work weekend, Grant deadlines, Fundraising Ideas, and more! It’s Time for our AUCTION! Our first annual Fall Silent Auction is almost here! The auction will be open on September 6 at 12 pm and will close on September 16 at 8pm. This will be our largest fundraiser for the…
This month we are focused on the possibilities of shelter dogs. Too often people assume that shelter animals are ‘throwaway’ dogs with issues and health problems. That could not be further from the truth. We meet dogs all over the south who have landed in shelters through no fault of their own. Right now, pretty…
