Giving That's Twice as Sweet!
Valentine Fundraiser for Angel Ridge Animal Rescue.
Valentine's Day can sneak up on you after all the previous holidays have worn you out. We are ready to help you by making one task a little easier for you. Save yourself the gas, the time, the rush, the lines and the inconvenience of shopping for "the perfect" Valentine. Let us send your special someone an original, custom-designed valentine and help support Angel Ridge Animal Rescue at the same time.
For a $5.00 donation, we will sign, fold, stamp and mail your card on Friday, February 10, 2012 to your valentine. All proceeds benefit Angel Ridge. Attached is a form that you can fill out today and scratch the task off your list. Fill out the form, enclose your check made payable to Angel Ridge Animal Rescue and mail it to: P.O. Box 94, Meadowlands, PA 15347. We will take care of the rest. And thank you for sharing the love!
You can download additional forms from the Angel Ridge website: www.angelridgeanimalrescue.org/forms/V-Form.pdf
Or you can fill one out online at: www.angelridgeanimalrescue.org/vday.php
In addition—throughout the month of February, Angel Ridge is offering a Sweetheart's Special on adoptions — $30.00 off the adoption price of all adult dogs. It's so nice to have a warm dog next to you during those frigid winter nights. Come see Tillie, Tessa, Lizzy, Faith, Chip, Theresa and everyone else that is ready to go home and cuddle with you.
Lindy, "One Special Little Cat"
Few among us would handle the loss of a limb as anything less than life—altering. But for a young, 5—pound cat, the life—threatening wound and subsequent loss of a leg has been met with extraordinary adaptability and a calm, sweet surrender to those who she must have realized were only there to help her.
Lindy arrived in the world with four legs as most cats do, but she will be walking out of Angel Ridge with only three. And we hope that day is very soon — since she is currently available for adoption — so that this little cat who suffered such a major trauma can have a long, happy life despite her sudden, if almost unnoticeable disability. She has already tasted some of the good life in a foster home while she heals with a large resident dog named Spanky who has politely looked on as the "tippy" interloper went to town eating from his bowl.
On Tuesday, October 25, the little tabby cat was brought to Angel Ridge by a gentleman seeking help, explaining that he had found her on his property. Her right hind leg was a gaping wound, the cause unknown. It might have been a trap, or a lawnmower, or maybe even a dog or raccoon, but Lindy hasn't spilled the beans. Though Angel Ridge does not regularly accept cats, this cat required emergency intervention and she was rushed to the veterinarian where the leg was cleanly amputated. Lindy was a model patient and had been in a foster home since the operation to recuperate.
A report from her foster mom included these highlights: "She hardly seems to notice the missing leg except when she goes to scratch her ear on that side and occasionally she does tip over. It will take a while for her to get her strength built up in her left leg and she does tire easily but she loves to play and to snuggle. She really enjoys being with people and other animals and would rather be getting attention than eating which she enjoys greatly. When batting a toy around is when she tips the most seemingly forgetting about having to compensate. ... She is already climbing steps and I have to be careful to keep her from jumping up on the furniture, she has but I don't let her because I am worried about her slowing her healing. She is one special little cat."
Emergency medical intervention is always an unexpected financial burden for any shelter or rescue and with that in mind, we must turn to you supporters and those in our community to help defray the costs so that we can continue to provide care when it is needed. Please help us pay Lindy's medical bills by making your tax—deductible donation* payable to Angel Ridge and write Lindy in the memo line.
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For inquiries about adopting Lindy or any of the other Angel Ridge cats and dogs, please contact us at...
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* All donations in excess of what is needed to cover Lindy's medical costs will be added to the "Malcolm" fund for his upcoming eye surgery.
The Fall 2011 Newsletter is Here!
The Fall 2011 Newslettter is here. Get your copy by either clicking the link below or by clicking the "Newsletter" link under the "News" tab above.
[Angel Ridge Animal Rescue Fall 2011 Newsletter]