AUG COTMS 1-2-3: United Animal Alliance, Baldwin County Humane Society, German Shepherd Rescue of New England

AUGUST 2012

ANYTHING GOES 

CHARITY OF THE MONTH

Usually each month, TEAM EFA designates one animal charity as our Charity of the Month (aka COTM). 

During the month of August, Team EFA's Charity of the Month is ANYTHING GOES… which means that efa cotm members who participate in our COTM program will be able to select from any of our last 11 charities when making their donations. 



As is becoming tradition during the quieter summer month of August... patrons, sponsors & members have a renewed opportunity to look back on EFA's 2011/12 COTM charities and assist one or several of these fabulous organizations.



Each week we will look at 3 COTMS... ENJOY & please donate if you can !

German Shepherd Rescue of New England

nominated by Alicia of Woodsedge

The German Shepherd Rescue of New England (GSRNE) is a 501(c)3 organization dedicated to, providing veterinary care and evaluations before finding forever homes for German Shepherds in need.

GSRNE works through a network of volunteers who have opened their hearts and homes to take dogs of all ages who come from all walks of life, whether they were abused, found as strays, were owner surrenders or were left behind when their owners passed away. All the dogs who come into GSRNE are spayed/neutered, updated on vaccinations and receive whatever medical care their situation warrants before being placed in foster homes. Every dog is then carefully matched with a forever home that matches their temperament, activity level and needs.

READ THE FULL EFA BLOG ARTICLE ON GSRNE HERE

LINKS for GSRNE

VISIT their website

WATCH the video

CHECK OUT facebook

MAKE a donation

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Baldwin County Humane Society

nominated by Emily of YarnMiracle

Founded in 1979, The Baldwin County Humane Society (BARC!) was Baldwin County, Alabama's first animal advocacy group. There were no other shelters or rescue groups in the county at that time. Since then, multiple animal welfare groups have been formed in many of Baldwin's towns and cities, but BARC! remains the only county-wide animal rescue resource.

This 501(c)3 not-for-profit is run as an adoption agency rather than a shelter. BARC! relies on volunteers to foster animals in their homes until they are placed with their adoptive family. The goal of the organization is to "eliminate the number of abused and abandoned pets through spay/neuter, education, rescue and adoption."

To find out more about the Baldwin County Humane Society's initiatives, goals, and work with law enforcement on behalf of abused animals or to read adoption stories, please visit their website here: BaldwinHumane.org 

You can also: Find BARC! on Facebook and Follow BARC! on Twitter

READ THE FULL EFA BLOG ARTICLE ON BARC! HERE

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UNITED ANIMAL ALLIANCE

nominated by Julie of BlindWolfSpirit

The UAA is a 501( c) that goes into schools and organizes entertainment events in inner cities to reach out to young people in an attempt to put an end to dog fighting. “The reality we face today: dog fighting and other inner-city animal abuses are at higher levels than ever before -- a problem that affects both animals and humans alike.

The dream we envision: We envision serving as a community resource for information on animal rights, bringing animal cruelty prevention programs to schools in urban American, and motivating children and the communities in which they live to create a safer more compassionate environment for animals and children.

We envision a world in which the animals of our community are treated with kindness, love and respect, a world which will help foster generations of positive, empowered, life-affirming children, and a world in which it will be cool to be kind, not cruel."

READ THE FULL EFA BLOG ARTICLE ON UAA HERE

UAA LINKS

ViSiT THEiR WEBSiTE

WATCH THEiR ViDEO

CHECK THEM OUT ON FB

MAKE A DONATION TO UAA

September's COTM: Urban Animal Alliance

September's COTM:

Urban Animal Alliance

Presentation by Julie of BlindWolfSpirit

Photographs courtesy of UAA

I nominated the Urban Animal Alliance (UAA) as the September Charity of the Month because I believe the key to eradicating dog fighting in our society lies in education. I first became aware of the UAA on facebook as I was following (like many other people) the story of the little Newark pit bull that had been starved and dumped down a garbage chute.

Even though I have been involved in animal rescue for many years, I had never had any experience with pit bulls. As I began to research groups that were working with pits I came across the UAA. After reading their story and watching their video “Stop Fighting the Dogs” I knew I wanted to get involved.

Rescued Pittie Victim

The UAA is a 501( c) that goes into schools and organizes entertainment events in inner cities to reach out to young people in an attempt to put an end to dog fighting. In one of my conversations with Jeff Hanc, Managing Director of the UAA, I was surprised to hear that many of the children the UAA works with have never had any exposure to dogs as pets. He told me that many children in inner cities have only ever seen junk-yard dogs or fighting dogs and are surprised when the UAA brings a pit bull to their school that they can pet and play with.

K Lethal and Lady Bishop performing at Hounds on the Sound

Save-A-Pet festival in Port Jefferson, NY in June 2011

This is what Jeff has to say about the organization: “The reality we face today: dog fighting and other inner-city animal abuses are at higher levels than ever before -- a problem that affects both animals and humans alike. Think of it this way: if today's children are tomorrow's leaders, and today's inner city children are largely desensitized to the suffering and cruelty of our closest animal companions, what does this mean for the future of our communities?"

K Lethal and Lady Bishop with Pitties

"Stop Fighting the Dogs."

"Many of our members come from some of the toughest ghettos of America, and have seen first- hand how seemingly 'prankish' acts of violence against pigeons or squirrels can lead to cruelty against cats and dogs, and potentially an interest in dog fighting. And that's just the beginning: from there, such a desensitized and violent person can easily expand his target of cruelty to other people. It's a verifiable and violent cycle that has never been properly prioritized and one that needs to be addressed immediately."

K Lethal, Lady Bishop, and record producer J*Roc

"The dream we envision: We envision serving as a community resource for information on animal rights, bringing animal cruelty prevention programs to schools in urban American, and motivating children and the communities in which they live to create a safer more compassionate environment for animals and children.

We envision a world in which the animals of our community are treated with kindness, love and respect, a world which will help foster generations of positive, empowered, life-affirming children, and a world in which it will be cool to be kind, not cruel."

K Lethal getting kissed by a Pittie

"The plan of action: To bring focus, attention and action to the problems of animal abuse in America's inner cities and suburbs via community outreach 'edutainment' events. We offer educational programs, volunteer opportunities, and special events designed to entertain children, enlighten them about animal cruelty, empower them to positions of ethical leadership and peer mentoring, and inspire them to treat all animals compassionately and humanely now and forever.”

I hope that in addition to supporting UAA as EFA’s charity of the month, everyone will take a moment to get to know this charity. They are a start-up organization in need of any help they can get.

UAA LiNKS

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WATCH THEiR ViDEO

CHECK THEM OUT ON FB

MAKE A DONATION TO UAA

PURCHASE AN EFA PRODUCT

WHiCH SUPPORTS THE COTM PROGRAM

IF YOU ARE AN EFA MEMBER

JOIN OUR COTM PROGRAM

THANKS !