This is a series of diaries highlighting animal rescues around the country and noting and celebrating the work they do to help animals who have no voices but ours to speak for them. I have decided to make this a daily series because there are so many wonderful rescues out there who need human help and weekly just doesn't seem to be enough. I have long wanted to start a rescue but lack the resources or time available to do so right now so this is my attempt to do my part. I hope that these rescues will benefit from the kindness and benevolence of the community here at Daily Kos. They are amazing organizations and worthy of Kossack attention and care.
Does she know all
The meaning of life
The secret behind love
The sagest of guides
Is she the answer
To any problem posed
She sits so serene
What worlds does she know
Can she see past life
When she looks at the sky
She gazes into my soul
With those glowing green eyes
Does she understand
What dark matter is
Is the love that she gives
The greatest of gifts
Some would say she's just a cat
But I know the truth
She's the wisdom of ages
In a purring cat suit
Adopt An Angel - Wilmington, NC
The website is here
You can donate here
Adoptables here
Be An Angel
About Us
Each week volunteers visit local animal controls to see what is available for adoption. They liaison with shelter staff to learn which animals are getting overlooked, running out of time or who may have special needs. If space is available within Adopt an ANGEL, our volunteers pay the adoption fees and take the animal(s) into our program. While they are at animal control, our volunteers make mental notes of animals that were left behind. They can still help spread the word, network, and market these animals even though we did not physically take them in. Once we have adopted what we could, we move them to foster homes or boarding facilities. From there, animals are transported to local vet offices to be spayed/neutered (if they aren't already), given rabies shots, and dogs are checked for heartworms. If any of our dogs test positive we schedule their heartworm treatment and begin to raise funds because the treatment is very costly. The more the dog weighs, the more expensive the procedure. If there is any available cage space at Petco or Pet Supermarket, foster homes transport their foster cats into them or we take cats/kittens from New Hanover County Animal Control and move them there. We have cats/kittens available at Petco and Pet Supermarket 7 days a week being taken care of by store staff and caring volunteers. When one gets adopted we are immediately notified and we can fill the cage quickly.
Every weekend, our volunteers tirelessly erect a mobile animal shelter on the sidewalk of Petco. It is our ADOPTION FAIR! One volunteer begins as early as 7:30 am to begin setting up cages and crates, lining crates with blankets, filling litter pans, food and water bowls, and setting up fans, tables and signs. He's the Early Bird! Others file in at 10 am to finish the final touches. Volunteers transport dogs from boarding facilities to the adoption fair while foster parents transport their foster pets from home to the fair. On any given weekend, you can find 10 or more homeless dogs and 10-15 homeless cats and even more kittens hoping to find their forever homes. At 2 pm, one set of volunteers leave and another set comes in to finish the day. All day long, dogs are walked, cages cleaned and animals get adopted. People interested in self fostering or other foster homes show up and get vaccines and dewormings to get their animals ready for the next adoption fair. Although the fair should end by 5, it takes until 7-8:00 pm before it is completely broken down and then we do it ALL over again on Sunday, but it's worth it. Anywhere from 5-15 animals are adopted out weekly and that's what gives us the space to take in more the following week.
Through the week, volunteers are taking pictures of homeless animals, posting them to Petfinder, Craig's List, Facebook and spreading the word. We create adoption packets, applications, medical forms, and brochures. Foster homes transport animals to and from vets and treat sick or injured animals. We purchase supplies, pay vet bills, and maintain 3 transport vehicles. We answer phone calls and emails regarding HUNDREDS more homeless animals that we can't possibly take, but we try to offer suggestions and brainstorm to help keep the animals out of shelters. We take back our returns, or beg people to continue to act as the foster home until it gets readopted. Returns can happen at any time and for any reason. With 5000 adoptions behind us, and a promise to take them back whenever can sometimes mean that we can get as many as 3-4 returns a week. Emergency foster homes are helpful, but are few and far between. Basically, our volunteers go 7 days a week and can you believe they ALL work full time jobs elsewhere on top of all of this? You can't find a more passionate, hardworking group of people ANYWHERE! Adopt an ANGEL volunteers are really the best!
Be An ANGEL
There are many ways you can help us help homeless pets. Please view the many options we have listed below:
Adopt - Open your heart and your home to one of our homeless pets.
Sponsor - Your sponsorship will go directly to help us get a homeless pet out of animal control and into our program. Just donate $60 and we will publicly thank you on all of its literature while it is in our care.
Donate - We always needs funds for medical treatment for every animal saved. Please also visit our vet bill section to see our monthly cost. We spend $3500-$6000 EVERY MONTH!
Foster - Open your door to one of our pets to temporarily have a loving home with YOU until it finds its forever home.
Volunteer - Put aside a few hours to help us help homeless pets in our community.
Spay & Neuter-Do Your Part and Spay and Neuter ALL pets in your care or you come across!
Our Vet Bills
PLEASE DONATE TOWARD OUR VET BILLS! The Donate button is at the bottom of the page after you have browsed through our vet bills. It is our LARGEST expense.
Adopt an ANGEL has an account with Rocky Point Animal Hospital and receives a non-profit rate. Even at discounted prices, this account usually runs between $3500-$6000 EACH MONTH depending on the time of year. It tends to be more expensive during the summer months of kitten season and when we have a lot of dogs that test positive for heartworms.
We also have an account with discounted non-profit rates at Port City Animal Hospital and A Country Vet in Wilmington. Adopt an ANGEL also has an account and supports the efforts of Cape Fear Spay/Neuter Clinic in Castle Hayne. Since our Spay A Stray Campaign is through CFSN, Spay A Stray Vouchers are only good at CFSN.
In Brunswick County, Adopt an ANGEL has accounts with Four Paws, Brunswick Animal Hospital and Capeside Animal Hospital.
See the bills here
Donate here
Today's Dogster Hero Is Adopt an Angel, a Rescue Devoted to Special-Needs Dogs
Its volunteers visit shelters around Wilmington, N.C., looking to help dogs who face long odds of being adopted find forever homes.
Sarah Lacy | Aug 12th 2014
ill Jones' supercharged visual memory haunts her with images of dogs at shelters whose time is almost up. There are dogs whose cages are branded with “Has Heartworm” signs, black dogs, furry guys with huge tumors, blind pups, injured dogs, and senior hounds -- all dogs who are less likely to be adopted. She remembers exactly where their cages are and remembers the expressions on their faces.
“It is imprinted in my memory when I see them,” she says. And the memory is imprinted in her heart. She can’t let these special beings die.
Jones, co-founder of Adopt An Angel, along with about 40 other volunteers, visits shelters in and around Wilmington, N.C., and grabs as many of these special needs dogs as possible. The volunteers find ways to fund their medical treatment and then find them homes.
Adopt an Angel co-owners Gloer (left) and Jones with a heartworm-positive dog named Lady.
Since 2007, when Jones and other volunteers founded their rescue group, they’ve invested their Saturdays, Sundays, and hearts to their cause, scooping up these dogs from shelters, raising funds, attracting animal-loving supporters, treating and neutering pets, and organizing and staffing adoption fairs at the local Petco.
Read the rest here
EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE: The Underdog's Angel
Submitted by Daniel Seamans on Wed, 09/10/2014 - 10:16pm.
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) -- Some animals are simply easier to adopt at an animal shelter. Certain breeds, certain colors, the way they wag their tail...you may be amazed on what can cause a dog or cat to be passed over time and time again.
Jill Jones knows this, so she targets the underdog(or cat).
She gives them a better chance and it makes her Extraordinary.
"sounds of dog eating snack"
Slobber and all, Belle looks like one happy dog. "I see a tail wagin,'" said Daniel Seamans. And inside a foster parents home, we find two playful kittens.
"sounds of cats playing with toys"
But there's some extra special awesomeness going on here.
"We look at animals that others aren't looking at," Adopt-an-Angel co-founder Jill Jones told Daniel.
Jill Jones helps track down the underdog, or cat for that matter.
"We formed this group primarily because we wanted to go into local shelters and save the cats and dogs that were not getting any exposure, or running out of time," Jill said.
Running out of time.....we know what that means.
Read the rest here