You never think it can happen to you – unfortunately, HomeFur-ever Animal Rescue is proof that it can happen to anyone; even those who dedicate their lives to doing good works! We were robbed! Yes, you read that correctly. HomeFur-ever Animal Rescue was victimized by thieves this week who stole our donated van and trailer and everything contained within.
On the postive side, they abandoned our vehicle and trailer after removing almost every single thing contained inside. A city-contracted towing company retrieved it, and we were eventually notified by police that we could claim the vehicle. We are hopeful that vehicle damages sustained in the theft will be covered by insurance – we sure could use that bit of luck!
Unfortunately, luck is not on our side when it comes to the contents of the vehicles. All we were left with were a few small crates (unfortunately, most of our dogs are large). So now we’re in a quandry – do we cancel our participation in Saturday’s adoption event because we have nothing with which to transport our animals safely, or do we appeal to the community to assist us short-term and then develop strategies to help us obtain donations to replace all our stolen items (which, by the way, was pretty much everything we own – we don’t have a building; that van and trailer serve as our permanent storage).
We’ve decided to appeal to the community for help and try to re-group as quickly as possible. Our dogs need us to keep moving forward as quickly as we can! They need new homes! But in the meantime, they also need fed, medicated, groomed, etc. So we’ve all jumped into action and all of our volunteers are making extra efforts to get the word out and help us get back on track.
We’re starting to see some results. So far, we’ve had TV coverage on two stations in Detroit. Click HERE to view our coverage; we’ll keep adding to it if we obtain more so feel free to check back. We also posted our News Release on Twitter and Facebook; it’s getting re-tweeted and shared ALOT, so we’re hoping that will start to generate some donation activity. (By the way, if you would like to join us on Twitter and Facebook, our sites are located at: http://www.twitter.com/homefurever and http://profile.to/homefurever). Our volunteer marketing firm, Strategic Growth Concepts, will also be placing information about our dilemma on LinkedIN.
We hope you’ll send good thoughts our way as we work to recover from this setback and keep moving forward to help our animals. If you are motivated to make a contribution, you may do so by clicking HERE.
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