Working Together

I failed to mention in my last blog about one of the MOST exciting things that happened this holiday season:

On Dec. 12th the Animal Assistance Foundation put together an all day meeting in Greeley for any animal welfare groups in Northern Colorado that wanted to start looking at how they could work together to help even more animals. This is a very exciting thing because although all of the rescues and shelters have the same goal in mind, many of us have different ideas about how to reach that goal, and this can cause conflict between groups. The meeting was a huge success. A lot of the day was just getting to know each other, sharing successes, talking about obstacles, and figuring out how to work together.

The groups that attended the meeting included:
Fort Collins Cat Rescue
Northern Colorado Friends of Ferals
Animal Rescue Connection
Larimer Humane Society
Humane Society of Weld County
Dalmation Rescue
Every Creature Counts
Denkai Sanctuary
K9 Bed & Biscuit
Animal House Rescue
Colorado Unwanted Horse Alliance
Four Paws Pet Center
Fort Morgan County Humane Society
Union Rescue
*Duncan's Place (located in Loveland) had wanted to attend but was unable due to sickness.*

The name of this coalition is Northern Colorado Animal Welfare Coalition.

As the groups figure out ways to work together to save more animals I will share that on the blog.

Since then, Duncan's Place received a HUGE donation from Merricks (a pet food company). They donated 9 pallets of canned food. Because founder, Cathy Campbell, knew she wouldn't be able to use that much food herself, she called the other rescues and shelters in the area and told them she wanted to share.
Anna & I drove the shelter van to Cathy's home on Dec. 23rd where we found a group of people organizing and helping to distribute the canned food. Cathy & volunteers literally FILLED the shelter van with canned food. This food will not only be used for our shelter kitties, but will also be given to caretakers of feral cat colonies and cat owners that are on hard times and need help feeding their cat(s).
Cathy's generosity is one of the first of what we hope will be many gestures of different rescues and shelters working together. Thank you Cathy!