Good News Notes: “San Antonio nonprofit organizations and city outreach worked together to get homeless people off the streets and into warm and dry places to stay. The freezing and wet conditions could be deadly to those stuck with nowhere to go. On Wednesday, crews started making the rounds to inform people of the upcoming…
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Jacksonville Humane Society receives $900K grant for program that aims to save lives of animals
Good News Notes: “The Jacksonville Humane Society was recently awarded a $900,000 grant from Petco Love, a nonprofit organization out of San Antonio that is committed to animal welfare. The money will pay for a three-year program called Florida Leaders in Lifesaving — which the Humane Society believes will save the lives of dogs and…
California spending billions to house homeless in hotels
Good News Notes: “When homeless outreach workers first visited her encampment under a Los Angeles highway overpass last fall, Veronica Perez was skeptical of their offer of not just a bed, but a furnished apartment complete with meals, counseling and the promise of some stability in her life. “They said they had housing for me,…
RACC Credits Pandemic For Empty Cages
Good News Notes: “Richmond Animal Care and Control (RACC) is reporting a staggering decrease in the amount of animals they’ve taken in and high adoption rates at the same time. In turn, cages that normally would be full are empty. The city-run organization will use the extra space to save animals from around the country….
An adopted 14-year-old girl is helping senior dogs find a forever home just like she did
Good News Notes: “A 14-year-old girl has raised $14,000 for senior dogs who have been left behind with the goal of helping them find a forever home like she did when she was adopted. Meena Kumar at nine months old was found abandoned in a basket on a college campus in Pune, India. After spending…
Finally some good news: Atlantans are adopting so many pets that one rescue group can hardly keep up
Good News Notes: “In early March, when it became clear the novel coronavirus pandemic would effectively shut down much of Atlanta, LifeLine Animal Project leaders feared a dire scenario was brewing for Atlanta’s abandoned, confiscated, and stray dogs and cats. The timing, after all, was terrible. As Atlanta’s largest animal services provider, managing shelters and low-cost…
Ben Affleck, Tom Brady and other A-listers partaking in an online poker tournament for charity
Good News Notes: “Ben Affleck has helped to coordinate a special charity event where all the proceeds will go to coronavirus relief. The Oscar winner is taking part in an online celebrity poker tournament on Saturday featuring other A-listers such as Tom Brady, Tobey Maguire, Jon Hamm, Matt Damon, Adam Levine, Adam Sandler and Sarah Silverman. …
A dog passed over at a shelter for five years has finally found a home
Good News Notes: “It took a billboard, social media campaign and more than five years of searching. But doggo Merrick finally found his furrever home. The six-year-old pup had lived at the Humane Society of Greater Kansas City for most of his life, and was the longest resident there. The shelter had tried everything to…
Matching donation kicks off Northeast Ohio SPCA van fundraising drive
Good News Notes: “Many of the pets the Northeast Ohio SPCA rescues come from shelters in Southern states that are forced to kill abandoned animals due to lack of funding. To help these pets, SPCA volunteers and staff travel hundreds of miles to pick them up so that they can be adopted in the Cleveland…
12 Ways to Repurpose Old Blankets and Bedding
Good News Notes: “One of the parts of having things is that they eventually wear out. Whether it’s a piece of furniture, clothing or bedclothes, we are ultimately left with something that we have to discard. With the world in the state that it’s in, many of us are looking for new ways to avoid…