by Noella Noelophile®
(Graphic courtesy of Justin Rudd, and used with permission.)
You and I can’t imagine abusing a sweet cat or dog. Or moving away and abandoning them.
Tragically, all too many people can.
This Christmas season, Justin Rudd’s nonprofit Community Action Team asks you to help them make a difference for lost, abused and abandoned pets in local shelters.
Are you in a position to collect pet toys, pet food, treats, cleaning supplies, blankets, heating pads for infant animals and various other pet supplies? If so, please consider participating in “Operation Santa Paws”!
How to participate? Set up a collection box or plastic tub with a copy of the poster, above, attached. You can download it from Justin’s website, or email him for a PDF. (Justin@JustinRudd.com).
Also, include a “wish list” of donations to be collected, available at this link, either as a handout or attached to the container.
Place the box or tub, with the wish list, in your office, at a pet store or vet’s office, at a church, school, or otherwise. Be sure to email Justin@JustinRudd.com the name of the business, address and phone of where your box or boxes will be located, and he will list it on his website, as a collection point, from now through this Friday!
Then, choose a date, sometime before Christmas, and a favorite local shelter, to deliver the gifts. And take some time to visit with the animals, and enjoy the wags, purrs and general cuteness.
Who knows? Purrhaps you will wind up with a new family member, in time for Christmas.
It’s been known to happen before.