Razoo Fundraiser

Today I started a new fundraiser on Razoo for a cause near and dear to my heart. I have been a volunteer at several animal shelters since my college days and most recently have been fostering for the Darlington County Humane Society. Because they are entirely funded by donations and because they took in over 5000 dogs last year and many cats as well, they depend on volunteers and rescue groups to save these animals from euthanasia. 

My daughter and I have taken a short-term break from fostering while we make our transition from Florence to Pamplico but we don't want to stop helping. So I've started a fundraiser for a new "puppy house" at DCHS. The current puppy house is old and is currently being used for overflow when the shelter is full. Again, they do everything possible to prevent putting animals to sleep at this shelter. But when nursing puppies and their moms come into the shelter, they desperately need to be separated from the rest of the population. Weather and stress are not the only hazards to these pups. Until they have received their vaccinations, they should not be exposed to other dogs that are potentially carriers of deadly viruses like parvo. My daughter and I personally experience a heart-breaking incident where a young brother and sister died of parvo just three days apart, just after one of them had been placed in foster care with us. 

You can help in so many ways. 

• If you can, please donate by clicking here to go to Razoo.com, or by using the clickable Razoo update icon below, or by using the donation widget in the right sidebar. 
• But whether you donate or not, please share this fundraiser with others via Facebook, Twitter, or any other social media so that we can spread the word. 

Thanks so much for having a heart for these puppies!

ShoeBox Recycling

My daughter decided that she wanted to collect shoes as a summer project and send them to children and adults that may not otherwise be able to get shoes. She even suggested that she top off the project by asking everyone who comes to her birthday party in August to bring shoes to donate.

I thought this was such a wonderful idea, but I had no idea how to go about getting these shoes to the people who need them. So off to the internet I went. After looking at several possible options, I began talking to Lisa at ShoeBox Recycling. After getting a ton of info from the very friendly Lisa, I have decided that this is a really great program. I shared with my daughter and she is ready to start!

ShoeBox Recycling is a company that collects shoes for distribution at very affordable prices to those who might not otherwise be able to afford them. This keeps the shoes that still have life in them out of landfills. But there's more. They will pay you for the shoes and even provide the boxes for you to collect the shoes in. In some cases, they will even pay the postage for you to ship the shoes to them. Another great part is that if you put a note in the shoes you donate, you can look on their website later to see the path your shoes took and hopefully even who got your shoes. They call that person your SoleMate!

Some more interesting facts provided to me by ShoeBox Recycling:

• Each year over 200,000 million shoes are sewnt to landfills. 
• It takes over 200 years before a sneaker even starts to break down in a landfill.
• Recycled shoes create jobs in developing countries.

They offer fundraisers and long-term partners cash incentives for each box over 40 pounds that is collected. My daughter is thinking of going this route to raise money for the building fund at our church! Needless to say I am a very proud mama and ready to help her get started!

For more info on Shoebox Recycling, you can visit their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/ShoeBoxRecycling.


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