I Need Your Support, PLEASE

Strut Your Mutt Campaign

Supporting Animal Outreach of the Mother Lode’s Strut Your Mutt fundraiser is a good idea.   Here is just a small reminder of why so many support us with their time, talent and financial support:

• Animal  Outreach (AO) provides FREE feral cat spay and neuter services.
• AO provides low-cost spay and neuter services for dogs and cats.
  • AO reduces the number of unwanted cats and dogs in El Dorado county by thousands and thousands every year! Last year, AO performed over 7,300 spay and neuter procedures.  Wow!  Each procedure requires an experienced vet and many support staff to handle the appointments, paperwork, surgery preparation, recovery and release as well as medications.  This is an expensive procedure that AO provides either free or at a minimal cost.
• AO provides affordable, no appointment necessary, walk-in vaccination services.
• AO rescues dogs and cats from high-kill shelters in California and works with the local shelter to help with their over flow of dogs, cats, kittens and puppies.
  • Providing a temporary home and medical care for homeless pets allows these animals the time and care they need to find their permanent homes.  Thousands of animals are saved from death, every year, by the hard-working, caring folks at Animal Outreach of the Mother Lode.

Animal Outreach is competing against 75 other SPCA’s, shelters and rescue groups across America for the top prize of The Golden Bone award.  The Golden Bone award goes to the group that raises the most money in this Strut Your Mutt campaign that ends in September.  You, our supporters, can show the entire country that we have the best supporters by doing well in this competition.  This would be a fantastic award and would allow AO to strut our stuff all over TV and newspapers! This award will help raise awareness of the problem of homeless animals everywhere as well as the needs in our community.

The most money raised by the participating groups,  so far,  is just over $6,000.  The AO Strut Your Mutt Team goal is only $5,000.  However, with your help,  the team could easily meet or exceed that goal and capture the coveted Golden Bone award.

There is another award up for grabs, The Golden Collar Award.  This award is  for the person who raises the most money overall.  This would be another great achievement that you or one of our current team members could win.

Let’s Do It!

What You Can Do To Help…

• Donate online at:  http://www.strutyourmutt.org/team/ao
• Like Animal Outreach of the Mother Lode animal rescue on Facebook.  Our Facebook Page is  http://www.facebook.com/AnimalOutreachRescue.  Share AO posts and status updates on your Facebook page.
• Friend me personally on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/bsudiane. Share some of my posts on your Facebook page to extend the reach of Animal Outreach’s efforts to save the lives of pets in California.
• Print and share the Animal Outreach Strut Your Mutt poster at your work and/or other social places.

It takes a lot of money, donations and volunteers to keep this organization and its programs running. Thank you on behalf of all the dogs, cats, kittens and puppies whose lives are touched and saved because of generous supporters like you!

Diane Robertson

Animal Outreach of the Mother Lode Volunteer