Christmas 2009
Merry Christmas to your family both two and four legged! This Christmas season brings Crossing Paths Animal Rescue and Save A Pet to the beginning of our fourth year together. Crossing Paths rescues 800 dogs per year, 400 of which are adopted with the assistance of Save a Pet. As I sit here reflecting on this, I am not sure how so few people have been able to do this amazing work on such a large scale. Mostly I feel it is God’s intervention, looking out for his creation. But there are many times all of us just want to walk away. There are many tears, a ton of frustration, and much sadness doing this work. But even stronger is joy of seeing a dog who was doomed placed in loving arms of his new family it is a reminder of why we push ourselves so very hard every single day. We are blessed with the knowledge that we really are making a difference in this world we live in. We have forged friendships, become computer literate (well most of us), learned extensively about vaccines and dog medications, and most importantly we have become better people for the compassion and passion we have developed over the past three years. This is a 7 day a week, 52 weeks a year volunteer job. Actually it is not a job it is mission, a passion.Most likely you are receiving this email because you have either adopted a dog from us or have been associated with us in one way or another. We would like to ask for your continued support. The economy had been very difficult on animal rescue. Crossing Paths vet bills are approximately $30,000.00 per year. We treat dogs that are heart worm positive and other dogs that need our help. This year we had more hardship cases than ever. There was Twiggy
a boxer left in a house that was foreclosed. She was near death when she was found. She had to be fed small amounts of liquid protein every hour. The first few weeks were very touch and go. She is now health and happy living in the northeast. The cost of her rehabilitation was well over a thousand dollars. Then there was little Jethro
who was found with severe mange he was just dumped outside to fend for himself. He is now doing great and is in a with a great family. Hard to believe that this is the same dog. (Please go to link below for before and after photos of Twiggy and Jethro. Too many photos to post here. See all the dogs in their happy homes.)
http://s849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/crossingpaths/
There are many others that have been helped heartworm positive dogs, blind dogs, discarded puppy mill adults. Never mind the hundreds of perfect dogs that are pulled out of a high kill shelter, put up for adoption, and rescued by you and people like you. We could not succeed if it were not for our adopters. Please check our video our http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrYZ2nI560Q Some of you may recognize your dogs or yourselves in the video.
Can you please consider a donation to Crossing Paths to keep our mission alive. We can only save what we can afford to save. We stretch every dollar we have and have no paid employees. Crossing Paths is a 501c3 non-profit and all donations are tax deductible. That great dog that you adopted was going to be euthanized for lack of space and homes in Alabama. There are thousands like him that need help. Every dollar counts. You can send a donation three different ways. The first is PayPal to met@otelco.net The second is to call Mary Ellen Tidwell, president of Crossing paths and use a visa card. Her phone number is 205-559-7648. The third is to mail a check to :
Crossing Paths
PO Box 304
Locust Fork, AL 35097
Thank you for choosing adoption and rescuing a dog. Go to http://s849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/crossingpaths/
to see many dogs we saved as well as those in their new homes. I hope you enjoy them. Remember this is only 25 percent of the dogs saved all because we had adopters who were able to make a leap of faith and trust that we were doing what we said we were. All of us wish you and your family a healthy and blessed year.
Sincerely,
Linda Diver - Manager of Save a Pet, Stroudsburg
http://photobucket.com/crossingpathsrescuealabama
