I knew I liked her!

I've always liked Katherine Heigl (even though her character on Grey's drives me nuts), all the way back to the 'My Father the Hero' days.

According to this article, Katherine paid $25,000 to have 25 Chihuahuas flown from L.A. (where they were going to be put to sleep) to The Humane Society for Greater Nashua of New Hampshire! Brittany and I did not go to this shelter, but it is one of the shelters that participates in the Shelter Partners program.

Pretty neat!

Merry Christmas everyone!

Shelter Partners Trip This Weekend

Hello everyone! Brittany and I just wanted to share with all of you the new blog of our friends that are making the great Shelter Partners trip this weekend. You can see the note below from Jenifer, this will be her 4th trip and she will hit the mark of 10,000 miles of driving dogs! Everyone making this trip needs encouragement and prayers so follow along and keep them in your thoughts this weekend. Thanks! Brooke




From Jenifer:
Hey guys, This Saturday I leave on my fourth Shelter Partners trip, transporting dogs from Shelby Humane to a shelter in New Hampshire. My driving partner and I will reach a milestone on this trip - 10,000 miles total that I have driven saving dogs through the Shelter Partners program and 10,000 miles just this year that Jenny has driven. We have created a blog http://www.newhampshirebound.blogspot.com/ to document our trip along the way (thank you Brittany and Brooke Maness for this idea) and are also trying to raise $10,000 for the shelter to commemorate our 10,000 mile marks. I realize it's a lofty goal and many of you have supported Shelby Humane monetarily in the past. Therefore, if you would please forward the link to all your contacts (donations would be great too), I would greatly appreciate it. Just $1.00 from each person who receives the email would help Shelby Humane enormously! Thank you all! Jenifer

Hello~

Hey Everyone! Just wanted to let you know that we have not abandoned our blog.

We hope to make many more trips and blog about it each time. And we have even talked about passing the blog onto others making the trip.....any takers???

Brittany and a co-worker actually had a trip planned for October, but I messed that up by getting married on their chosen date...oops.

We decided we can't handle the harsh northern winters so looks like it will be spring. So we are signing off until then. Unless there is anyone else taking the trip that wants to take over the blog!


I know I can speak for Brittany when I say that we think about the trip every single day. I think about the dogs and how happy they must be. I think about the memories we made, but mostly I think about you guys and the amazing support we received. There is no way to thank you all enough and we can't wait to do it again in the spring!

Update

We have received our first photo updates! These photos made my day!

Here is Sammie (Ernestine) Who was adopted only three days after we dropped her off. Apparently she is doing great at her new home!

Here is Parker (black) with his new brothers (dog and human). Woo Hoo!

Hopefully we will have more to share soon!

Still Here!

Hello everyone! We have not forgotten about you guys but have not received too much information to pass along. I did find out that all but 4 of our dogs that went to the Cocheco shelter have been adopted and most of the ones at the NHSPCA have as well! Both shelters have promised to send us updates from the new owners as they come in. Considering it has been just over two weeks, they should be getting updates pretty soon.

Update

No more updates on the dogs, although I did spot a few of them on the NHSPCA website.

I am going to make our $300 donation to the Shelter Partners program today via paypal and I have some great news! Apparently there was a total of $250 donated directly to the Shelby County shelter for our trip which brings our grand total of money raised to $1,500!!! You guys are awesome!

Also, the van is being picked up in Bristol by the couple that left the Tuesday after us. Kudos to them for taking on driving the 18 hours back solo. It is a great relief to know that the van is back in action.

Budget Breakdown

Ok - here is the breakdown of our expenses for the trip.


Gas $210.91
Flights $336.40
Car Rental $37.67
Tolls/ Misc. $60.00
Hotel $110.88
TOTAL $755.86

Total Money raised $1,247.57

Here is where it gets a little confusing. We had a $192.07 charge at Sullivan Tire for the oil change and diagnostic tests. So, technically we raised an excess of $491.71. But, when you subtract the Sullivan Tire charge that leaves us making a donation of $300 to the Shelter Partners program. You guys rock! Not only are they getting this $300 donation, but they did not have to pay for any of the other expenses of our trip so that give the shelter quite a bit of extra money to put towards the van repairs. We just can't say it enough, but thank you all so much not only for your donations but your support as well.