Bark n' Wine

For those of you in Alabama, clear your calendars for Saturday night! The Shelby County Humane Society is hosting an even called Bark n' Wine at the Ozan Winery in Calera. There will be great food, wine tasting and a silent auction. Brittany and I are both very upset that we have a concert to go to which we bought tickets for months ago so we will be unable to be there. It looks like it will be a great time!

5 weeks and counting until our trip!

7 Weeks

Well, the date has been set for what I suppose could be called our second annual Dog Trip! We will be driving to New Hampshire again over Memorial Day weekend which is only 7 weeks away.

We plan to try to raise enough money to pay for our own trip again this year. The Shelby County Humane Society does provide full reimbursement for the trip which costs between $750-$850 but we would like to raise as much money as possible on our own. Thanks to all of you, we were able to meet that goal last year and actually raised $1500 which allowed us to make a donation to the Shelter Partners Program.

The biggest request that we have for all of you is your prayers!

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.