Woodstock Farm Sanctuary

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Originally uploaded by jennymarmalade

We were lucky enough to get a day to take a trip up to Woodstock NY to visit the Woodstock Farm Sanctuary for their annual country jamboree in June. What a wonderful place. My daughter absolutely loved it. It is so amazing to be with these lovely creatures. We plan to make a yearly visit there.
Woodstock itself was a great place to visit for artists and vegans. Most of the restaurants offered vegan meals or options. The all vegan restaurant the Garden Cafe on the green was delicious!
You can find out more about the Woodstock Farm Sanctuary here http://www.woodstocksanctuary.org/
For more pictures from our vacation visit my flickr page here http://www.flickr.com/photos/jakrandomart/sets/72157624153664377/

A plea for Bea

A plea to help Bea from a friend:

HI Friends,
I believe you have all heard me tell you the tell of Bea - the pit at a no-kill shelter whose been there for 8+ years. (I know this for a fact as I took pictures of her for Petfinder back in 2001/2002 at this shelter.) Stacie Samuels-Forman and myself have found Spirit Santuary where Bea will freedom and love at their cage-free shelter in upstate New York; she'll have friends, live indoors with the other pooches and play all she wants on the acres and acres of grass.

Spirit runs strictly on donations and for dogs like Bea there is a one-time donation request of $3240. This covers some of her life-long care expenses... Stacie and I are raising this money so Bea can get there for the summer and finally romp all over the grass like dogs are meant to - not rot in a cement kennel. Recently a great pittie rescuer went and evaluated her - he said she was in good spirits, no aggression and very excited to have some attention - imagine how she will feel when she gets oodles of attention and has playmates and a bed at Spirit?

I know this is just one and there are plenty of other dogs and other causes but if we don't start with one desperate dog, where do we start?

Thank you for your help - just $10 will make a world of difference. Please spread far and wide - as I've told Bea "We are coming for you...just hold on!" =)

Donate here:
http://www.fundable.com/groupactions/groupaction.2009-05-07.1098065548/view?searchterm=bea

Review of Late July Photography

I recently purchased some prints from Late July Photography
They are so beautiful. Great shots of shelter animals that arrived nicely wrapped and packaged. It is always a bonus when you buy something and it arrives wrapped nicely like a present. This was a fantastic purchase and for a great cause.
She says "Helping animals is second nature to [I hope] most humans. I originally started taking photos of stray dogs and cats to put them online to find homes via petfinder.com However I recently decided to share their photos, story and spirit across the universe via my etsy store www.latejuly.etsy.com and my blog. I use the funds to help the animals in need in my area."

All the proceeds from purchases in her shop currently go to help pay for Bonnie's vet bills. You can read about Bonnie here. If you want to help Bonnie you can donate using the chipin button on the side of this page.

I highly recommend this seller.