1/26/2005

PAWSitive Support, an organization in Wilmington that helps local animal shelters paid $500.00 on our account at the Southport Animal Clinic. This is a big help to us as we don't ever seem to be able to pay off our balance there. Thank you PAWSitive Support! We have so many friends.

1/25/2005

Great news for SOAR. Cynthia Young, the widow of a long-time SOAR volunteer and animal lover, Karl Young, has announced that the Karl Young Memorial Fund will donate $5,000 to SOAR for the construction of a security fence. And she has also said that this fund will match any other donations received for this purpose by June 1 of this year up to another $5,000. This is so kind and generous of her and her family. This will allow us to get started on the installation of this fence. Thank you Cynthia and thank you for doing this in Karl's memory and from his memorial fund.

1/23/2005

Please help SOAR earn money by shopping at Food Lion. They will give SOAR a portion of the money you pay for each purchase you make at any Food Lion. You must register with Food Lion and receive one of their MVP cards. You then link your card to SOAR. You will receive two key ring cards and then, whenever you shop at Food Lion just let them swipe your MVP card. It's that simple and SOAR will receive a donation. We would greatly appreciate you doing this.

To apply for an MVP card go to www.foodlion.com and click on MVP Card

To link your card to SOAR go to www.foodlion.com and click on Fundraising

It works and SOAR will benefit. Please consider.

1/23/2005

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Big happenings at SOAR last night. Six puppies were born. The mother, along with two other friends, just wandered onto SOAR property on Friday. One of them was very pregnant and that was quickly confirmed last night as she delivered six puppies. All puppies and Mom are doing well.

These three dogs are very gentle and friendly. They must be someone's pets. They are shepherd mixes and weigh approximately 50 - 60 pounds. Do you know anyone missing their dogs? We'll keep them for a while and if they go unclaimed we'll make them available for adoption.

1/18/2005

The following came in an email to our website. Read below and then look at the great pictures. Click here or on the image to see two other pics.

"A lady found the fawn under her step (they think the doe might have been hit by a car) her Ridge Back dog is helping look after it. The family named the fawn Bella. Once she has regained her strength (she was not in good shape when the family found her) they are going to send her to some friends who (in the past) raised two orphan deer and released them to the wild. Right now she is being bottle fed. Their dog (Hogan) has basically taken over. The fawn even shares his bed."

1/16/2005

Saturday was a good day at SOAR. Lots of animals found new homes. Smokey and two puppies were adopted as were four cats; Princess, Mercedes, Morris, and Mouse. We've already heard from Smokey's new Mom and she's thrilled to death with the way Smokey has fit into their household and early indications are that Smokey will get along just fine with their Doberman, Ilsa. Keep fingers crossed that things will stay good because Smokey is such a fine animal and really deserves a good home.

1/13/2005

Fred has cancer. He had a growth removed from his abdomen and the biopsy results indicated a form of skin cancer, melanoma. Fred seems just fine right now and we can only hope that this cancer is slow growing and Fred can spend many more days with us. We'll keep you posted on his condition.

1/10/2005

Saturday was great. Paige and Jody came back to visit us and the animals that they love so much and who love them so much in return. Paige and Jody have been SOAR volunteers for a long time. Paige has moved to Calif. so visiting SOAR is a difficult proposition as it is with Jody who is very busy with life in Wilmington. But they were at SOAR on Sat. and they brought two friends, Leigh and Mary. Guys, this ought to make you want to get out and volunteer at SOAR.

1/10/2005

An arm full of puppies! Come on over and play with them, they're lots of fun. Maybe even take one home!

1/6/2005

SOAR has a great new friend. She is a wonderful artist, author, and animal lover. Her name is Kathryn Hewitt. She has done artwork especially for us to use on our website and you will be seeing it here soon. Stay tuned.