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This has been a terrible time. COVID-19 has been heartbreaking, terri-
fying, frustrating, and infuriating. Our hearts go out to those of you
who have lost loved ones and who have in so many other ways suffered the impact of this vicious
pandemic.

A crisis like this one will bring out some pretty bad behavior in certain people. We’ve all seen it—
temper tantrums over wearing a face mask, partying shoulder-to-shoulder, protests with screaming
and destruction of property.

One of the places where the good in us has emerged so strongly is in animal welfare.
In case you haven’t heard this, shelters and rescue organizations all over this country are adopting
pets in record numbers. The quarantine and work-from-home situations have given people the
available time to get to know and train a new dog or cat. The result: Animals that otherwise might
never have known the love of a family now have a forever home.

Here at The Crossings Animal Society (CAS), several wonderful things have happened, reflecting
the kindness and compassion of animal lovers like you in our community.

• We were able to start building a foster network . Allowing us to regularly bring dogs from MA-
MAS shelter in South Carolina, and to begin building relationships to work with local shelters.
Since COVID-19, we have fostered, then adopted almost 20 dogs and cats. (However, we still
need more fosters, as several foster families accepted the “foster-to-adopt” route by giving their fos-
ter a forever home!)
• Requests to volunteer became a frequent occurrence. We now have a number of new volun-
teers and active committees (including the Communications Committee, which has revital-
ized Finding Sanctuary, the newsletter you are now reading.)
• We have created Curbside Kibble Express. It is a community, family-helping-family program,
in which donor families purchase pet food for a recipient family for a month or more. The receiving
family picks up their pet’s preferred food from one of three local pet food stores, which this pro-
gram also supports.

All of the good work that has been done here at CAS over the past five months was only possible
because of our dedicated volunteers and animal lovers like you.

We still need your help, though. We continue to look for fosters, adoptive families, and volun-
teers. Curbside Kibble Express needs more families to sign up—both to give and to receive, because
both are blessings. Finally, because fundraising came to a halt with COVID-19, please considering
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donating to CAS. One particularly enjoyable way to do this is by entering our 2 annual pet calen-
dar contest--I’m Rescued and Cherished--which will begin in mid-August.

Thank you so much again for your support, and for all you do to help dogs and cats in need. Enjoy
the rest of your summer, and stay safe.

Sincerely,