Page 2 - Finding Sanctuary August 2020

This has been a terrible time. COVID-19 has been heartbreaking, terrifying, 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 im-
pact 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 destruc-
tion 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 kind-
ness 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 MAMAS
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 sev-
eral foster families accepted the “foster-to-adopt” route by giving their foster a forever home!)

• Requests to volunteer became a frequent occurrence. We now have a number of new volunteers and
active committees (including the Communications Committee, which has revitalized 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 program 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 volunteers.
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 donating to CAS.
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One particularly enjoyable way to do this is by entering our 2 annual pet calendar 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,