Loads of litter!

We are so happy to receive a two year's supply of cat litter from the Animal Humane Society (AHS) as arranged by Marilou, the president of MnPAW (Minnesota Partnership for Animal Welfare). It was like winning the Publisher Clearing House Sweepstakes!

With the numbers of cats and the lack of places to send cats this year, we have needed lots of litter. We are going though at least 2 bags of litter per day and that gets very expensive. This is a great blessing for us so we won't have to buy any for a LONG time.

Tom and Nancy once again made the trek to Golden Valley and picked up a truck and trailer load of cat litter on Saturday, January 21st. The load weighed in at 5,000 lbs! Tom, Nancy and Carolyn delivered the load to RLRR on Sunday, January 22nd.

We want to thank AHS, Melissa, Marilou, Jenny, and a special thanks to the O'Sullivans and Carolyn for their continued help in doing all the "tough" work of loading and transporting. Tom's skill at using the forklift helped in the loading process.

Yukon, Jen and Marilou's Act V foster dog from Leech Lake Legacy, did a nice job guarding the mother lode!

Teamwork made the job very easy and it is great to have the litter on site. Thank you all for your great effort.

Dawn at Pennington Humane Society who recently took in the 28 dogs and 2 cats from the Warroad hoarding situation also welcomes the donation of the cat litter as they have many cats to care for there as well. Karen made a delivery of cat litter there this week and Dawn sent back catfood to Red Lake Rosie's Rescue. Working together can help everyone!

FROM NANCY:
Karen wanted me to forward a few photos from a chow and litter delivery today, Jan. 14, 2012. The chow was donated from Pet Haven/Chaska Shed, and the litter from Golden Valley Humane Society (AHS).

NANCY O, ALYSSA, KAREN, CAROLYNWhat would we do without the kindness and generosity of these friends in the cities! We are so grateful to them for keeping an eye on the needs of RLRR.

Tom O was snapping the photos. Linda and David were also part of the team unloading this wonderful delivery from the cities.

Thank you all!

~Nancy O'Sullivan

KAREN SAYS:
Would you please add a big thank you to Eric and the Shed for all the dog, cat and puppy kibble as well as great chews and treats donated by the Shed and delivered by the O'Sullivans and Carolyn May.

We really need food especially this time of the year with so many hungry animals on the reservation!

Thank you, Karen