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Home for Life's incredible animals come from diverse backgrounds, and from all over the world. Once they come to Home for Life, they find new affirmation and are appreciated for the beautiful creatures they are, despite their difficult lives prior to the sanctuary. Home for Life recognizes each individual animal as unique and capable of a full life.

With the warmer temperatures and spring  here at last, it's time to think about getting out of the house again! As you plan  your social schedule for 2015 don't forget about your four legged friends at Home for LIfe; we have a couple of great events coming up this year that you won't want to miss.

 SATURDAY JULY 18, 2015: GATES OPEN AT NOON: HOME FOR LIFE'S ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE, MEMORIAL GARDEN CEREMONY AND RIDE FOR THEIR LIVES

Photographer Chris Forslin of the Twin Cities, Minnesota first encountered Home for Life at the Mall of America during the years we had our Holiday events. As a lifelong animal lover and gifted photographer, she was eager to help Home for Life, and our sponsorship program seemed like the perfect opportunity for her to get involved. We were eager to have her out to Home for Life after seeing the incredible photos she did of the animals at the Minnesota Zoo.

Ashley the paraplegic Home for Life resident recently earned international fame when her story was picked up by a United Kingdom newspaper called the Daily Mail. 

Home for Life's incredible animals were featured in an article on Buzzfeed! Sami Main, a writer for Buzzfeed, saw some wonderful photos taken by Mark Luinenburg that showed the animals enjoying life to the fullest, and decided to write an article on them titled "Fourteen pets who don't let anything get them down." The animals at Home for Life are an inspiration, and we were happy to see that their courage and determination was noticed. 

Who wouldn't notice how cute they are! Please check out the Buzzfeed article here!

Home for Life does not have a better friend than photographer Mark Luinenburg, who, since 2000, has donated his time and talent to document our cats and dogs at the sanctuary. He brings our mission to life with his beautiful photos.

The best ambassadors for Home for Life's mission are our animals: we have always believed our at risk animals can help their human counterparts, at risk people of all ages. Instead of creating an isolated sanctuary, cut off from society, we thought the best way to safeguard our special animals was to make them part of the community. Although our animals have not been able to find placement in an adoptive home, they still have much to offer and much to give, a truth best demonstrated by them through our outreach programs which provide solace and joy through healing pet therapy.

In this digital age, a website is truly a charity's public face in the world, the best opportunity to create a great first impression. Home for Life's website has served us well since 2004, but had begun to look dated and was in need of a facelift. We wanted to emphasize the great photos of our animals, their stories and allow easier navigation of the site. But with the challenging economy and the many demands on our resources to provide the best care for our animals, a new website always seemed out of reach.

Katie Thering of  Kage Imagery has been a longtime friend to Home for Life and to rescued animals in our community. For many years she photographed the cats and kittens of  Feline Rescue St. Paul, MN  to help promote them for foster and adoption.

Home for Life recently had the pleasure of working with Storytellers for Good, a video production company that focuses on the outstanding stories in the community.