Rory's pups made the news once again when they joined one of Home for Life's outreach programs. Home for Life is partnered with the Totem Town Juvenile Correction Center of St. Paul. This center provides housing, education and counseling for adolescents with a criminal record.
From Ashley and all the special animals at Home for Life, we are very grateful!
Home for Life recently had their annual Fall Fancy Feast fundraising event! The event was a sold out success, and we thank everyone who attended or contributed to the event!
The event included music from the Kenwood Symphony, a silent auction, a beautiful brunch buffet, complimentary champagne, a Bloody Mary Bar courtesy of the 45th Parallel Distillery and even an ice cream sundae bar from Grande Ole Creamery. Guests of the event were also able to meet some of Home for Life's animals during the event's world famous Dog Parade!
Home for Life's very own Rory, the dog who was found tied to the gates of Home for Life in the middle of winter, made a full recovery and gave birth to ten adorable puppies! Rory and her incredible story of survival received notice from Leah Beno at Fox News.
Every year, the children at Battle Creek Elementary participate in what they call "Cha-Ching" week. During this week, students bring in any cash they have available; pennies and dimes found in couch cushions or dollars graciously donated from their personal funds. The students bring in their money and decide as a group what charity the donation will go to. This year, the students chose Home for Life!
A recent post on Reddit, an interactive social media site, was quickly picked up and rehashed on Carbonated TV. Carbonated TV is a media site that highlights trending content gathered from all over the world.
Thanks to Mark Luinenburg's fantastic photos of our amazing animals, Home for Life gained some recognition on Reddit over the weekend. With their unstoppable optimism and determination, they won the attention of a writer at Buzzfeed. And we can't thank them enough!
In mid January, 2016, Farah Ravon, the United States representative for Vafa Animal Shelter visited the dogs and cats at the sanctuary.
Vafa Animal Shelter has partnered with Home for Life to provide care to animals across the world. Home for Life has accepted several dogs and two cats from Vafa's shelter. Farah wanted to check up on the progress of the animals previously in the care of Vafa.
DID YOU KNOW? At Home for Life Sanctuary, we care for animals from all over the United States and also many foreign countries.
Currently, about 10 % of our animals come from other countries, and we care for dogs and cats who have come to us from Thailand, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Mexico, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Iran.
Some ask why we would help animals from other countries, and wonder how these animals find their way to Home for Life from thousands of miles away.
Home for Life volunteer Susie Kixmoeller, a sophomore at Blake School, is an avid photographer with an interest in pursuing her interest professionally someday.
Pictured at the right are Susie and her parents meeting famous photographer William Wegman at our annual Fall Fancy Feast.
This late summer, she spent the day with us at the sanctuary photographing our animals for our sponsorship program!
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