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Left: Axel with Pickles and Redbone-Coonhound Reggie

This inspiration for our Pool Party Event--our Home for Life dogs who love to swim!

The inspiration for  Home for Life's SOLD OUT Endless Summer Pool Party Event? Our dogs who love to swim! On this balmy day, we were at the Apple River where photographer Mark Luinenburg captured all the fun.

Read the Sidewalk Dog Media article about the all time favorite event of the summer: https://www.sidewalkdog.com/.../home-for-lifes-endless.../ This event is sold out and we are looking forward to seeing many of you September 26th at the Town and Country Club.

Left: What could be sweeter than a kitten? How about this little family of SIX tabby kittens and their mother Trudy! So adorable! Are they any less cute, any less deserving of life because they are positive for leukemia?

Early Monday morning, February 8th, at about 1 am, Tammy, one of our overnight staff discovered "Sandy's Townhouse" was on fire.

We barely got photographer Mark Luinenburg out to Home for Life in time before the last of the Winter of 2021 was gone. It was such a beautiful warm day that the staff were in t-shirts and sweatshirts for the shoot!

How can you do well by doing good? Collaborate with Home for Life® Animal Sanctuary, an internationally recognized care-for-life sanctuary for cats and dogs!

Left: Holly and Finn

Against a lot of odds, the pets at the Home For Life® sanctuary are too busy enjoying life to feel down.

How can you do well by doing good? Collaborate with Home for Life® Animal Sanctuary, an internationally recognized care-for-life sanctuary for cats and dogs!

Dear Friends

If only we had known of Matilda’s years of loneliness at the end of a chain, outside in all weather, having one litter of puppies after another... we would have intervened long ago. How could a dog suffer such maltreatment and neglect just a few miles away from Home for Life® sanctuary, a beacon of caring and kindness to animals. But we didn’t know how Matilda suffered until one of our employees found her one day on the way to work. How many dogs and cats spend lives of quiet desperation without notice or help? Animal rescue organizations don’t have to travel far to find animals in need. Often the one who needs our attention and help the most is right nearby.