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Michelle is the director of Heritage Hill Veterinary Clinic where our adopters all pick up their MA doggies. She is participating in the Susan B. Komen 3day breast cancer walk this year. Please support her on behalf of Forever Home Rescue NE.
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This year, I’ll be participating in a very special event called the Breast Cancer 3-Day.
I’ll walk 60 miles over the course of three days with thousands of other women and men. The net proceeds will support breast cancer research, education, screening and treatment through Susan G. Komen for the Cure and the National Philanthropic Trust Breast Cancer Fund.
I’ve agreed to raise at least $2,300 in donations. I’ve set my personal goal at $3,000. So I need your help. Would you please consider making a donation? Keep in mind how far I’m walking - and how hard I’ll have to train. You can give online at www.The3Day.org. Just follow the link below to visit my personal fundraising webpage and make a donation. You can also call 800.996.3DAY to donate over the phone.
We all know someone who has been affected by breast cancer. Our mothers, sisters, daughters, neices, neighbors and friends. I don’t want to wait until someone close to me is affected, I want to do something now. Please help me with this effort, and support me through this incredible journey. My husband Jeff and I will be walking together supporting each other during our 60 mile walk. Your support is greatly appreciated.
According to Susan G. Komen for the Cure, approximately 200,000 American women will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year, and nearly 40,000 will die from the disease. That’s why I’m walking so far. To do something bold about breast cancer. I hope that you’ll share this incredible adventure with me - by supporting me in my fundraising efforts.
Thank you in advance for your generosity!
Sincerely,
Michelle (Rose) Stewart
P.S. Ask your employer if they will double your donation through a matching gift program!Click here to visit my personal page.
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http://www.the3day.org/site/TR/Walk/BostonEvent?px=3087995&pg=personal&fr_id=1292&et=fa4WnnnTPCfS50jR_gmhkg..&s_tafId=84824
Click here to view the team page for Stewart
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For more information about the Breast Cancer 3-Day, Susan G. Komen for the Cure or the National Philanthropic Trust Breast Cancer Fund, visit http://www.the3day.org/ or call 800.996.3DAY. |
Forever Home Rescue New England is an all-volunteer, non-profit 501(c)3 rescue group. Our mission is to find loving forever homes for homeless and unwanted dogs that we have rescued from high kill shelters or abusive and neglectful situations. We invite you to learn more about us and our wonderful dogs. Thanks very much for visiting our website!
Joanne, Sharon, Terry, Linda, Kathy, Marie, and Christine
Once I was a Lonely Dog
Once I was a lonely dog,
Just looking for a home.
I had no place to go,
No one to call my own.
I wandered up and down the streets,
in rain in heat and snow.
I ate what ever I could find,
I was always on the go.
My skin would itch, my feet were sore,
My body ached with pain.
And no one stopped to give a pat
Or to gently say my name.
I never saw a loving glance,
I was always on the run.
For people thought that hurting me
was really lots of fun.
And then one day I heard a voice
So gentle, kind and sweet,
And arms so soft reached down to me
And took me off my feet.
“No one again will hurt you”
Was whispered in my ear.
“You’ll have a home to call your own
where you will know no fear.”
“You will be dry, you will be warm,
you’ll have enough to eat
And rest assured that when you sleep,
your dreams will all be sweet.”
I was afraid I must admit,
I’ve lived so long in fear.
I can’t remember when I let
A human come so near.
And as she tended to my wounds
And bathed and brushed my fur
She told me ’bout the rescue group
And what it meant to her.
She said, “We are a circle,
A line that never ends.
And in the center there is you
protected by new friends.”
“And all around you are
the ones that check the pounds,
And those that share their home
after you’ve been found.”
“And all the other folk
are searching near and far.
To find the perfect home for you,
where you can be a star.”
She said, “There is a family,
that’s waiting patiently,
and pretty soon we’ll find them,
just you wait and see.”
“And then they’ll join our circle
they’ll help to make it grow,
so there’ll be room for more like you,
who have no place to go.”
I waited very patiently,
The days they came and went.
Today’s the day I thought,
my family will be sent.
Then just when I began to think
It wasn’t meant to be,
there were people standing there
just gazing down at me.
I knew them in a heart beat,
I could tell they felt it too.
They said, “We have been waiting
for a special dog like you.”
Now every night I say a prayer
to all the gods that be.
“Thank you for the life I live
and all you’ve given me.
But most of all protect the dogs
in the pound and on the street.
And send a Rescue Person
to lift them off their feet.”
~Arlene Pace (September 18, 1998)
It was great to see some of our ‘alums’ at Pet Rock 2008 despite the rainy day. Forever Home Rescue tied for first place in the contest for best float this year!! Yay, team! Here are some pictures from this year’s event. Nancy Rothe, in sunglasses and striped shirt, is to the left in the picture of our team pulling the float. She was our honored guest, visiting from Mississippi. We loved having her here!!
