March2016 - Famous Fido Rescue

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March 2016
To all of our loyal Supporters,
Greetings from the new
Famous Fido Rescue
No Kill Chicago
Wellness &
Learning Center!
It has been a big year of
change for Famous Fido
Rescue and the animals
that reside at our center
and depend on us. It has
been an impossible dream
of physical and financial struggle and the commitment to make our
new home a reality! Our new center is still a work in progress;
however, it is a new hope for the animals that are currently under
our care as well as the future ones that are being abandoned at
shelters and left behind.
The new Famous Fido No Kill Chicago Advocacy Center and the programs it
provides offers a new way of thinking about how we adopt out dogs & cats, while
matching them up with the proper guardians. It is not about quantity of homes, but
rather about getting them into the right qualified, forever homes. This is a difficult task
as we want to save them all! The flow to the open door
shelters never stops due to lack of knowledge and education.
People call Famous Fido daily to inquire about surrendering their dogs & cats. Most problems can be solved with
resources and counseling, but many people have already
made up their minds to give them up. At the new FFR No
Kill Chicago Advocacy Wellness & Learning Center, we will
work with potential owner surrenders to give them resources
or to help them properly rehome their furry companions.
Educational seminars will be conducted regarding proper
care, the right human/dog or cat match and planning the
future for their furry family member. Many excuses people give for surrendering their
animals do not make sense such as moving, having a baby, not enough time, etc. No dog
or cat should be given up without the knowledge of where the animal is going and what
will happen to him or her. The owner needs to know how to implement proper adoption
procedures including application, interviewing and home check.
Famous Fido Rescue is counting on the public to get involved.
• We are seeking community leaders to help bring forth lifesaving
programs and educational seminars.
• We are looking forward to setting up and featuring an art exhibit and
memorial to the dogs and cats that have lost their lives in shelters.
This exhibit will help people to understand how important it is not to abandon their
animals, which is called “owner surrender”. When an owner walks away, they will never
know the fate of their dog or cat!
• We will also be educating people on the importance of registered
microchips and animal ID tags. If their dog or cat gets lost and ends up at a
shelter, they can be reunited before it is too late.
• We are seeking monthly donors who believe in what we stand for.
People need to come together by volunteering, donating and bringing forth their talents
and ideas to make the change it will take to save these urgent lives!
I am personally committed to helping these poor animals and I am asking you to join me!
Sincerely,
Gloria Lissner, FFRAA President & Founder
FFRAA is currently in the 2nd
phase of developing our new
center and we are in need of many
types of Committee Leaders to
Volunteer!
Please review the list below and see where
YOU can fit in to help save precious lives.
• The Rescue Store.
• 2 people to set-up & manage the store.
The store will have wonderful cat &
dogsupplies,including toys, homemade cookies, vitamins,
homeopathic remedies and high end healthy foods. All proceeds will go to help save animals lives!
• 2 people to set up, manage & procure paintings for our Art Exhibit
• 2 Advocates to network and help find homes for our rescues
• 2 Committee Leaders to head up our Adoption, Rehoming & Counseling Services
• 2 Managers for our Microchipping Committee and educate in its importance
• 2 people to work our Computer Lounge, helping adopters to see shelter animals
• Web Master to manage our web site
• Fundraising. people to come up with ideas, to enact & manage all phases
Please call Gloria at 773.907.0305 for further information on these Committees!
Famous Fido’s Featured
Dogs & Cats
Henry
A precious three-year old male orange,
short-haired Tabby. He is looking for
a very special home because he is very
special, loving and affectionate. He has
feline leukemia and can live with another
cat that has the same or he can live in a
home with a dog.
Joshua
Max
Joshua is a very sweet and loving male Chihuahua
mix looking for a fabulous new guardian or
family to call his own. Joshua is approximately
5 years old. He enjoys being held and snuggled.
Joshua gets along with many dogs his size with
the right introduction.
Max is an extremely handsome & affectionate
approximately 4 year old male Chihuahua/rat terrier mix.
Max loves to cuddle and get along with many other dogs his
size with the right introduction. He is looking for a
wonderful home that has lots
of love to give.
Pumpkin
and LittleBit
A father/daughter pair. They
are very bonded and must be
adopted together. Pumpkin
is a large, extremely sweet male orange & white tabby, 6 years old.
Daughter LittleBit is 5 years old, a dark grey tabby with beautiful
gold-green eyes. She loves to cuddle with her human friends and
snuggle in her soft kitty tunnel. These 2 were going to be euthanized by an owner who did not want them anymore, but were saved
by Famous Fido. Both are declawed and neutered/spayed.
To meet and possibly adopt these featured cats and dogs or for more information,
email [email protected] or call 773.907.0305
A New Year’s Miracle for Isis, now renamed Alice.
After 3.5 years at Famous Fido, she went to her new forever home with
Famous Fido supporter & volunteer, Mary Beth Fahey on New Years day.
Isis was abandoned by her former foster about 6 weeks after she was saved
from a high kill shelter. Although Isis is a very sweet, loving and calm girl,
in a home she wants to be the main event and must be an only furby. Because
she needed to be an only child and
she could be leash reactive with
other animals, it made it difficult to
find the right forever home for her
where she would be safe.
While at Famous Fido Rescue, Isis
attended training and daycare and
was very loved. She had an entourage of daycare transporters, her
own facebook page and thousands
of supporters and fans. Still, what was longed for most was a loving guardian and home of her
very own. Famous Fido knew her need for a very special and dedicated person. One of Isis’ daycare drivers and rescue supporters, Mary Beth, lost her senior dog who also needed to be an only
furby as well. She decided to adopt Isis and give her the miracle she was waiting for. On January
1st, 2016, Isis officially became Alice and started her new life! Happy New Year, sweet girl!
Please Become a Monthly Donor!
We solely rely on donations, volunteers and the community to help us.
Our goal is to provide for our rescues, find them forever homes and to
continue the many newlifesaving programs we have developed.
To donate online, go to www.famousfidorescue.com and click “DONATE”
Or donate by check, q $100 q $250 q $500 q $1000 q other $________________
Please make your check payable to:
Famous Fido No-Kill Advocacy Wellness & Learning Center
3124 W Irving Park Road, Chicago, IL 60618
Famous Fido Rescue does not receive any government funding. We are a 501C3 Charity and all donations are tax deductible.
Famous Fido’s Recent Saves
Over the past two weeks, Famous Fido Rescue saved 7 urgent dogs
from the city shelter that would otherwise not have made it out.
Tawny
Will
They included a sweet but shy Chihuahua named Tawny, a pitbull puppy
named Will, an approximately 7 year old
male puggle named Scrappy who's former person said he was 14 and requested
he be euthanized, a handsome and very
shy male basenji mix named James, a
male lab mix puppy named Nemo, a
younger male pitbull named Walter and
an abused pit bull named Chloe who was
used for breeding and a bait dog.
All of these dogs have a story and all of
them were out of time. Of the seven, two
have made it out to foster homes, Will
and Nemo. The other 5 are still looking
for loving forever guardians.
Please consider getting involved and
supporting the new Famous Fido No
Kill Chicago Advocacy Center so we
can continue to save and place the most
urgent lives as well as educate the public
so more animals get rehomed instead of
abandoned at shelters. If people learn
the importance of registered microchip
and id tags, it will drastically reduce stray
dog & cat population and the number of
animals that end up at shelters.
Chloe
Walter
Scrappy
Nemo
James
Fido’s Recent Adoptions
Carmel, by Bobby
Vinny, Ben & Brianne
Ernie, now Lulu,
by Anna & Tim
Cats
Handsome, by Amy
Smee, by Jonathon & Ella
Dogs
Walter, by Erica
Major, Joanne & John
Percy, by Alan & Kate
Larry, by Jan & Charlie Willie Wonka,
by Ken & Bob
Charlotte, by Lisa & Alan
Glenn, Barnard Family
Lady, by Anna & Tim
Lucky & Minnie, by Jean
Lucas, by Diane & Mark
Snuggles, Jen & Brian
Spinix, by Judy & Eric
Buddy, Brophy Family
Jack Foley, Karen & Van
Kelsey, by Rosie
Saturday, March 19th
• Save the Date! •
Black Dog House
Come have FUN, &
SUPPORT the NEW
Famous Fido No-Kill
Advocacy Wellness
& Learning Center
presents A Night of Poetry & Song Benefitting
Famous Fido’s New Rescue & Adoption Center!
Fun begins with a BYOB potluck at 6:30
show begins at 7:30 featuring
EVENTS
•MARCH 14•
HamBingo!
the Wayward Cannucks
(that would be Sue & Doug)
“Sue and Doug are the best” Sue’s Dad, Bob
“Better than tuna from the can!” Sue’s cat, Bob Jr.
& special guest Chicago’s Very Own
Rockin’ Rick Wells!
•MARCH 19•
Black Dog House
•MAY 14•
Famous Fido’s
Grand Opening
Celebration
Time to eat, drink and
be very, very, very merry at this
incredible Rogers Park venue!
Chicago Advocacy Center • 6441 N. Lakewood
Suggested donation $25
for more info: [email protected]
Monday, March 14 • 8-10 pm
SEATING BEGINS AT 7 PM
Awesome Raffle Prizes
$5 Frozen & Regular Sauza Margaritas
Famous Fido Rescue & Adoption Alliance
3124 W Irving Park Rd • 773.907.0305
[email protected]
famousfidorescue.com
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