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$10 Can Save a Life

Friends of Shelter Animals for Cobb County needs your help to save dogs and cats.

A group of dogs and cats are scheduled for transport to Midwest Animal Rescue (MARS) in Minnesota. The target date is Jan. 21.

Friends of Shelter Animals for Cobb County needs your help to get each animal a bus ticket. The group needs to raise $1,300. The transport will save animals' lives and offer a chance for adoption.

Donations as little as $10 will help get the dogs and cats to safety.

For more information, contact Janice Riccio at Quietzsch@aol.com.

About Friends of Shelter Animals

Friends of Shelter Animals of Cobb County is composed of volunteers dedicated to helping shelter animals have a chance at a new life.

About MARS

Midwest Animal Rescue Services is dedicated to providing unsurpassed standards for quality care, client education and training of companion animals, to promote responsible pet ownership while uniting fellow rescuers in the pursuit of ending animal homelessness.

The dedicated and passionate group rescues dogs and cats that are at risk and homeless through no fault of their own, as well as puppy mill rescues. Once in their care, the companion animals are vaccinated, microchipped, and spayed or neutered.

MARS does not have a shelter facility for boarding. It is a foster-based rescue group that runs on the support and aid of dedicated volunteers. The pets live in homes, as family members, receiving all of the love and care they would in an adoptive home, until they are adopted. 

MARS boasts a 98 percent adoption success rate.

Janice Riccio January 4, 2012 at 09:04 pm
The link to donate is http://www.midwestanimalrescue.org/info/display?PageID=11158, and MARS is a 501c3 non-profit, so your donation is tax deductible. If you call the shelter, they propably won't be able to answer your questions about this, since it's being put together by volunteers. You can E-mail me at quietzsch@aol.com for questions. Thanks so much for running this article!
Julia Harris January 5, 2012 at 07:33 pm
Thank you for the additional information, Janice. Please let us know if your group raises the $1300. Good luck!
Tisha Maguire January 7, 2012 at 02:34 am
So very happy to help!! I volunteer at Cobb County Animal Control and LOVE that these babies will be safe :) Ty all involved, period. You are rockstars/heros for these dogs. Yes, the article is just outstanding so ty anyone involved as Cobb County AC has made huge strides in the past year to think outside of the box to get cats/dogs to safety. MARS, u rock!
Julia Harris January 7, 2012 at 03:36 pm
Thanks for all that you and other volunteers do Tisha! I hear that only a couple hundred dollars has been raised, which is great, but I hope the $1300 goal can be reached so that all the scheduled dogs and cats can make the journey.
Janice Riccio January 7, 2012 at 05:35 pm
I'm waiting for a new tally today, but we were over $600 late last evening, just another $700 to go! We'll keep everyone posted.
Julia Harris January 7, 2012 at 08:44 pm
Half way there! Yay!
Chuck Volner January 7, 2012 at 10:20 pm
I will be coming back into town Wednesday. Please let us know where you are at on the fund-raising then... so it can be met. The Shelter is one of my favorite Charitable groups, as I am half Cherokee and love All of the Almighty's creatures. This is a Worthy Cause that deserves Support.
Janice Riccio January 10, 2012 at 02:05 am
We have raised $997 due to lots of very generous people! Only $300 more to go to save all of these lives. Thank you so much for everyone who has donated!

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