This donation left all of us TLC volunteers speechless and humbled. It began from a few comments left on someone else's FaceBook page about us, and a TLC volunteer noticing it. This might seem like a small pile of donations, but this kind person ordered $250+ worth of cleaning supplies from our wish list and had Lowe's deliver them to the shop today. For the majority of the items, this is a week's worth of what we buy to keep the shop clean, the dogs' blankets washed and nice, etc.
For the at least daily complaint from someone in the general public about the smell at the shop, this was a major morale boost in the arm to us.
Let's face it - dogs smell. But I will trade this 'living' smell hands down any day to the smell of dead dogs' carcasses at the back of any shelter after their euthanizing for the day. And every dog in the TLC rescue was destined to die for one reason or another.
We run the shop with a very limited amount of funds and volunteers' energy and willingness to come in and help. Receiving this today can't erase the hurt you feel from someone coming in and being rude, but it shows my volunteers that people DO care and support what we are trying to do here!
Thank you again, Annette Ferrara, for this massive donation and uplifting us all with your generousity!
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