Brandon Area Community Foundation Assists with Rural Initiative
Last Updated: November 14th, 2008
Those who ask what difference does it make saving just one have not witnessed the joy of the one who is saved!

The Brandon Area Community Foundation has been a major contributor of Funds for Furry Friends and 2008 was no exception. The rescue was awarded a grant in the amount of $1,800.00 to assist with their Rural Outreach Across Manitoba (aka ROAM program.)

Brandon is surrounded by rural communities, and despite having a base in Brandon - Funds for Furry Friends has a volunteer base which extends across Southwestern Manitoba. With heavy connections in the surrounding rural areas, Funds for Furry Friends has become a resource to the surrounding area impounds (as well as vet clinics and other facilities acting as impounds) in the surrounding areas.

Options for any animal at the pound are limited - but those limitations are even greater where impounded animals in rural locations are concerned. There is a smaller base of adopters for these animals, and there are fewer resources when the animals are located far from a major center. With connections in many of these centers, around 40-45% of the animals coming through the rescue arrive to us from rural centers.

Many cases are urgent and because the animals are on borrowed time, funding is needed to cover the costs to bring them to safety and to assist with temporary boarding while the animals await placement within the foster care system. Funds for Furry Friends strives to place animals in foster homes as quickly as possible, but at times the rescue's volunteer foster homes are full and we just don't want to have to turn a nice animal away...

Brandon Area Community Foundation's contribution to this initiative is going to really increase opportunities for rural animals, and the rescue is very excited about the opportunity to open doors to more animals that need help. Funds for Furry Friends would like to extend a great big thank-you to the Brandon Area Community Foundation for their aid and assistance. The foundation has been simply wonderful to the rescue and the grant awarded to the rescue on November 13th, 2008 will truly make it possible for more animals to get a second chance.

Brandon Area Community Foundation is a local organization created by and for the people of Brandon and Southwestern Manitoba. The organization is dedicated to helping make an ongoing difference in their community, and they have been able to assist our rescue in making a difference by helping some of the smallest members of the community in a very big way! Please take some time to visit their website - this organization is a blessing to so many charities in Brandon and Area.

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