You leave the blog alone for awhile to take care of other business and look what happens… hackers shut down your website so they can sell you drugs. Please bare with us as we fix the massive damage that was done to our site. Thanks!
Oh, and I promise lots of new blog posts and site updates soon.
My apologies for not getting the December edition of the Carnival of Empty Cages up this week. As you may have already heard, we bought land and took possession on December 1st. I’ve been busy moving stuff and have had very limited internet access. I will promise to get the carnival up next week. In the meantime, feel free to send in your submissions. If you want, you can just leave a link to your post in the comments section of this post.
We have a lot of exciting stuff coming up that I’ll be sure to write about (puppy mill campaign, coyote/fox trapping campaign, masquerade ball and more). If you are interested in getting involved, be sure to email volunteer [at] deeprootssanctuary.org.
I have a skewed view of saturday’s kickball tournament. As an organizer, any event is always a little stressful. As the tournament umpire… even more so. But it was still great fun. Myself and the other organizers have had several people come up to us over the past couple of days to tell us how it was one of the funnest days they’ve experienced in awhile.
The kind folks at Bakers Junction have donated 50 haunted train tickets for us to sell as a fundraiser. If you aren’t familiar with the haunted train, you need to check it out. If you are familiar, then I’ll get on with how you can get your tickets and support the sanctuary.
Those interested in buying tickets can contact Melissa at 312-927-0039 or melissa [at] deeprootssanctuary.org. You can also buy tickets next Saturday, September 29th, at the Bloomington Coffee Roasters’ table at the Farmers’ Market. The ticket price is $5, but if you can’t afford the full amount, just give what you can (if you can afford more, remember that all of the money is going to the sanctuary). The tickets are only good for the 5th and 6th of October, so be sure to get your tickets soon!
Welcome to the Deep Roots Animal Sanctuary blog. As you may have figured out, we are still in the process of becoming a grown-up sanctuary. We first started as the Western North Carolina Animal Sanctuary about a year ago, but seeing as to how almost all DRAS collective members are from the midwest, we decided to pick up and head back to where are roots are. That’s how we found ourselves here in Indiana.
Officially, we are a completely new non-profit organization. This time, we decided to share the process of becoming an animal sanctuary with you. We figured our trials and errors could probably help others in the process.
I’ll be posting more about this process in the near future, but for now I suggest reading the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary’s Starting A Nonprofit to Help Animals. I only wish I knew of the Best Friends manuals two years ago! But I know of them now and I have found them to be very accessible and helpful.
This is the official blog of the Deep Roots Animal Sanctuary. Here we will talk about animal rights theory and action. The views written in the posts are those of the author and don't necessarily reflect the views of Deep Roots Animal Sanctuary. If you are interested in guest posting or being a Deep Roots blogger, email Chris.