Deep Roots: Animal Rights Blog » Updates http://blog.deeprootssanctuary.org Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:09:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 We got hacked http://blog.deeprootssanctuary.org/2008/01/we-got-hacked/ http://blog.deeprootssanctuary.org/2008/01/we-got-hacked/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:09:33 +0000 eChris http://blog.deeprootssanctuary.org/2008/01/we-got-hacked/ 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.

]]> http://blog.deeprootssanctuary.org/2008/01/we-got-hacked/feed/ 0 carnival of empty cages and other updates http://blog.deeprootssanctuary.org/2007/12/carnival-of-empty-cages-and-other-updates/ http://blog.deeprootssanctuary.org/2007/12/carnival-of-empty-cages-and-other-updates/#comments Thu, 06 Dec 2007 22:03:10 +0000 eChris http://blog.deeprootssanctuary.org/2007/12/carnival-of-empty-cages-and-other-updates/ 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.

]]> http://blog.deeprootssanctuary.org/2007/12/carnival-of-empty-cages-and-other-updates/feed/ 1 Buying land and playing kickball http://blog.deeprootssanctuary.org/2007/10/buying-land-and-playing-kickball/ http://blog.deeprootssanctuary.org/2007/10/buying-land-and-playing-kickball/#comments Wed, 10 Oct 2007 02:38:16 +0000 eChris http://blog.deeprootssanctuary.org/2007/10/buying-land-and-playing-kickball/ 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.

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In case you were wondering, The KickAssers won the tournament after defeating The Qix eight to seven. It was a close game that was won in the bottom of the final inning. The winning team took home some really nice Kickball Championship tshirts, tickets to the haunted train, raffle tickets, and an amazing trophy. I was a little too busy to take any pictures, but I’ll try to track some down.

In addition to kickball (and the obstacle course that decided one tie game), we had a lot of vegan ice cream (donated by Chicago Soy Dairy), veggie hot dogs, and a raffle with several prizes donated by the local companies listed to the right. We also introduced our new tshirt, which will be for sale on this site soon (and several places around Bloomington).

Even though this event was meant to be more of a community event than a fundraiser, we were able to raise enough for the retainer fee for the lawyer. Which brings me to my next point… we are buying land! We’ve been in the process for a couple of months now, but I’ve been waiting to write about it until we got a little closer to signing the contract. The land is absolutely gorgeous, and it already has a large house (which will be used for housing sick, injured, and adoptable animals). Sticking with our commitment to environmental sustainability, one wall of the house is earth berm, it is heated and cooled geothermally using radiant floor coils, and the windows are triple-paned. We will also work on implementing renewable sources of energy such as microhydro. I’ve included a map of the land below so you can check it out.

As you can see, we are buying 21.79 acres, which is part of about an 150-acre parcel. We plan to buy a good portion of the additional acreage (if not all of it), not too far down the road, but one thing at a time, right? Beside, the current owner of the land is nice enough to allow us to lease the land for free for the first four years. As you can image, 22 acres with a fairly new (and big) house and a lake is pretty expensive. A little over $300,000, actually. We are hoping to pay off the land within three years, but we need your help today to help us with the down payment and monthly mortgage (not to mention the cost of building a new intake center and caring for dozens of animals). I’ve set up a fund-raising page through change.org where you can easily donate using your credit or debit card. You can also donate on our site via PayPal or send a check to:

Deep Roots Animal Sanctuary
P.O. Box 171
Bloomington, IN 47404

Every bit helps, but please give as much as you can. And remember, right now we are a completely volunteer-ran organization so 100% of your money will go towards housing, rehabilitating, and otherwise fighting for the animals. I’ll keep you informed on our progress! Thanks in advance for donating and passing on the word.


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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!

]]> http://blog.deeprootssanctuary.org/2007/09/we-have-haunted-train-tickets/feed/ 0 it all begins http://blog.deeprootssanctuary.org/2006/08/it-all-begins/ http://blog.deeprootssanctuary.org/2006/08/it-all-begins/#comments Mon, 21 Aug 2006 08:14:47 +0000 eChris http://deeprootssanctuary.org/blog/?p=3 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.

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