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[dooksofearl]

[dooksofearl]

Hey y'all. A person took back their donations. It's okay, they said they didn't mean to commit monthly and didn't realize they had until it had been a few months so they filed a dispute. Unfortunately, we really needed that money and spent it on electricity and animal food.

So I'm asking you guys to dig us out of the whole. Hopefully in the next two months we'll be able to get in a position where we won't have to depend on donations. But at this time we really, really need you.

This is Patsy Cline aka Tiny Grumpy cat.

[dooksofearl]

We need to raise $750 ASAP.

We can’t share details yet — but it directly impacts the animals in our care.

If you trust us, please help us get through this.

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Every dollar counts right now.

[dooksofearl]

Can we talk some real talk right now?

I obviously didn't get into rescue work because it was profitable, but it can be absolutely heartbreaking that I spend 60-80 hours every week trying to get grants or donations, writing emails, texts, and posts begging y'all for donations, and getting nothing. I don't get paid for this. As the matter of fact, every penny I can scratch up or earn goes to the rescue. Then I see that the CEOs of these big charities are on salary for MILLIONS of dollars. One year of their salary could run this rescue for several years.

Nonprofit CEO in Tennessee is approximately $74,557, and executive director an average around $63,209. And those are considered lower pay amongst the CEOs and executive directors of nonprofits. Every one of our human workers; me, the board of directors, volunteers I wish I could pay so they could be here full time, everyone is not only volunteering, we make side hustle and money from our jobs and households that goes into the rescue.

While you are dumping your change into those buckets, remember that $679,221 is going to pay one person in that company doing one job while there are several of us out here living on ramen noodles, doing 4+ workers jobs for our rescues, and still awake at 4:11 am praying, crying, grinding our teeth and begging "God, please just let us pull off enough to get by another month. They need us too much for us to close."

They pay grant writers, workers, board members, everyone in their company. I'm not hating that they can. I'm hating that we can't. I'm hating that all our passion, hard work, blood, sweat, tears, prayers, all mean nothing sometimes. I'm hating that they get corpora and government funding and we can't get anything like that and are still losing out on the grants we can try for to places that have steady streams of funding.

It's beyond heart breaking. The animals we serve deserve better. The communities and people we help deserve better.

So when you see me figure out how to do only fans, don't judge me. I'm out of stuff to sell, I can't even get a big following on our social media platforms, and I can't just give up. They need me.

Please don't kick me while I am down. I know this was a long rant and I don't expect any of you read the whole thing. I'm just feeling really defeated and I got a call about a baby with a tumor that needs me to take him and for the first time ever, I had to say that I can't right now. It's devastating to feel like a failure when I am working so hard to just get by.

[dooksofearl]

[dooksofearl]

It's really hard to keep going sometimes. We, rescuers, often feel like failures. We feel defeated, beaten. Like no matter how hard we work, there will be twice as many to save tomorrow with half as much support. And it's devastating and overwhelming to our spirit.

You think you can't help? We understand that feeling. But every time we get a donation, even if it is one dollar, it is like a megaphone screaming that someone out there believes in our mission, believes these animals are worth it, believes in me. You think your dollar doesn't count, but for me it's evidence that I count, that what I do matters.

So to all my past, present, and future donors; you are my cheerleaders, you keep me going and validate me and my efforts. For that I cannot thank you enough. 🫶

[dooksofearl]

I am just trying to remind everyone that we get no government funding or any stipends. While we assist many state agencies we are only funded by the kindness of our friends and followers. With that in mind, I am asking you for a small commitment. Perhaps you could dedicate a cup of coffee a week to us? That's just $20 a month. Or maybe you are doing really well and want to bless us with a little more. We would be so grateful to have some steady and reliable support.

As you can imagine, what I do here is extremely stressful. Even small donations make a huge impact on relieving some of that stress. If you go to our GIVE BUTTER (https://givebutter.com/n5kIGY) page it will let you set up one time or reoccurring donations. And they don't take fees like with PayPal and our card platform. 

If you have a little extra you could toss our way, we are still trying to raise funds for our spay and neuter commitments and get some needed items for the rescue. Our goal for these is $476. We'd appreciate the help.

We also are looking for donations of used items, Virtual/Remote Volunteers, and business partners. I'll attach our flyers for these so you can read them but please feel free to share them in social media or print them out and post them on community boards. We are so appreciative of any effort you put into helping us. It may not seem like much to you but it's a huge thing to us. 

I am including pictures of our litter of kittens. Their mom was dumped when she was 8 days away from having them. They are bringing life and chaos to the rescue and are going to be an excellent army against any mice who get the wrong idea about living here. It's also a good explanation for all the scratches on me and why I look so tired. LoL. 

[dooksofearl]

Please donate. We can't keep doing what we do without you and your support.

And please share our posts. We are limited in our reach bc we don't pay for ads.