Best Friends Animal Sanctuary is my favorite place in the world. I go there to attend workshops and to volunteer because it is a universe where kindness and compassion rule the day: the people you encounter are there to help; their motivation is to be of service in whatever way they can. The last time I was there I met a couple who live in FL and who come to Best Friends every summer to "help out" - she works in the Puppy Intake center, he cleans the dog kennels. I think the humans benefit right along with the animals: it's like magic, what all that kindness can do; it is uplifting to remember how good people can actually be.
Best Friends is a pioneer in the no-kill movement and has helped reduce the number of animals killed in shelters from an estimated 17 million per year to around 347,000. Best Friends runs lifesaving programs all across the country, as well as the nation's largest no-kill animal sanctuary. Working collaboratively with a network of more than 3,600 animal welfare and shelter partners, and community members nationwide, Best Friends is working to Save Them All®.
That's why I created this fundraiser for my birthday.
When you donate to my fundraiser, you'll be helping around 1,600 dogs, cats, bunnies, birds, horses, ducks, guinea pigs and other barnyard animals who on any given day reside at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary. You'll be helping to save the lives of homeless pets all across the country through lifesaving adoption and spay/neuter programs, no-kill initiatives, and more. And you'll be helping the many volunteers and staff do the work that means so much to them.
Thank you for joining me in donating to this very special place.