ADOPT News

Shop on AmazonSmile to support ADOPT!

You can now support ADOPT when you make purchases on Amazon.com by shopping on smile.amazon.com.  Once you set up your AmazonSmile account to support ADOPT, a percentage of your purchases will automatically go to ADOPT whenever you do your shopping through smile.amazon.com!  Click the button below to get your account set up and start shopping through AmazonSmile to support ADOPT! 🙂

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Shop at Kroger, support ADOPT!

ADOPT is officially a Kroger Community Rewards member, which means you can make your visits to Kroger count for more! All you need to do is enroll your Kroger Plus card and ADOPT will receive a percentage of what you spend at Kroger. Enrolling is easy, just follow the steps below!

  • Go to krogercommunityrewards.com to Sign In to your Kroger Rewards Account.  (If you need to sign up for an account, click Create An Account.  You will then be prompted to enter your email address, create a password, enter your zip code, choose your favorite store, and agree to the terms and conditions.  After you get an email confirming your account has been set up, return to krogercommunityrewards.com and sign in.)
  • Click Enroll Now.
  • Enter 74760 for the organization number and click Search.
  • Select ANIMALS DEPEND ON PEOPLE TOO! from list that comes up and then click Enroll.
  • To verify you are enrolled correctly, you will see your organization’s name on the bottom of your “Account Summary” page.

It’s that simple to start supporting ADOPT when doing something you already do!  Happy Krogering!!  🙂

Oakland Park Elementary – Penny Harvest

Oakland Park Elementary – Penny Harvest

ADOPT Pet Rescue had the distinct honor of being the recipient of funds raised by Oakland Park Elementary School in their 2014 Penny Harvest fundraiser. Monday, Kira and Kody (an ADOPT save from 6.5 years ago) met with 300 students and ADOPT was presented with a check for over $1000! We’re amazed that the students were able to raise this money and then chose us as their recipient. We are very grateful for the generosity demonstrated by the Oakland Park’s students and look forward to putting this hard earned money to good use saving more dogs. Thank you so much for this wonderful donation!

Penny Harvest Check

Phoenix needs our help

“Phoenix” is a term now used to describe a person or thing that has become renewed after great suffering. We thought this would be a fitting name for this husky mix, since it is apparent by his scars that he has suffered in his past. Can you help him?

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Phoenix isn’t fancy. He’s not a designer breed, he’s not a roly poly puppy, he’s not a looker. He is, however, gentle, affectionate, and patient. He’s been waiting his whole life for someone to think he’s amazing. From the embedded collar wound, the scars on his face, and the wounds on his legs, he has known great neglect. He won’t chew your stuff, he won’t pee everywhere, and he’s not a barker. He just wants to “be.” He’s about 5 yrs old, 61 lbs, and as we’ve discovered, has occasional seizures. Because he needs medicine, he can no longer stay in our prison program. Phoenix needs a family, desperately.

Can you give him a place to lay his head, be the person who finally thinks he’s amazing? Because he is.

Because of Phoenix’s medical needs we’re requesting donations to help offset the cost. If you are able to donate please go to our donation page and use the method that’s easiest for you.

If you donate through PayPal, please use the Donor Name and Address field to let us know that are donating in Phoenix’s name as well as provide us with your name and address. Thanks so much for helping!
– ADOPT Pet Rescue, Inc.

Seeking Volunteers

We are looking for an Applications Coordinator. This position requires around 5-10 hours a week and would head a committee responsible for processing applications for the dogs and cats that we take in. If you are interested in learning more about this position or even interested in serving on this committee (around 1-2 hours per month), use our Contact Us page to send a message to our Volunteer coordinator.

Additionally, our rescue is growing as we begin a new Prison Program!!! We need help with the following tasks:

  • Transportation— if you are willing to transport a dog in your car from the vet to the prison or from the prison to a potential forever home.
  • Home Visits— taking the dog to a potential forever home; checking out the home and making the decision to leave the dog in the care of the new family (this requires training).

We could also use some help with these other volunteer opportunities:

  • Leads for Adoption events (ex: Mingle with the Mutts and PetSmart)
  • Cleaning out storage unit
  • Solicitation and Donations

If you are interested in learning more about any of the above positions, use our Contact Us page to send a message to our Volunteer coordinator.

Things are looking different around here!

You may have noticed that things are looking a bit different around our website! We’ve been working very hard this winter and spring to get our new website up and running with the help of the wonderful Gregg Henry of TripleGInteractive.

screenshot of the new adopt site

Check out our new ADOPT site!

We are very excited about it and we hope you will be too! All of the old information is still here we just moved the menus around so hopefully it’ll be easier for you to find what you are looking for. Also, we’ve moved more of our rescue animals to the front page because that’s why you’re here isn’t it? 🙂

If you are still seeing our old site please refresh your browser or clear your cache.

screenshot of the old site design layout

Remember how our old site used to look?

We’ve also linked up our site with our social media accounts – Twitter and Facebook. You’ll be able to track our blog posts from either of these sites and comments from Facebook will also populate our comments on the blog. Let us know what you think and we hope to be interacting with all of your more frequently now!