February Animal Friends Alliance update

Animal Friends Alliance Update

2022 Year-to-date Statistics

Adoptions in 2022: 419

Animals Served by Community Pet Resources Programs: 2,487

February Fix Fest in Full Swing

Spay/neuter puts shelter animals on the road to adoption!

Dish is a snuggly little bundle of love who still needs someone to sponsor her spay surgery.

Lady Gaiter just wants to know one thing: "Will you be my spay sponsor?"

Prince is a sweet boy full of purrs who is ready for his neuter surgery.

February Fix Fest, our celebration of Spay/Neuter Awareness Month, is helping homeless animals get even closer to adoption day! As well as preventing unplanned puppies and kittens from ending up in shelters, spay/neuter surgeries are a critical step in getting current animals adopted.

World Spay Day is next week, and we're still far from our goal. To ensure that every animal adopted has spay and neuter services, we're aiming to raise $27,500 this month. To prevent a downpour of unplanned litters, we need your help! Thanks to a very special member of our Alliance, your donation goes even further.

Thanks to your generorsity, we've officially unlocked our $10,000 match! However, we still have $2,000 to go and only 6 days left in February. Will you help us provide these lifesaving services?

With several animals like Lorek, Alice & Hamish, and Bell Curve still looking for sponsors, now is a great time to help! These sweet babies still need sponsors for their spay/neuter surgeries; they need you! Want to help even more animals? Help us to fund lifesaving surgeries for dogs with pyometra, surgeries for Prevent a Litter Plus (PAL+) animals, anesthesia machine improvements, or other vital clinic needs during Fix Fest.

Help us make sure it's not Raining Cats & Dogs this February and beyond, and get these fuzzy friends even closer to their adoption day by visiting: secure.qgiv.com/event/febfixfest/

Upcoming Event

It's official: we're having our first in-person gala next month as Animal Friends Alliance on Saturday, March 26 at the Hilton Fort Collins! Registration is now open (with a virtual option for those who want/need it).

The 2022 Gala for Animals theme is Mardi Paw, so grab a mask and let the good times roll! Enjoy dinner, live and silent auctions with over 100 items up for bid, kitty and dog cameos, the beautiful Magnificent Beasts created by local artists, and the great feeling of knowing you're supporting animals and people in our community.

Auction items and sponsorships for the Gala for Animals are now available. If have an item of value you're like to donate for our auction or you/your business are interested in sponsoring this event, please email Amanda to learn more at: [email protected]

Get your tickets now!

Have a high-value auction item you'd like to donate? Click here!

Fix Fest Shirts Now Available

Sad you missed out on your size in our adorable It's Raining Cats & Dogs Fix Fest shirts? Well, you're in luck! These shirts were so popular, we decided to put them up for sale in our online store. You can also find "vintage" Fix Fest shirts from years past.

World Spay Day is February 22, but you can wear your It's Raining Cats & Dogs shirt and help us raise awareness all month long!

*Please note that buying a Fix Fest shirt from our store will not go towards our Fix Fest fundraising goal this month. If you'd like to help us hit $27,500, please buy remaining sizes on our 2022 Fix Fest page!

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Puppy and Dog Foster Volunteers Still Needed

If you have been wanting to make a greater impact in your community and save the life of a homeless dog or puppy, now is the time to become a foster volunteer!

Foster volunteers save lives by opening their homes to temporary animal residents like Bailey, pictured here. Our amazing foster team makes fostering pups easy. We provide all of the supplies (food, collar, leash, toys, etc.), match you up with a dog that makes sense for your home and experience level.

With a full-time staff to help you, now is the time to save a life through fostering! Learn more and get started by visiting our "Become a Foster " page today.

Become a dog foster now

Call (970) 484-1861 to book your “Beat the Heat” appointment today! (Don't forget to mention "Beat the Heat" to get the special price!)

Adoptable Animal Feature

Meet Marcel Duchamp! Our team rescued this sweet, older lady from an animal hoarding situation in Sterling earlier this year.

Marcel was naturally a little shy and closed off when she first arrived at Animal Friends Alliance. However, the more staff worked with her to address her dental issues, heavy mats, and other needs, she began to open up and show us her true beautiful colors! Our staff have since fallen in love with her cute, raspy meow, gentle disposition, and amazing capacity for love. She's also still very spunky and playful for a 10-year-old!

You can meet Marcel at our Mulberry shelter, or you can complete an adoption questionnaire by visiting our webs ite. If you're not in a place to adopt a special cat like Marcel, you can also donate to support her care!

Adopt Marcel Duchamp

Donate to help animals like Marcel

Supporter Recognition

Thank you to our 2022 Gala Presenting Sponsors

Animal Advocate Club Membership

Become a new member of our Animal Advocate Club

Welcome to our New (& Upgraded) Members!

Protector:

Jason Wilhelms

Sarah Swanty

Friend:

Julie Doekll

Carolyn Matti

Connie Hanrahan

Billy Brey

Paula Mann

Annie Krieg

Companion:

Lindsey Seastone

Leanna Lynch

Tracy Taylor

Gifts in Honor and Memory

In memory of Betty White and Rockett, "who Animal House saved multiple times before he saved my life," by Dani Weedin
In memory of Gus Gus, Sidekick, and the incomparable Betty White by Lindsey Seastone
In memory of Betty White, and "as a thank you for both my cats," by Stephanie Bowen
In honor of Oreo and in memory of Betty White by Sheilah Juelfs
In honor of Betty White and "my Golden Murphy," by Sandra Utley
In memory of Betty White and in honor of Einstein by Carolyn Marvin
In honor of Betty White and "our sweet Wendell we adopted 9 years ago," by Lindsey Mater
In honor of Betty White and "all furry creatures who should know the kindness of humans," by Deb Jones
in honor of Betty White and "our grand dog who my daughter adopted from you a year ago," by Donna Ostwald
In honor of Betty White and Bailey Rutter by George Bernal
In honor of Betty White and in memory of Mr. Kitty by J Barraza-Guarneros
In honor of "Betty White, her love for animals, and my love for them as well," by Abbie DeRosa
In honor of Betty White and "the loves of my life: Tippit, Zazu, Poppy and Daisy," by Jennifer Lillie
In honor of Betty White and Megan Streetman by Patrick Lynch
In memory of Betty White and "thanks for giving me my best friend Scottie," by Thomas Joy
In memory of Betty White and in honor of "our two rescue kitties, Weasel and Shadow," by Sheryl Thomas
In honor of Betty White and "my wonderful Molly dog" by Paige Ostwald
In honor of Anna Danielle's birthday by Jenny Drake and Thomas Recker
In memory of Jacque Hudson by Porter Adventist Hospital staff
In honor of "all the hard work that Kyle Martinez and his team put in everyday," by Lisa Gipe
In honor of Blake Nelson's birthday by Shauna Nelson, Joni Woidtke, Linda Nelson, and Brandy Starkweather
In honor of Cassandra Sewald's birthday by Kevin Sewald, Sandra Dickinson, Barbie Hallmark, Carol Weickum, Larry Sewald, Cassandra Sewald, and Kerrie Abbott & Tod Phillips
In honor of and memory of Bob Deibel by Melanie Harris
In honor of Darby Jean by Emmett & Louise Stafford
In honor of Marci Peterson and Patti Palagi by Heidi Sherick
In honor of "my cat Pine, who I adopted from FCCRSNC 9 years ago!" by Erica Koch
In memory of Bill Trousdale by Alayna Gilliam and Sean McCourt
In loving memory of pets lost in December 2021: Gulliver Barrett, Molly Cunningham, Jack Farrier, Payton Garrett, Loverboy Henriksen, Alana Sanchez, and Rose A Bell Slezak; by Mulnix Animal Clinic
In memory of Axl and Ozzie Nelson-Torvik by Lisabeth Rulon
In memory of Bob Deibel by Russell Hokanson
In memory of Duncan Rollo by Betty Tewell
In memory of LuCinda Miller by Margaret Zasadil
in memory of Lyla Ross, "loving companion of the Ross family for 14 years," by Anne Tynan
In memory of my friend Mifi Day by Kelsey Roe
In honor of Kelly Strassberg's birthday by Amanda Link, David Jacobson, Amber Jacobson, and Carol Toxvard
In honor of Kendra Payne's birthday by Cathy Richardson, Laurie Moloney, and Lynda Whyrick
In honor of Nate Elliott's birthday by Becky Abbott
On behalf of Sheridan Pabilonia Podell by Brendan Podell
In honor of Saundra Greene's birthday by Erin Allen, Linda Irwin, and Saundra Greene
In memory of Jacqueline Hudson by Alice, Albert, James, and Dori Bova, Sue Ingraffia, Marty Bove-Banks, Patricia Hebert, and the Scannell Family
In honor and remembrance of Prexy "Best Dog" Bennett by Candace Hufford

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