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Our Thanks, to the
thousands who helped. Like the soldiers and national guard who assisted
PasadoRescuers every day. |
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There isn't enough room on ten websites to thank all the people who
donated WalMart Gift Cards for supplies, pet food, food for the
volunteers, industrial fans to keep the animals cool, and so much more.
But at least we can give it a try...
To the individuals,
most of whom we'll never know, who sent care packages to the few
Pasado staff and volunteers who were in Louisiana from beginning to
end...weeks away from their families. Sleeping on the floor. Working in
the heat, and seeing horrors few of us could ever withstand... |
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...you
will never understand what your small gifts meant to them. Fresh socks,
notes of encouragement, scented hand cream, little things, that made
them feel like what they were doing was appreciated.
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To the
people of Texas. When Hurricane Rita hit, PasadoRescuers left our New Orleans rescue operation hit the road, never caring
what they might encounter. They just knew that animals needed help. They
drove through hell to get to Texas and then found people, like those,
left, who were willing to help in an instant. |
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People
like Todd. an MCI engineer. Within hours, he arranged for
PasadoRescuers to get Homeland Security and FEMA clearance to enter into
the hurricane zone. He also secured satellite phones and radio links for
our crews on the ground. He will forever be our hero. |
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And thanks
to other companies who went the distance to help...like
PETsMART
Charities. They donated 500 kennel cages that we used to temporarily
house the dogs and cats as they were rescued. Their gift was a godsend
and made saving hundreds of animals possible... |
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To
Halliburton...yes, the company that gets all of the grief.
Animals were dying by the
hour, locked inside houses with no food or water. We needed more trucks
or trailers to transport as many as we could rescue out of the hot zone
and to our rescue triage barn. We called Halliburton. Afterall, who had
more trucks than they? We reached their PR director, at home, on a
Sunday and she responded. We had as many trucks and horse trailers as we
needed, for as long as we needed. They helped us save the lives of
hundreds of animals, like the little girl, left who was transported to
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1-800-PetMeds
jumped in to help, too. Every last cat or dog we rescued was covered in
fleas. It was so horrible for them. 1-800-Pet-Meds found out and shipped $5000 worth of flea control
products. They helped relieve the suffering of so many of these animals.
We are forever grateful to them.
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After
months had passed, we were finally able to return home. We had to
rent a semi-trailer truck to ship our industrial fans, cots, meds, dog
carriers, a refrigerator, microwave, and boxes and boxes of necessities
we didn't want to leave behind. But where would supplies, collected from
the nation's worst disaster, be stored? We certainly didn't have the
room. And that's when
Kenmore Self
Storage stepped up to help. |
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Christina, left (with her
daughter and faithful companion, Isabel) told us now to worry. While we
worried about where we'd put everything, Christina said "Don't worry.
Our owners will help in any way they can." And we did.
Kenmore Self
Storage has supported Pasado's Safe Haven for years, donating
thousands of dollars worth of storage. That generosity didn't end when
we needed it most. |
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And
apart from "things" that needed to be transported across the country
from New Orleans, there were lives, too.
Cascade Kennels is another
business that dropped everything and helped not once but over and over
again. They gave up valuable kennel space to help us isolate incoming
Katrina animals who we couldn't introduce to our sanctuary animals until
they were healthy.
Larry and Andrea, and
their entire staff were and are angels. We could have never rescued without them! |
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And
lastly, to a company that people equate with the best in video games.
Nintendo offered their super slick production facilities for
Pasado's to capture every moment of Hurricane Katrina rescue in our
wonderful DVD. Their donation totaled thousands of dollars and
they did it without hesitation. |
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Meet the special animals you have
asked, "Whatever happened to....?" |
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