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August 11, 2021

Informational Zoom Series: RedRover Readers

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a RedRover Responders volunteer? Or what the difference is between a Safe Escape, Safe Housing, Urgent Care, […]
August 11, 2021

Chewy’s Happy Tail

By Savannah Verdon, RedRover Development and Engagement Coordinator Last fall, Katie was having a very difficult time in medical school. She saw firsthand the huge toll […]
August 11, 2021

Reunited: How Carrie and Penelope found their way home

According to a recent survey by the Urban Resource Institute (URI) and the National Domestic Violence Hotline (The Hotline), 72% of domestic violence survivors are not aware […]
August 11, 2021

Three Paws and Three Cheers for Zowie

By Savannah Verdon, RedRover Development and Engagement Coordinator Who rescued whom? It’s a cliché we see on bumper stickers and social media posts alike, but for […]
August 4, 2021

My service dog, my hero: Cinnamon’s Happy Tail

By Lisa, RedRover Relief Urgent Care grant recipient In October of 2020, I adopted a dog named Cinnamon from a rescue organization. I was told that […]
July 21, 2021

Beauty in our roots: My journey to animal welfare and humane education

By Helia Zarkhosh, RedRover Communications Coordinator In the latest edition of our “Behind the Scenes at RedRover” series, RedRover Program Coordinator Minhhan Lam shares her journey […]
July 14, 2021

Making a difference for survivors

Since 2007, RedRover has awarded over a million dollars in grants to help care for and shelter animals displaced by family violence. Through our Safe Housing […]
July 14, 2021

A journey of kindness: How one little organization is making a big difference

In 2007, the staff at Prince William SPCA noticed something was missing in their community. An all-volunteer nonprofit in Prince William County, Virginia, they had programs […]
July 14, 2021

Lucky Luna’s Happy Tail

By Savannah Verdon, RedRover Development and Engagement Coordinator Luna is a survivor…and a very good girl. In 2018, her then-owner abandoned her on the side of […]

 
October 22, 2008

Reflections on the Hurricane Ike deployment

Submitted by EARS Regional Director Karla Schulte of Shawnee, Kansas (pictured below), after spending a week in Beaumont, Texas helping animal victims of Hurricane Ike

October 22, 2008

My first deployment

Submitted by EARS volunteer Jennifer Muller of Houston (pictured below), about her recent deployment to help animals affected by Hurricane Ike, Beaumont, Texas

I intended to write this much sooner -- it is amazing how quickly your day-to-day life takes over the moment you return home from a deployment!

October 5, 2008

A bittersweet goodbye

Submitted by Marcel Marcotte, EARS Eastern Canada Regional Director, of Nova Scotia, Canada

October 4, 2008

From bad to good

Submitted by EARS volunteer Carol Hedlund of Bainbridge, New York

October 4, 2008

Zipping along

Submitted by EARS volunteer Carol Hedlund of Bainbridge, New York

Our Saturday is much more crowded with local volunteers and some folks who will be back after we leave tomorrow. It was a great help and some of them were absolutely amazing. "Our guys" will be in good hands.

October 3, 2008

Dogs and puppies everywhere

Submitted by EARS volunteer Carol Hedlund of Bainbridge, New York

October 3, 2008

UAN crosses U.S. border to help puppy mill dogs

On September 28, a team of United Animal Nations’ Emergency Animal Rescue Service (EARS) volunteers began working with Humane Society International/Canada and the Canadian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (CSPCA) to care for 118 animals rescued from a puppy mill in Rawdon, Quebec.

October 2, 2008

Swan song

Submitted by EARS Regional Director Stacey Harris

Well, it is our last day here. Everyone, animals and volunteers is leaving today.

October 2, 2008

Puzzling over pit bulls

Yesterday we had another amazing day in Beaumont!! We got word late the previous night that the pit bull rescue group was coming earlier than expected. Not a problem for our group of EARS volunteers here: They were up and going at about 6:00 am to get these guys ready. The rescue group had told us that they only had room for 11 dogs.