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I work for the
Middleburg Humane Foundation in rural northern Virginia. We're a small, non-profit farm shelter specializing in the rescue and rehabilitation of abused, neglected and at-risk animals. All of our funding comes from private donors and businesses -- we get nothing in the way of state or county funding.
We operate out of a restored turn-of-the-century farmhouse on about 4.5 acres. Our president and founder, Hilleary Bogley, runs the shelter and is also a court-appointed Humane Investigator for Fauquier and Culpeper Counties. All of our animals come from cases of abuse or neglect, most of which are investigated by Hilleary and local animal control officers. We're a very small farm shelter but we have so many animals right now we're trying to find homes for -- we're at full capacity and these animals have a lot of medical and behavioral needs that require not only a lot of love and attention but also funding.
We have the chance to win a $25,000 grant from an animal rescue site that's linked up with Petfinder.com. Please vote for us! Instructions are below, and remember, you can vote daily (there's also a link to this on our website)!
Help MHF win a $25,000 grant!
Vote for us at
www.theanimalrescuesite.com and we could win $25,000 to help pets in need.
The Animal Rescue Site is hosting a special challenge for eligible Petfinder.com member shelter and rescue groups. The grand prize is a $25,000 grant, and they will be awarding many other grants to rescue groups with the most votes - a total of $100,000 in grants for animal welfare organizations.
Think how many animals we could help for $25,000!
Help us win! All you have to do is click to help rescued animals, and then vote in The Animal Rescue Site $100,000 Shelter Challenge. Both of these actions are absolutely free! You can vote once a day, every day, from September 29 through December 14, 2008. Every time you vote, or tell a friend to vote, you are making a huge difference for us.
Vote today!
Visit:
www.theanimalrescuesite.com 1. Click on the above link.
2. Next to "Shelter Name" type Middleburg Humane Foundation
3. Next to "State" select VA
4. Click "Search" and then vote!