animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

car show fundraiser

The folks at Tirko Auto Sales have a car show every year and select an animal-related non-profit to receive the proceeds. This year, they selected the non-profit I’m involved with, Seven Hearts Project. Our group went there today to help out with the event. We manned the basket raffle table. …

kick the keg

The nonprofit I’m involved with had a Kick the Keg fundraiser at The Fifth last night. They donated a keg of beer and we received all proceeds from the sale of beer from that keg. We haven’t gotten the numbers yet, but there was a pretty good turnout thanks to …

volunteer opportunities

I’ve been looking for somewhere to volunteer ever since I stopped walking dogs at the shelter, which I definitely miss. A few months ago, a couple former shelter board members, including me, joined together to start a nonprofit. So, that’s been taking up a little of my time. We’ve been …

on a break

After volunteering for over 4.5 years and being on the board for 3 of them, I’ve decided to take a little break from the action. I’ll re-evaluate after Jake moves out in July and either go back to what I was doing or find a different opportunity. With the weather …