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Jul
22
2008

7:54pm

URGENT: Bobbi and the Strays in danger of losing home

Posted by Sally B. (WASHshelter) in General

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Bobbi and the Strays, a non-profit animal shelter is in danger of losing it's home in December. It is now leasing a building in NYC but the building will be sold in December, so they need another home and fast. It would cost $1,000,000 to buy another shelter as real estate is high in NYC. Please, everyone at ZooToo. If you would just give them a small donation, even $1.00, well that can add up fast! Please send your donations to: Bobbi and the Strays P.O. Box 170129, Ozone Park, NY 11417. Thanks. We could pull this off!



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Our pleasure.
I can't believe this wonderful movement has begun to help Bobbi and the Strays. I have been a volunteer for them for ten years and they are really in a desperate situation. At best the shelter area they have now has only been temporary until purchasing a building became a reality. But now losing that space has put all the animals house there in a precarious situation. We need all the help we can get and it would be especially nice if some celebrity or newsworthy person would stand behind us and possibly have a huge fundraiser on our behalp. If we had the funds to purchase or had space donated we could concentrate on rescuing more animals and finding them the homes they deserve. I applaud everyone that is now supporting our cause. A special thanks to Mr. Frazz and his generous donation and Hemcheng who has taken up our cause and moved to help. Thanks to all of you who have posted your supportive comments and made suggestions...
everyone. Check out Joseph Frazz's new journal post. It's information on his new book in which $5.00 of the proceeds go to Bobbi and the strays!
JosephFrazz
JosephFrazz
2 months ago
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Sally if you like I will donate $5.00 from the sale of every book sold off this site it's called "GOOD DOG" A book of friends it's 44 pages of photographs and quotes of and about dogs. You can purchase the book on ebay or contact me here. Joe
Thank you so much Joseph. That is so generous of you. You are one heck of a guy!
hymcheng
hymcheng
2 months ago
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I agree with you, Cassie3. It would be fantastic to share this gift with other shelters that are just as needy, if not more so. In fact, I wanted to suggest to ZooToo that they should donate some of that free food to Bobbi & the Strays, which is in dire straits at the moment. They really need to save every penny they have towards purchase of a new shelter by the end of the year, or homelessness it is for them. If they didn't have to spend as much of their budget on food, they can re-direct that money to their building fund. So, what do you say, ZooToo? While every shelter is needy, time is running out for Bobbi & the Strays and that makes them perhaps the neediest of all. Maybe you can help them in this regard???
hymcheng
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2 months ago
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Thank you so much, Joe!!! That is very generous of you.... I'm going to go to ebay and make a purchase this weekend.....
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2 months ago
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Joe PLEASE write this info in a journal.....it'll reach MORE people. This is extremely generous of you. Thanks!
That is so wonderful and generous of you. I hope the book is a bestseller!

Thank you so much from all of Bobbi's animals!
Wow Joseph. That is so generous of you. Bobbi and the Strays could use all the help that they can get. : - ) What a guy!!
Thank you Joe. If you want to do that, write a journal giving your description of the book , who it benefits, and where it can be ordered. Thanks again.
hymcheng
hymcheng
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Let's do some brainstorming and see if there are other ways to raise more money. Maybe we can convince our shelters, or neighbourhood grocery / pet stores, to put a canister at their front desk soliciting donations for the "Save Bobbi & the Strays from homelessness" funds. Or convince Purina to match our donations (raised through ZooToo) with food, so that Bobbi can use more of their resources towards the purchase of a new building. It would be nice to have a feature news story on ZooToo about this as well. Other ideas???
I don't know if you noticed. PartiPom's journal on the matter made the homepage. That's a plus.
It would be a good national news special interest story. I looked on NBC site but couldn't find anything on story ideas. You have some good ideas. I think ZooToo should consider putting it in a news item too.
hymcheng
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How about convincing the Morning Show with Mike & Juliet (they have worked with ZooToo during the makeover contest) to do a short segment on Bobbi & the Strays? I think they are NYC-based, right? Maybe one of us Zootooers can contact them, or convince the PR person at ZooToo to do it.
That's a great idea and better if they are in NYC. I'm not familiar with the show, only what I have seen on here. Maybe Sue or someone else who lives in NYC would know how to contact them.
Good job Sally!!
Thank you so much for spreading the word. Maybe we'll get that miracle we so desperately need.
It's a pleasure. I put my donation in the mail today and I'm sure many more will follow from others! I am going to try and donate something every month. Keep us up to date. Tell everyone at Bobbi's we are pulling for them. Wish you guys all the best.
Important! I forgot to mention on my entry to mark "building fund" on check.
Thanks Sally!
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Good work, Sally!
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Thanks..............

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