Happy Sunday, AARF Friends!
Arabella is still at the shelter waiting for a loving forever home. She is friendly, gets along well with other puppies and adult dogs, loves to be cuddled, enjoys walks with people, is smart and responds well to training such as walking on a leash, and overall is a really nice puppy. Please consider adding Arabella to your family, or if you can’t, then help spread the word about her so that she will soon have her very own special family.
Travis is a new puppy at the shelter and is also available for adoption. This little cutie is around six weeks old.
Arabella and Travis are at the AARF Adoption Centre and Shelter, located within Morlens Veterinary Clinic near the Sandy Hill roundabout. We are open Monday–Friday 9:30–12:30 and 3:30–5:30 plus Saturday 9–12. The adoption fee for puppies is $25. That includes their first vaccination and deworming, $10 off their second and third puppy vaccinations (they need three to be protected from common and serious diseases), veterinary exam, and their spay/neuter when they are around six months old.
Are you traveling from Anguilla to Toronto? If so, consider giving a ride to a puppy. We have rescue friends in the Toronto area who will find loving forever homes for our puppies – we just need help getting the puppies to them. All of the puppies’ expenses will be paid; you just need to make a reservation with your airline and take the puppy in the cabin with you. We’ll provide a soft carrier that will fit under the seat in front of you. Westjet is a very pet friendly airline. You’d be saving a precious life and giving the puppy a wonderful future. We don’t have enough homes in Anguilla, and this is literally a life saver. If you can help or want more information, stop by the shelter, email sally@aarf.ai, or call us at 264.476.2731.
Second Chances Thrift Store.
Visit us at Second Chances for lots of bargains! We have clothing for everyone, shoes, purses, hats, jewelry, housewares, tons of books, CDs, DVDs, jigsaw puzzles, magazines, linens, electronics, office supplies and more. We rely on your gently used or new donations of merchandise. Our donation cottage is back in place thanks to Rebecca and Jim, and donations can be put in it 24/7. We are open Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday from 9–12. We’re located on the grounds of St. Gerard’s Catholic Church in The Valley; look for our sign near the entrance. When you enter the grounds, head left and you’ll see our donation cottage and the historic Wallblake cottages that are Second Chances. The entrance is marked with colorful flags on the white picket fence.
We need hangers including skirt/pant hangers, so if you have extras, please bring them by or drop them off at the shelter. And if you are done reading your magazines, drop those off too!
Like us on Facebook. If you haven't been to our Facebook page, check us out at Aarf Anguilla. We post fun photos and updates on a regular basis and enjoy getting posts from our Facebook friends.
Shopping on Amazon? Shop through AmazonSmile and a donation will be made to AARF by Amazon for every purchase you make. It's a wonderful way to give a little extra to AARF with no cost to you. The details are on our website home page; scroll down until you see the AmazonSmile section: http://aarf.ai/index.shtml
AARF Donation Boxes. As you shop around Anguilla, you notice our donation boxes at checkout counters and in other spots at various stores. The money that is donated into these boxes goes toward spaying and neutering animals whose people need financial assistance. It's a great way to help the problem of unwanted puppies and kittens in Anguilla; all of your spare change makes a difference. If you are a store owner who doesn't currently have one of our donation boxes and would like to help by having one available for your customers, send us an email at aarfinfo@aarf.ai or call us on the shelter phone at 476.2731 and we'd be happy to bring you a donation box.
Other Ways to Help AARF:
Donate cash. It costs us close to $50,000 a year to keep the shelter going. We also have ongoing financial needs for our spay/neuter program, medical help for animals in need, educational programs, and our international rescue program. More information on these programs, and how to donate via PayPal, may be found on our website, aarf.ai. We are registered as a 501(c)(3) organization in the United States and donations paid to our Florida subsidiary, AARC, may be deductible on your U.S. tax return.
Become a member of AARF.
Donate things on our wish list. Some of the items we always need are small puppy collars (6–12=94), leashes, kitten and cat breakaway collars, towels (used are fine) for shelter guest baths, newspapers to line the puppy kennels, and bleachable toys. See our Wish List on the AARF website.
Foster. Sometimes we have a need for short–term fostering. Our shelter guests also love being fostered for a weekend; you can pick them up at the shelter on Saturday morning and bring them back on Monday morning.
Shop at Second Chances. Our thrift store is AARF’s main source of income. It’s a fun way to support AARF: you get some great bargains knowing that your purchases go directly to helping our four–legged friends.
Donate your gently used or new merchandise that you no longer need to Second Chances.
Buy AARF merchandise. We sell tee shirts, hats, visors, mugs, and koozies at the shelter and Second Chances. Doggy bandanas and animal earrings are sold at Petals, the gift shop by Frangipani and Straw Hat. Pam at SeaSpray sells AARF tee shirts and animal earrings.
Play with and cuddle puppies and kittens. Come by the shelter and give some love to our shelter guests. The best time to come is around an hour after opening in the morning, or during afternoon hours. By then the puppies and kittens have been fed, kennels cleaned, and they are ready to play and sit on your lap.
Walk the older dogs. When we have older dogs at the shelter, they love being taken on walks. It’s good training for them to learn walking on a leash and being around traffic and people, too. If you’d like to be a dog walker, let us know and we will contact you when we have suitable companions for you.
Share AARF’s needs, photos, and stories on Facebook and other social media.
Be an adoption ambassador: help get the word out to everyone you can about the animals at the shelter waiting for adoptive homes.
Post adoption flyers. We’ll provide the flyers, all you need to do is post them around Anguilla.
Transport dogs and cats between their home and the clinic for their vaccinations, spay/neuter surgery, or other vet appointments.
Volunteering — If you’d like to become an AARF volunteer in any capacity, send us an email at aarfinfo@aarf.ai, leave us a message on the shelter phone 476.2731, talk to us at the shelter or Second Chances. We are always happy to have new volunteers!
For more information, see http://aarf.ai/howtohelp.shtml
Whether you donate cash or goods, buy AARF stuff, stop by the shelter to walk dogs or play with the puppies and kittens, adopt, attend our fundraisers, transport puppies and kittens to their new homes, help find homes for the homeless, send us emails of support, share our stories on Facebook, or pass the word about AARF to your friends — all of your kindnesses mean so much to us and without your support we could not accomplish what we do. Thank you!
www.aarf.ai Facebook: Aarf Anguilla. Email: aarfinfo@aarf.ai Shelter phone: 264.476.2731. Morlens phone: 264.581.4600