This is a win win proposition for all of you dog lovers out there. Your purchase of a raffle ticket gets you a chance at 4 prizes. We would love for you to buy as many tickets as your budget allows (or even go over it). but the 4,
WAIT we now have 5, that's right-FIVE! different prizes will go to 5 different people.
First prize is 2 tickets to the Seahawks-vs-49'ers game on November 22 at Century Link Field, along with a large basket of Seahawks goodies valued over $800.
Second prize is a large basket of Seahawks goodies valued over $75.
Third and Fourth prizes are small baskets of Seahawks goodies valued over $50 each.
The FIFTH Special Entry LATE prize is 2 tickets to a Dog Stunt show in Tacoma on November 28thAll of the wonderful goodies in these baskets were donated to Useless Bay Sanctuary by people who LOVE dogs and want to help in whatever way they can. EVERYONE who volunteers and fosters for Useless Bay Sanctuary are UNPAID. All of the money you donate goes to helping the dogs.
To learn more about UBS go to
http://www.uselessbaysanctuary.org/But here is our Mission Statement-
Founded
in 2013, Useless Bay Sanctuary is a team of rescuers passionate about
helping lost dogs. We help dogs that other people may have trouble
capturing. Our mission is to help those stray dogs that may not fit
with the tools and resources of traditional animal shelters and
rescues. We have experience and tools specific to hard-to-catch dogs.
We also have the flexibility to persist in helping a dog that may fall
outside the jurisdiction or skill set of other rescues and shelters.
Once we capture a lost dog, we make every reasonable effort to find the
original owner. If we can't find that original owner, we place dogs in
new homes that have been screened, to give our dogs the best life
possible. We are a nonprofit, 501c3 charitable organization.
Why
call it Useless Bay Sanctuary? Useless Bay, at the south end of Whidbey
Island, is one of our favorite places, and it is anything but useless.
It was named Useless Bay because it is not deep enough for large ships.
One person's useless is another person's treasure. The dogs we will be
saving may have been deemed useless by someone, but we will find a place
where they are valued family members.
Here are a couple of stories of dogs we have helped...
Millie found in Mill Creek
UBS was asked to help with this young stray Miniature Pinscher found with a broken pelvis. We presumed she was hit by a car. Through the help of social media, we were able to amass enough donations to get Millie surgery. Without which, she most likely would have been euthanized at a shelter. While she was recuperating at a foster home, her grateful family was located. Her real named turned out to be Bella.
Carl Jr
A UBS volunteer saw a post about Carl jU. He had been running on a very busy road, but finally had take refuge in a nice family's yard. They could not get close to him. He was only two houses from one of the busiest roads in Lakewood. They were concerned that he would get hit and reached out to get this boy help UBS responded. A volunteer went out to try calming signals,but Carl... well he just wasn't having any of that. He was very frightened and wedged himself in the door jam of the home. We tried a variety of treats, finally Carl Jr. responded to chicken tenders purchased from ... Carl Jr's. Then we pulled out UBS's secret weapon Fozzie, the magnet dog. Fozzie arrives on the scene and was put on a long lead. Fozzie walked near Carl and it was so awesome to see Carl Jr's tail start to wag as he came off the steps to greet Fozzie. He helped Carl Jr ot relax and let him know that the human on the other end of the lead was not a threat.. With patience and skill, the UBS volunteer was able to get close enough to Carl to puat a snappy snare on Carl. He was then placed into the safety of a kennel. We found him a foster home while we searched for Carl's family for over a month. Soon after capture, we found out he had pneumonia and ended up with over $2,000 in vet bills. He recovered fully and he ended up becoming a permanent part of his foster families home.
