It’s a foggy fall morning. The
fog is swirling all around. Lifting off
the ground. Slowly climbing the
trees. The kind of fog where there be
dragons. Swirls of blue. Swirls of pink. Swirls of purple. It
rises up to meet the sunrise. The kind
of fog where heaven meets earth. There
is no divide. A time when the dragons,
the fairies, the mystical beings can mingle with earth creatures.
As the fog rises .. there ...
there ... there comes one .... legs
firmly planted on earth ... walking out of the fog ... towards me ...
The nights have gotten cool ... the leaves are changing .... the world is turning round towards
autumn.
It’s been a lovely peaceful summer.
Wonderful weather. Wonderful
animals. Wonderful happenings.
Life at the refuge has rolled along in peace and quiet. No great and exciting happenings, no great
and exciting disasters.
No new species, no new emergencies.
When the routine, day in and day out, runs smoothly, a moo here, a bark
there, a pat here, a hug there ......
you know this is the way it should be!!
The new species, the disasters, the changes .... it’s exciting to read
about ... it urges donors to help out.
But the routine, the peace, the love .... that’s what we strive for
every day .... and when we accomplish
that .... it a good solid feeling of peace and happiness for all. For the animals, for the caretakers, for
volunteers, for donors.
Sometimes donors forget us when life is peaceful and calm. When there is no urgent and expensive
surgery, no materials to buy for a broken fence, no urgent care for a new
comer. Peaceful day to day life,
everyone is fed, the houses are cleaned, the routine medications are given, the
flea and tick and worm meds go down, are dropped on, are sprayed on, everyone
lies down in a comfy bed for the night ....
all is calm. all is right.
The cost of giving one of our almost 1300 animals a clam, peaceful,
happy home is about $1 a day. A cow may
cost a little more than a guinea pig, a dog more than a cat .... but when we mix it all up, like the big happy
family we are, it rounds out to $1 a day for basic food, housing, medication
and love.
It’s only when you add everybody up all together that the number gets
big .... awfully big.
We need your help for survival each and every day. In the nice easy peaceful times and when
disaster or emergency strikes.
You have so much on your mind, summer adventures of your own, kids out
of school, travels, relocating, new jobs, your family, your own furry friends,
volunteering, projects. Just like us,
with longer daylight hours, you work to accomplish so much more, lawn care,
landscaping, painting, repairs.
Knowing we have the money to care for the animals this summer has been
the one thing that has filled us with worry, caused restless dreams, and some
days left us downright scared. It’s a
usual summer thing. The expenses are
always there .... donations drop off as
folks have more to do in the summer.
We compensate the lean summer months by letting accounts run up
.... yet we have those nasty credit
limits too, just like you !!!! And now
we must start catching up before winter brings bigger food and housing costs !!
Will YOU
help us? Pick one critter and help them
with only $1 a day. Skip the fancy
coffee and help several animals. Eating
out tonight? Plan to skip dessert and
do us and YOU a favor !!! www.RikkisRefuge.org/FeedMe
There’s an easy way to help out every month. So easy not to forget the animals in your busy lives. So easy, you’ll almost forget it’s even
there. Recurring donations. You can sign up to make a donation once a
month. And that’s such a huge
help. To know you care and to know
you’ll be there.
It breaks the peace and the calm and the happy, gentle routine of caring
for the animals when I have to worry so about where the next meal is coming
from, how I can pay for a vet visit, if I can afford subq fluids so the kidney
patients feel like eating, asthma medicine so many will breathe easier,
arthritis relief medication for the stiff old knees, the farrier to trim the
old donkey’s fast growing hooves.
To the left, you see One Time Donation where you can help with a special
item, or make a donation today.
Next is Recurring Donation where you easily enter how many animal days
you’d like to help. Enter 1 to care for
one animal for one day a month. Enter
10 to care for ten animals for one day a month. Enter 30 if you’d like to care for one animal everyday, every
month !! You can enter any number from
1 thru 10,000 ..... 10,000 cares for
everybody for a little over a week ...
even at $1 a day, 1300 animals use it up quick !!
The next slot let’s you specify how long you’d like to make the monthly
donation. It’s best for the animals if
you leave that blank! That means
forever (or until you tell it to stop) !!
Or you can enter 12 for a year, 24 for two years and so on.
Hit subscribe ... and you’re
almost done .... I think it’ll ask you
to prove you’re a hooman with a credit card or bank account or somethin like
that !!!
Thank you !!!!!
Thank you for saving MY life today !!!
and EVERY day of the year !!!!!
Please get your VOTE in EVERYDAY!!
The Shelter Challenge is a wonderful opportunity to help the animals
with only a few clicks !!!! Totally
FREE and EASY and QUICK .... turn your
clicks into meds to prevent ticks !!!!
and enter Rikkis Refuge (no ‘ ... see ??) in VA in the USA and that’s it !! Thank you
or click the guinea picg and enter Rikkis Refuge (no
‘ ... see ??) in VA in the USA and
that’s it !! Thank you
What ‘ch doin’ Labor Day ?
Trying to get a head count to see who’d come on a tour at noon on Labor
Day. Would you like to come and get up
front and purrsonal with the cirtters?
Tours are really IN YOUR FACE !!!!
Get licked by cows, butted by goats, jumped on by cats !!!! Our animals really love to interact. Tours start at noon, run 2-3 hours, and
involve 3+ miles of walking on natural (read uneven) terrain.
If you’re a certified Rikki’s Tour Guide and you’d be interested in
leading or helping with a tour, let me know:
Vincent@RikkisRefuge.org
How bout nums? Would you like
to have a get together, veggie bar-b-q, pot luck ... at the education center after the tour??? Let me know what you’d like to do: Vincent@RikkisRefuge.org
We’d sure like to see YOU !!!
NUMS for YOU
brought to you
by Maria Appleby, Rikki’s Social Media Director
you share with
me, and I’ll share with you
try this
wonderful vegan recipe today
Stock up NOW for Saturday !!!
This Sunday at 7 pm..... Come and join us ....
..... vegan or vegetarian
please !!!! We'll be opening with a meditation and then discussing the second
agreement from The Four Agreements by Miguel Ruiz --- some very valuable
lessons we cats are born knowing and you hoomans would do good to learn from
!!!! You’re welcome even if you aren’t
reading the book. If you enjoy
discussions about personal growth, spirituality, and reaching out to be the
best you can be -- you’ll love this group!
THANK YOU
FOR HELPING ME TO
SAVE SO
MANY LIVES
... with your support we’re
able to help so many into their new furrever happy homes .... and to give that life long home to those not
quite so fortunate ... Thank you for
your support
Without
YOU
none
of us would have been alive
to
enjoy this beautiful summer !!
THANK YOU !!!!!!
Your donations have saved
the lives of every animal featured here today !!!! AND your donations are giving them happiness today !!! Please make a donation in honor of the animals
you have loved to give everyone here a happy tomorrow !!! www.RikkisRefuge.org/FeedMe
Love,
Vincent and Mom
Location: 3503 Lafayette Blvd, Fredericksburg
VA 22408
Phone: 540-891-5300
Hours: 10
am - 6 pm Monday - Saturday
noon - 5 pm - Sunday
