Ratbone Rescues needs items for a charity auction

A wonderful Ratbone volunteer has offered to run auctions for us on ebay to raise money for Ratbone Rescues. The program is run through something called "MissionFish", and any items for sale need to sell for $5 or over. Soooo...... Do you think that you have anything to donate that might sell on ebay? 100% of the proceeds go to Ratbone AND you can write off the donation on your taxes because Ratbone is a registered "not for profit" organization. The items don't necessarily have to be dog related, just something that will sell for at least $5 (MissionFish rule).

We have "poster pups" that are featured on the different auctions so people can see and hear about a specific dog that the proceeds from the sale are helping. Here's an auction you can check out that features Moxie, a sweet dog that is currently in Washington. The poster pups will be dogs that have medical needs above and beyond the $150 adoption fee that is charged. Many of the dogs that come into foster care are severely neglected or even abused and the result can be a difficult and costly road to recovery.

Can you help us? If you are interested in donating something then drop me an email. Remember that I can give you a receipt for any donations and you can write that amount off of your taxes.

Above you see our personal poster pup - Suki - who is one of those dogs with medical expenses above and beyond the $150 adoption fee. She came to us with severe mange, an intestinal infection and bordetella from a shelter in Texas that was euthanizing her because she had demodectic mange and couldn't be spayed while she had it. A volunteer from Ratbone scooped her up and flew her to us here in Washington where she is being loved back to health.

When you take into account her vaccinations, flea treatment, mange medication, mange salve, antibiotics for the intestinal infection that she had, spaying and having 4 teeth pulled - things add up quickly. Through these fundraisers and donations, Ratbones is able to cover most of the dogs' medical costs, lightening the financial burden on foster parents and thus allowing more people to foster and save these sweet little dogs.