EllGab - Spite Board
Rikki Gins Lounge => Announcements And Other Such Nonsense => Topic started by: Bart Ell on June 30, 2022, 03:08:48 PM
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The ELLGAB tradition of giving continues! We will be donating 100% of our July - September revenue to West Star Ranch (https://weststarranch.org/category/available-rescues/) in Pahrump, Nevada.
You can make your own donation directly by visiting this link (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=D9SFACK6XRRSY)
Thanks to @Dancing queen for recommending them.
West Star Ranch was started in 1995 by Elsie Dougherty. Her love of animals led to the start of this ever-growing Animal Rescue. With her inability to turn away anyone who showed up with an animal and a sad story, Elsie took in anything from kittens, puppies, old dogs/cats, pigs and even emu’s! Elsie became a character everyone knew and loved, with her notorious floppy cowboy hats, love of bingo and contagious smile. In 2002 WestStar became a 501 C3 non-profit, and to help feed the growing animal intake a Thrift Store was established on the property.
Sadly in 2008 Elsie passed away, but her son Terry Dougherty(Owner/President) wanted to carry on her life’s work and dying wishes. Along with Eileen Hampsey (Director/Caretaker), Carolyn Lind (Treasurer) and a number of volunteers the Ranch has survived and has grown to what it is today.
We now house 32 dogs and 60 plus cats, but this fluctuates on a weekly basis, as people drop off, turn in, or just abandon their animals here. We are a no-kill facility, so these animals live their lives out with us unless we find them homes.
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Good idea.
I wonder if Terry was left on the porch.
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Thank you for supporting West Star Ranch.
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I'm in.
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Sounds like a great charity. Especially for a fourth anniversary. Special thanks to @Dancing queen and the always lovely @Bart Ell