TEARS of joy !

Gone are the days of using the phrase ‘winter is coming’…winter is officially upon us and not only upon us, but also upon our beloved fur children. Unfortunately there are many fur children going without the warmth of a blanket, let alone the warmth of a loving home.

This got me thinking about how I can turn Salvador into a more charitable dog – I only had to think about this for a minute before realizing Salvador is not really the charitable type. The only thing he likes sharing is play time and only in certain parks with certain dogs, SO I decided I will have to take on the charitable role in this relationship.

To make a long story short, I volunteered to make up some dog jumpers for an amazing organization called TEARS. You can follow the link to their page and find out all about it, but what I like most about this non-profit organization is their mission statement.

‘ TEARS is a pro-life, non-profit organisation whose core aims are to rescue, rehabilitate, re-unite and re-home lost, abandoned, abused, and neglected animals and to educate our communities, in particular the children. ’

How amazing is this?! Although this means that they rely heavily on adoption and donations. Unfortunately, as much as we want to, adopting another dog is not ideal for us right now so making jumpers for the little guys over at TEARS is my way of contributing. Being a dressmaker, I have quite a bit of off cut fabric, but I’m sure this won’t be nearly enough to make enough jumpers for all the dogs there. A very kind friend has donated about 10 meters of fleece that I will be receiving this week and if there’s anyone out there who has, or knows someone who has some off cut warm fabrics like fleece lying around, you can contact me via Facebook so we can arrange collection.

If you aren't that into making things, there are so many ways you can help this organization. If you go to their WAYS TO HELP sections, there’s a whole list of ways you can get involved like for instance, getting a MySchool/MyPlanet/MyVillage card from Woolworths and making the benefactor TEARS – this way every time you shop at Woolworths (which you all do at some stage anyway) or one of the other stores on their list, a percentage of your spend goes towards TEARS – I think this is literally the quickest, easiest way of making a difference – I’m getting my card tomorrow!

Another easy way to help is to make a direct donation via their website.

Can’t own a dog of your own (due to the hard time you’ll have finding a rental in Cape Town! Sorry, I’m obviously still cut up about that... ) ? – Problem solved! Become a sponsor for one of the many adorable dogs at TEARS! Best thing about it is, you can go and walk the dogs as part of their volunteering program so you’ll reap all the rewards of owning a dog without your landlord breathing down your neck.

The list of things you can do and donate goes on so go and have  a look. You can also follow TEARS on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and don’t forget to hit the SHARE button! Awareness is key 

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Licks and Kisses!

xxx

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