A longterm home for 200 rescued huskies a year

Dear Husky Rescue Ireland supporters!

Starting off with massive thanks to all our followers and donors. Without you, none of this would be possible. Despite still being a small organisation run by volunteers only, we grow our presence and constantly try to do better - help more dogs, increase animal welfare awareness and strengthen relationships with the communities around us. And all of that is thanks to you!

Our efforts to purchase a forever home for the rescue are in full swing. We are currently at the €12000 mark which is incredible to see and is a welcome morale boost for the team. While the goal is still quite a way off, we are getting closer every month. We have over 100 donors here on GlobalGiving and just 1 of them, our long-time volunteer Catherine, donated over €4000 through her fundraising efforts! Incredible and most appreciated!

It's been a very hard few months for our doggies and the team. The rescue is completely full due to a massive spike in the number of dogs being surrendered across the country. As Ireland recovers from the Covid pandemic restrictions, people are going back to offices and unfortunately, the doggies are being let down again.

Now more than ever we need to ensure that we have suitable premises to care for our furry friends to help them on their way to recovery and forever homes. While our current home is great and gives doggies comfortable and safe conditions, it's a rented property meaning that we may lose it any day especially given the current property crisis in Ireland. Also, being located far from cities means that we have very few opportunities for new volunteers to join our cause and physically help out at the centre.

So spread the word, friends. We are making great progress but we need another push for the goal!

Thank you again.

Yours,

The Doggies and the HRI Team.

Now that yours and your fellow donors' kind gifts are beginning to really add up, we have been busy on our side looking at the additional financilng that we can lean on to make the purchase of land for the rescue happen as soon as possible.

What this means is that we're speaking with our bank about the possibility of borrowing once we are able to have enough funds for a substancial deposit. We are also now starting to create a team who will research other funding sources which can help to get us to our goal faster.

While we do have volunteers keeping an eyweout for various premises, we tend to see that the good ones always get snapped up quickly - in a metter of weeks. Therefore, our only way to proceed is to get enough funds together for a deposit and line up where we would borrow enough to complete a purchase (unless, of course, we are able to raise all the funds in one go!). When we get there, we will be ready to go when the ideal place does come up.

Once again, we cannot thank you enough for helping us to achieve this enormous change for the rescue at such an early stage when not much is yet known. We know it will be a long road and, for the moment, until we get enough funds together for at least a deposit, the news will be more about what we're doing to prepare, rather than being able to share photos of potential premises. But we are sure that this day will come soon.

In the meantime, if you do have any contacts who may be interested in simply helping us to do desk research in their spare time, we would be massively grateful. We are a small team and there are lots of doors we have not yet knocked on simply because we don't know which doors may open for us. But we need to explore this avenue and find where to go with our fundraising bucket! Please get in touch with our team if you, or someone you know, would be interested in helping us - fundraising@huskyrescueireland.ie

All the very best,

The HRI Team