Animal Rescue – A Friend Needs Help
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Animal Rescue – A Friend Needs Help
Animal rescue is a network of volunteers who willingly give their time, their love, and in most cases their meager finances to help animals in need. In most cases animal rescue is the animals last hope. Most animals would be destroyed if animal rescue didn’t step in.
Transporting Animals Is The Life Blood Of Animal Rescue
Animal rescue has a system of transporting animals to where they need to go to find their forever homes. Without the ability to transport animal rescue would be of little value. This is were our friend in need comes in.
Animal rescue has a friend in need. His name is Leonard Sharp. Oh, every one in the South East knows him just as “Leonard” . . . .but he is a dear friend to all who know him. He appears to be a crusty old retired Army pilot, but in person is a kind and considerate gentleman, especially to the animals. Recently Leonard’s house burned. If there is an up side to this story, Leonard and all his animal rescue and foster animals were not harmed. For that we are, eternally, grateful.
There was extensive damage to several areas of the home. The city inspector said the entire home must be repaired and brought up to code. As Leonard put it they said he had to jack the roof up and build a house under it. Unfortunately, due to the increased cost of animal rescue and transport Leonard had just cancelled a “full coverage” insurance policy less than a month ago, to a basic . . . which means, not much coverage . . . to save money. Therefore, Leonard will be bearing a large part of the expense to satisfy the city inspector. Leonard is 83 years old.
Leonard Is The Face Of Animal Rescue Transport
Since 2004, Leonard has traveled from Wisconsin to Maine to Florida in his own van, at his own expense. . . . . driving animals to safety for Southern shelters who would have had no choice but to put the animals to sleep. The number is in the thousands as his van will hold about 30 dogs each trip and Leonard, now, has 260,000 miles on that old “dog” van. But just mention a transport to “it” and “it ” is up for the job because Leonard has replaced the transmission, wheel bearings, tires many times and made front end and back end repairs. . . . again, with no help from anyone.
Like Most Animal Rescue Volunteer Leonard Also Cares For The Community
Leonard can be caught helping people, too. He’s been encouraging and mentoring a few troubled youths in his neighborhood; friending a mentally handicapped youth who has no Dad and when adults stop by asking for work . . . .he can always “find” a project they can complete, for which he gives them a good day’s wage.
Now, Leonard needs us. He is retired and has only his military pension which isn’t much since he retired many years ago. Since his wife passed away several years ago, it is only Leonard and the dogs . . . .but they need their home back.
They will not be allowed back in until the house is repaired and brought up to code. If you have been blessed by circumstances or by God and able to share your “wealth” . . . please think about giving a donation to help Leonard repair his, and the dogs’, home. He is “one of our own” and he needs our help. Thank you for caring.
Please make a donation using one of the following methods :
- A Savings Account, set up in Leonard’s name with a routing and account number at the Navy Federal Credit Union using: Bank to Bank Wire; Bill Pay Online; Electronic Transfer ACH, by check, or visit a Navy Federal Credit Union near you. ADDRESS: Navy Federal Credit Union, 621 Boll Weevil Circle, Ste 6, Enterprise, AL 36330 PHONE: 888-842-6328, ask for the Ft. Rucker, AL, branch. ACCOUNT NAME Leonard Sharp ROUTING NUMBER: 256 074 974 for Wire, Bill Pay, ACH, to Navy Federal Credit
- A PAYPAL Account that Kym Grogan, another rescue friend, has volunteered to sponsor for Leonard on her website www.divinebigpawzrescue.org.
There comes a time when those of us in animal rescue need to rescue one of our own.
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Dick Tener
dick@lifewillgetbetter.com
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