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Speaker 1: Excited to visit right now with Katie from Almost Home
Speaker 1: Canine Rescue. And we had a chance to visit with
Speaker 1: Clay Foley the other day. He's a stand up comic
Speaker 1: who will be coming to the Sioux Falls area on
Speaker 1: April twenty sixth at Winter Green acres It's a benefit
Speaker 1: for a benefit for Almost Home Canine Rescue, and I
Speaker 1: wanted to visit Katie right now to talk about Almost Home.
Speaker 1: First of all, how long have you been involved there?
Speaker 2: Yeah? So Almost Home Canon Rescue was originally established up
Speaker 2: in Madison, South Dakota, and we ended up re establishing
Speaker 2: it down in Sue Falls in dis February of twenty seventeen.
Speaker 1: Very nice, And let's talk about your mission. What do
Speaker 1: you guys do at Almost Home Canine Rescue.
Speaker 2: Yes, we help any animals that we can. We're one
Speaker 2: hundred percent foster based, so we don't have any type
Speaker 2: of facility. Everything has done in people's homes, so we
Speaker 2: have to have an open home to be able to
Speaker 2: help any animal, whether it's a cat or a dog,
Speaker 2: and we pull I would say probably about ninety five
Speaker 2: percent of our animals come off a local reservation. We
Speaker 2: have a transport that goes up. We have a van
Speaker 2: that was donated by a local bank here in town,
Speaker 2: and we have a van that goes up, meets out
Speaker 2: in the Olacoma area every week and brings a load
Speaker 2: of animals back that are that are needing homes. And
Speaker 2: as long as we have a foster home available for them,
Speaker 2: we take them. If not, we network them out to
Speaker 2: other rescues and shelters in the area to help us
Speaker 2: place those animals.
Speaker 1: I love that And if somebody listening is going, you know,
Speaker 1: I would like to get involved. Are you looking for
Speaker 1: more foster families right now?
Speaker 2: Oh? We are. That's probably our biggest ask right now.
Speaker 2: The two biggest asks we always have our finances just
Speaker 2: because it does cost a lot, and our adoption fees
Speaker 2: really don't cover everything that we put into each animal,
Speaker 2: but foster homes are probably actually we're probably more desperate
Speaker 2: for them right now. Always think that, like, hey, if
Speaker 2: we're willing to pay, and it's like, hey, it's not
Speaker 2: about always paying for the stuff that the animal needs.
Speaker 2: It's more of do we have a place for it,
Speaker 2: just because, like I said, we're not a shelter, so
Speaker 2: we don't have kennels. Everything has to have a place
Speaker 2: to actually go. So foster homes are probably our biggest
Speaker 2: greatest need right now.
Speaker 1: Very nice and if somebody is interested, I'm on the
Speaker 1: website right now Almost Home Canine Rescue dot com. And
Speaker 1: when you get out here you can see where you
Speaker 1: can click to become a foster. There's also other volunteer opportunities.
Speaker 1: So if you're going I love animals, I would love
Speaker 1: to do this, but I have a lease where I
Speaker 1: can't have a pet. That's understandable. You can still get involved.
Speaker 1: You can still be a huge, huge asset even if
Speaker 1: you don't get to be one of the foster families.
Speaker 1: And again all at the same website, Almost Home Canine
Speaker 1: Rescue dot Com. And another way you can help is
Speaker 1: to come out and have some fun. At the end
Speaker 1: of this month, it's the twenty sixth of April, and
Speaker 1: have you had a chance to go out and check
Speaker 1: out the Winter Green Acres Yeat. Have you been there?
Speaker 2: I have, Yeah, it is an app beautiful facility.
Speaker 1: I was there a few weeks ago. I had another
Speaker 1: event there and I get to this place and I'm like,
Speaker 1: this is so amazing. It's brand new. And when you
Speaker 1: get to Crook, South Dakota, it's just a little bit north.
Speaker 1: It's like right on the edge of town. Like when
Speaker 1: I first was looking for it, I'm going, Okay, did
Speaker 1: I miss it? Where am I at? So like you
Speaker 1: drive through Crooks and it's just a little bit on
Speaker 1: the like I said, the north edge. But it is
Speaker 1: a brand new, beautiful, amazing facility, And I'm so excited
Speaker 1: to work with Clay Foley. He's a very funny stand
Speaker 1: up comic and this is what he specializes in. He's
Speaker 1: got comedy Toothrescue dot Org. He goes out and works
Speaker 1: with rescues like Almost Home Canine Rescue, and he helps
Speaker 1: raise money for great charities that do great things like
Speaker 1: Almost Home. And you can have a great time on Saturday,
Speaker 1: April twenty sixth, then come out laugh, have a good
Speaker 1: time and help donate money to a wonderful organization. Are
Speaker 1: there specific needs that you have right now? Other than
Speaker 1: people to foster. Are there other things that people could
Speaker 1: maybe do to help out well?
Speaker 2: Right now, we have actually a couple different things. So
Speaker 2: our Facebook page is where we've put most of our communication.
Speaker 2: We actually are doing an Easter egg hunt right now,
Speaker 2: where you pay fifty dollars, we will come out and
Speaker 2: decorate your yard with Easter eggs after everybody goes to
Speaker 2: bed the night before Easter. We also have we're promoting
Speaker 2: obviously the comedy show right now, so if you are
Speaker 2: wanting to sponsor, we're still looking for some business sponsorships
Speaker 2: for that as well. But also we are selling tables,
Speaker 2: we're selling individual tickets, and then we always have just
Speaker 2: kind of like you were saying, not just fosters, but volunteers.
Speaker 2: We're looking for people to hide the Easter eggs. We're
Speaker 2: looking for people to drive the rescue van out to Ola,
Speaker 2: Cooma each week to pick up those animals. So volunteers
Speaker 2: are always needed on you know, there's different ways to
Speaker 2: volunteer all the time. It might be us asking for
Speaker 2: somebody to run down to our veterinarian's office and grab
Speaker 2: some medications that you know an animal may need. There's
Speaker 2: dogs that may need a walk in the middle of
Speaker 2: the day because their foster works longer shift that type
Speaker 2: of thing. So yes, there's always always something going on
Speaker 2: that we're needing for needing foster score or volunteer score.
Speaker 1: Very nice and if you would like to volunteer again.
Speaker 1: The website really easy Almost Home Canine Rescue dot com
Speaker 1: and on Facebook it's Facebook dot com slash Almost Home
Speaker 1: Canine Rescue, so very very easy to find. And I
Speaker 1: look forward to seeing you on the twenty sixth, and again,
Speaker 1: thank you for letting me be a part of this event.
Speaker 1: I think it's going to be fun.
Speaker 2: Yeah, we're excited to have you John, and we are
Speaker 2: actually going to also have a raffle and a silent option.
Speaker 2: We have a lot of awesome baskets and things that
Speaker 2: have already been knowing it for both of those.
Speaker 1: Again, the event is at Wintergreen Acres, a beautiful facility
Speaker 1: just on north edge of Crooks. And if you're maybe
Speaker 1: not from this area or if you don't know where
Speaker 1: that is, here's a good news. It's like ten to
Speaker 1: maybe fifteen minutes from Sue Fall, so it's just north
Speaker 1: of town, not far at all. All of the details
Speaker 1: can be found at Facebook dot com slash Sunny Radio
Speaker 1: and Facebook dot com slash Sue Falls Comedy.
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