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Rikki’s Refuge is a Top Ten Finalist ~~ WE NEED YOUR VOTES!

RIKKIS BLOG - Tractor Supply graphic  EXCITING NEWS!  We are thrilled to have made it as a Top Ten Finalist in the Tractor Supply Company’s RESCUE MY RESCUE PHOTO CONTEST!    Out of more than 1,800 nominations, Rikki’s Refuge was chosen as a top contender.  And the grand prize?  $10,000!! 

WE NEED YOUR HELP!  The contest winners are chosen by VOTES.  It is free and easy and you can vote every 24 hours.  The contest runs through Sunday, September 14 at midnight!  The final prize winners will then be announced on Wednesday, September 17, the first day of the Tractor Supply Company Pet Appreciation Week (PAW).

 
Clicking this picture will take you immediately to the voting page!!

Here is the entry that brought us into the top ten:

Rikki’s Refuge in Orange, Virginia is awesome — they help differently-abled animals nobody else wants. Domestic animals, like cats and dogs and rabbits and guinea pigs. Farm animals like pigs and goats and sheep and horses and chickens and ducks. Opie here in the picture with me, was born without hind feet. Though he gets along just fine in life and loves playing and hugging, he would have been put to sleep in most shelters just for being different. Rikki’s has blind animals, deaf animals, elderly animals, handicapped animals, animals with chronic health issues like diabetes, heart problems, kidney insufficiency. Most of the 1300 residents of 22 species at Rikki’s Refuge will never get adopted, but they will live their natural lives in peace and happiness, loved and cared for.
 
WHAT ARE THE PRIZES?
Tractor Supply Company will be awarding TEN grants worth a total
of $25,000 to the winning rescues!
  • 1st  $10,000
  • 2nd $  5,000
  • 3rd  $  3,500
  • 4th  $  2,000
  • 5th  $  1,500
  • 6th  $  1,000
  • 7th  $     800
  • 8th  $     650
  • 9th  $     350
  • 10th $    200
Winners will be announced on Tractor Supply’s Facebook page on
September 17, 2014 and big checks will be presented to winners at
their local Tractor Supply stores during the big in-store PAW (Pet
Appreciation Week) event on Saturday, September 20!
 
Can you imagine how exciting it will be if when we win?  Let’s not
imagine it…..LET’S MAKE IT HAPPEN!!  We need you to VOTE EVERY 
DAY from now through September 14!  We would also love it if you
would share the link on your Facebook pages and email your
friends!  We can do this, but not without your help!
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!!

Labor Day Tour/Picnic Photos

We wanted to share some of our photos from the tour and picnic yesterday! Everyone had a really nice time, including all the refuge animals, who enjoy visitors! Thank you staff and volunteers for making this a fabulous day for all! 

 

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TO SEE ALL PHOTOS, PLEASE VISIT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING ALBUM LINKS:

TOUR/PICNIC ALBUM ON FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152226351812391.1073741872.169651012390&type=1

TOUR/PICNIC ALBUM ON FLICKR: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/sets/72157646726790529/

TOUR/PICNIC ALBUM ON PINTEREST: http://www.pinterest.com/RikkisRefuge/rikkis-refuge-labor-day-tourpicnic-2014/

Labor Day!

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So did you know it’s Labor Day? I hear hoomans like to pic-a-nic on Labor Day? I heard mom inviting hoomans over for a pic-a-nic …….. I don’t think she know us aminals wanna pic-a-nic too …. Wouldn’t that be fun!! If we could all pic-a-nic and let the hoomans do the labor part on Labor Day !! I think that’s the way it should be … Hoomans labor … aminals pic-a-nic …. Oh no !! There’s not nuf in pantry fo us to all pic-a-nic …. You can help me fill my basket, Pleaz? Love, Opie 

http://www.RikkisRefuge/FeedMe

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To give electronically, you can donate here on our web site at: https://www.rikkisrefuge.org/feedme
or directly to our Paypal at: mail@rikkisrefuge.org

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To give by mail (check or money order):
Rikki’s Refuge
P.O. Box 1357
Orange, VA. 22960

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To give via our Amazon Wish List:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/126FNLHBB9AGA

Candy’s Shelter Challenge Post

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Good Morning !!!! And a Happy Labor Day to YOU !!!! May yours be bright and happy !!! And full of nums … I hope I’m gettin nums …. Today let’s vote for Candy !! Candy was a prize winning jumper. She did all kinds of contests. When she was 12 she had a terrible accident trying to do a jump that was just too big for her. She fell and was very badly injured. Her owner left with the ribbons she’d won …. but left Candy behind. After awhile the people who owned the pasture Candy was at said we’re gonna sell this horse to the market – not a nice place – cus nobody is paying her rent. And so Candy came to live at Rikki’s. It was another couple years before she was walking right. Now she can run and play and enjoys life. She’ll never be able to jump and she needs some special care and meds twice a day. And she’ll have love and friends and a big green pasture for all the rest of her days. Please vote Rikkis Refuge, VA, USA in the Shelter Challenge today … and every day !! Thank you, Opie 

VOTE HERE:

http://www.shelterchallenge.com/web/charityusa/nomineehome?userId=53331&nomineeId=17448

Rikki’s Refuge “Kitty Litter-ature”

COMING SOON!

Rikki’s Refuge Kitty Litter-Ature is a new program committed to creating a compassionate world for animals and children through humane education and a reading program that nurtures the human-animal bond. 

Our reading program is directed by Lolly Busey! We look forward to her loving care and creative ideas! 

 

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A Facebook page has been started for our reading program:

https://www.facebook.com/RikkisReadingProgram

 

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It’s been a hard summer for us. We need help.

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This has been the hardest summer for us since we opened our gates many years ago. We need help and support desperately. Please HELP us if you can, please SHARE this for us, that helps us more than you may know. Will you be our miracle? We need one.
SUPPLIES WE NEED THE MOST:
Canned cat food, bleach, regular tuna, meat baby food, oranges, paper towels, large heavy duty trash bags.

1. To give electronically, please use this link:
https://www.rikkisrefuge.org/feedme
2. To give using our Paypal:
mail@rikkisrefuge.org
3. To give by mail (check or money order):
Rikki’s Refuge
P.O. Box 1357
Orange, VA. 22960
4. To give via our Amazon Wish List:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/126FNLHBB9AGA

Rikki’s Refuge
Life Unlimited of Virginia, Inc.
10910 Barr Lane
Rapidan, VA. 22733
(540)-854-0870
mail@rikkisrefuge.org
Official Rikki’s Web Site: www.rikkisrefuge.org
Rikki’s on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RikkisRefuge
Rikki’s Blog: http://www.rikkisrefuge.blogspot.com/
Rikki’s on Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/RikkisRefuge
Rikki’s on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/rikkisrefuge
To send a gift: https://www.rikkisrefuge.org/feedme

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Girl Scout Troop 527

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Early in July 2014, we were visited by Girl Scout Troop 527! These wonderful young ladies worked very hard for a long time raising donations, food, litter and supplies for Rikki’s Refuge! You will see by the photos in this album that they even helped unload all the supplies and put them away! TEAMWORK ALL THE WAY! Good job ladies! We hope that these awesome kids enjoyed their visit here with us, because we sure enjoyed theirs!
THANK YOU FOR HELPING RIKKI’S REFUGE!
Their Facebook page is here if you would like to learn more about them!
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Girl-Scout-Troop-527/583468328336794

To see full albums of their visit, please visit any of the following links:

On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152213512877391.1073741870.169651012390&type=1 

On Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/RikkisRefuge/girl-scout-troop-527/

On Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/sets/72157646514127988/

National Dog Day – August 26, 2014

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TODAY (August 26, 2014) IS NATIONAL DOG DAY!
Would you help us support our dogs here at Rikki’s Refuge?
Make a dog’s tail wag by helping us fill a feed bowl today!
Please share this for us, thank you!
You can help us by donating at: www.rikkisrefuge.org/feedme (where ever it is needed most), donating directly to our Paypal at: mail@rikkisrefuge.org or by mailing a check/money order to: Rikki’s Refuge, P.O. Box 1357, Orange, VA. 22960. You can also order through our Amazon Wish List here:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/126FNLHBB9AGA