It seems that everybody you ever did business with is sending Thanksgiving messages of Thanks. I’m sure you don’t need another one.

But we do want you to know that one of the things we are so grateful for is all of our wonderful friends at Forest Animal Rescue.

The rescued animals at the sanctuary are here as a result of your support. We are so thankful foreach and every one of you.

Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving.

Sincerely,

Lisa Stoner, VP, Forest Animal Rescue

Here are our latest issues and how they are working out:

• We were hit by Hurricane Irma, but the good news is that all of the animals are safe and our damage was limited to perimeter fence, trees and some buildings.

• Due to the recent storms, much of our regular donation funding was diverted to human disaster victims – then the grocery stores that had been donating food for the animals suddenly stopped. We now need to purchase over $125,000 in food every year for the first time in 19 years. The good news is that we located a wholesale supplier for the food we need and our donors are coming through and making small, recurring monthly gifts more than ever. If we continue this trend we will be able to purchase the food and the funding will be regular monthly gifts from hundreds of different supporters. Our ‘eggs won’t all be in the same basket’ any more!