Nancy Drew, Animal Welfare Sleuth I've written about this before, so it may be getting old to some of you. But the last two weeks have been rife with people with no conscience, no sense of responsibility and OMG such entitlement issues. Part of this blog post is just me venting, because I have to spend hours investigating so many sketchy requests and part of this is so that the people who donate to us know that I am as thorough as I can possibly be when spending the charity's money on pet food and supplies. The month of January was quite busy, as we had a ton of requests from people who were seasonally employed and lost their employment, people who had expenses related to the holidays and needed some help (which required me to give some lectures about pet food comes before presents) and people who h...
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Is Philanthropy A Dying Concept? Hello, all. I am largely invisible, standing in the shadow of a larger than life character (and best dog in the world) named Rex The TV Terrier. But I'm stepping out into the light for just a moment, even if that is a little uncomfortable for me, to talk about some things that I find truly concerning. As you may know, we have a small charitable organization called Rex The TV Terrier, Inc. We founded this charity during the worst part of the pandemic, when people found themselves suddenly unemployed, with little or no savings and weeks to wait before collecting unemployment (if they were even eligible). It was a scary time for many. One of the things that ripped out our heartstrings were the people who were more concern...