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October 2024 Giveaway: Who has inspired your work?
Maddie's Pet Forum Admin
10-01-2024 11:43 AM
Updated 11/1/24: Congratulations to the October giveaway winner, @Yaned Rodriguez (She/Her) ! ...
Shana McCawley
10-01-2024 04:53 PM
We spent a few weeks in Thailand volunteering at Elephant Nature Park. The founder, Lek, blew our ...
Bobi Shaw
10-02-2024 09:49 AM
When I think of who has shaped my work, my daughter, Lauren, stands above all. Since she was ...
Ashley Musante
10-02-2024 01:04 PM
While I can't think of just one inspiration. I can think of thousands of struggling rescues across ...
amber dennison
10-03-2024 03:16 AM
I find inspiration every time I am around volunteers loving and caring for the animals at our ...
Lydia K
10-02-2024 06:02 PM
The founder of Wildthunder, Tracy, is my inspiration. She has compassion for all living things and ...
Stefanie Schmidt
10-02-2024 06:50 PM
My current manager at the rescue I work at has really inspired me. She always takes the time to ...
martha wittkowski
10-03-2024 07:46 AM
The special needs cats and dogs that were at the shelter when I started volunteering 22 years ago. ...
Dylan Moore
10-03-2024 07:47 AM
When I was about 12 years old I was riding my bike to get some comic books and I rode past some ...
Laurel Nelson
10-03-2024 08:25 AM
My staff continue to inspire me every day. I started out cleaning kennels with them and have since ...
Lisa Pearce
10-03-2024 08:38 AM
Coming from the human services side of the nonprofit world seven years ago, I found myself ...
Gina Tyk
10-03-2024 10:16 AM
My girl Karma is my most recent furry love. She was abandoned and I recently lost my husband and ...
Erin Dinsmore
10-03-2024 10:16 AM
In 2016, I adopted a blind, 11-year-old Shih Tzu, named Elsa, from a local Humane Society. She ...
Zoe Johnson
10-03-2024 10:16 AM
My biggest inspiration comes from other individuals in this industry. Whether it's the comfort of ...
Aviva Vincent
10-03-2024 10:16 AM
There are so many mentors I have had along the way! But, two individuals who have made the most ...
Kaylyn Norton
10-03-2024 10:17 AM
The person who inspired me was everyone at St. Sophia's Forgotten Felines. I first discovered this ...
Patricia Burg
10-03-2024 12:33 PM
I am celebrating my 30th anniversary at the SPCA Serving Erie County today and would like to thank ...
Taran McLain
10-03-2024 01:47 PM
My inspiration for my work stemmed from watching Steve Irwin as a child. Between he and my dad, ...
Chelsea Hixson
10-03-2024 03:25 PM
My neighbor, Ruby, is my inspiration. I have always had personal pets but it wasn't until I moved ...
Julia Nawrocki
10-04-2024 06:36 AM
It is so hard to pick just one inspiration for me. I've moved around a lot in my younger adult ...
Erin Dams
10-04-2024 07:22 AM
I've gained a couple wonderful mentors over the years through Maddie's Fund Apprenticeships! Ann ...
Shelby Bundy
10-04-2024 08:31 AM
From a professional standpoint, the person who inspired me to continue working in Animal Welfare ...
Lisa Burns
10-05-2024 09:44 AM
In 2007 my husband, Dave, and I met the founders of a local farm, exotic and wild animal ...
Ellen Gratch
10-05-2024 06:45 PM
My father took my mother to a dog show on their first date in 1950. He showed her the ...
Cynthia Williams
10-06-2024 11:56 AM
I would have to say to start my journey into the cat rescue field, I have to name Megan Brodbine ...
Kathy McCloskey
10-06-2024 12:57 PM
It may sound too easy, but my mother was who inspired me the most to become involved in animal ...
Karinna Lozano
10-06-2024 06:20 PM
I am originally from Peru and we have a shelter/sanctuary (nobody adopts older dogs or mutts), we ...
Tracy Arvidson
10-07-2024 05:17 AM
Laine Neisen inspired me to begin my fostering/volunteering journey in animal welfare, which then ...
Pamela Adelmann
10-07-2024 06:59 AM
I helped establish a cage-free, no-kill shelter for cats in Southwest Missouri. I was inspired ...
Peggy Schipper
10-07-2024 07:24 AM
All the people of National Great Pyrenees Rescue are an amazing inspiration as they relentlessly ...
Brandon Fancy
10-07-2024 07:27 AM
My coworkers! I have seen them push every single day to save lives