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Thank you to everyone who joined us for our annual Woostock Festival on Saturday! The last time we had this event was in 2019 and words can’t express how excited we were to finally bring it back and enjoy the day the with each and every one of you. Fun was had by all, especially all our four-legged friends! Woofstock is dedicated to promoting rescue & adoption and raising lifesaving funds for animals in need. Speaking of lifesaving funds, Woofstock featuring the Strut Your Mutt 30 day Challenge brought in over $50,000 and counting! We are blown away by all the incredible support.
A special shout out to our 2022 Woofstock sponsors!
✨Presenting Sponsor
Petco Love
✨Snack Zone Sponosr
Holiday Barn Pet Resorts
✨Splash Zone Sponsor
Village Bank, Virginia
✨Kidz Zone Sponsor
Virginia Family Dentistry
✨Entertainment Sponsors
Dividing Face & Kat Simons, Mix981Richmond
✨Silver Collar Sponsors
Asset Protection Group, Alex Glaser & The Glaser Group at Long & Foster Realtors, Hyman Bros. Subaru, Frances Capriglione Real Estate, Cassie's Real Estate Connections, Ruff Canine Club
✨Event Day Sponsors
Primrose School of Midlothian at Waterford, Three Chopt Animal Clinic, Toby Town RVA, Dogtopia of Chesterfield, The Dog Stop, Floor Coverings International Midlothian, Edward Jones, Premiere Petsitting & Petcare, RVA Restoration, Lovingkindness Veterinary Hospice and Palliative Care, Invisible Fence Brand of Richmond, Thrivent, & PUNCH
Thank you to TQL Total Quality Logistics for hosting our Woofstock dog games and helping to capture the day!
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Thank you to our Side-Kick Sponsors for the RMHC RVA Character Breakfast: SugarOak Corporation, Primrose School of Midlothian at Waterford, Primrose School of Swift Creek, Emergency Training Systems, and Dietitians On Demand. We are so grateful for your support!
When we got this very pregnant mama dog she came from the shelter with the name Faith. We went straight to the vet with her and were told we already had a “Faith” in the vet’s computer system. The more dogs we rescue, the more this has been happening. And although we thought Faith was an appropriate name, in order to cut down on confusion, we decided to give her a brand new, never-before-used-by-Sanctuary-Rescue name. And right in the moment it occurred to me that we were right across the street from the Primrose School of Swift Creek, and what a pretty, Southern name Primrose would be! Our friends at both the Primrose School of Swift Creek and Primrose School of Midlothian at Waterford have been so wonderful, and helpful, and supportive of us, it just seemed perfect. So Faith became Primrose right then, and later during our appointment we learned that not only was her belly full of seven puppies, but her chest and shoulders were full of pellets from being shot. She also has a large scar on one of her arms (legs?) from an old injury that causes her to drop her paw when she walks. And to add to her growing list of health issues, she was also found to be heartworm positive. Pretty Pretty Primrose (that’s a totally official name) has clearly lived a pretty difficult life before ending up very pregnant in a not-so-great shelter. But here’s the thing, she’s as friendly and loving as a dog could be. That’s always my favorite thing about these dogs that have seen the worst of humans; they forgive and forget so graciously. But you guys know what happens for Primrose now, nothing but the best, baby!
And then a few days later Pretty Pretty Primrose gave birth to seven GORGEOUS puppies, and we didn’t know what in the world to name them. We like to stick to a theme but were at a loss what theme to build around the name Primrose. So I called my friend, Leighanne, who just so happens to own the Primrose Schools, and said, Hey, I need you to come name these puppies pronto! And so she came over to visit these namesake puppies and gave each of them sweet, carefully-chosen names. And much in the same way we wanted to name this perfect angel mama dog Primrose to say thank you for all of your love and support, Leighanne decided to name each of the puppies for some beloved Primrose employees as a gesture of gratitude and appreciation. So we’re proud to introduce you to Primrose and her spectacular seven: Chilly, Jennie, Larry, Joy, Andy, Marlin, and Benjie (the Primrose mascot).
Unfortunately I still don’t know who is who, but I bet if we ask nicely foster mom will come through and label each puppy for us. All the puppies are doing well and are thriving. They’re big fatties, and we’re sure they’ll end up bigger than their 26-pound mama.
And just when we thought this group of sweet poopie woopie muffin tooties couldn’t get any cuter, our friends at Brittany Rose Photography emailed and said, Hey, we got some new puppy props we want to try out; do you have any newborns we could photograph? Uh, yeah!! Can you even handle these pictures? They are AH-MAZING! If you ever need pictures, you know where to go.
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A very special thank you to Primrose for sponsoring our inaugural Character Breakfast to benefit Ronald McDonald House Charities of Richmond! As a Primrose family for more than 7 years (and as president of the board at RMHC), I am truly grateful for all that you do to take care of our children and to support the community. I hope to see some Primrose families there on Nov. 17th!
Thank you all so much for your hard work and dedication in keeping our kids safe today! There is no way that it’s easy keeping all of those young kids calm and occupied! It’s very comforting knowing our kids are in such good hands!
Sapphire, the three-legged wonder, wanted to thank everyone for their donations and for sending food from our wishlist. Poor thing had to eat “adult food” for dinner last night because I absentmindedly sent the last bag of puppy food with the four new puppies to their foster home. Twelve giant hound puppies completely wiped out all of our supplies. We also have to give a very special thank you to our friends at Primrose School of Swift Creek and Primrose School of Midlothian at Waterford for the generous donation they sent. It came right at the perfect moment and we can’t thank them enough for loving kids AND puppies. Thank you, everyone, for keeping us going for another month!
Thanks for supporting our race, Dr. Sharon Freeland Harris, Titan Auto & Tire, Patient First, Marco's Pizza, Chesterfield Federal Credit Union, Fleet Feet Sports, Primrose School of Swift Creek, and Primrose School of Midlothian at Waterford! They had a great time!
We have THE BEST volunteers. They make every event fun, positive, and an all around great time. We were fortunate enough to be invited back to the Spring Carnival at Primrose School of Swift Creek (held in conjunction with their sister school Primrose School of Midlothian at Waterford). This is our third year at the Spring Carnival, and it’s one of our favorite events, I mean, what’s greater than kids AND puppies?!? Nuthin! And over the years we’ve adopted several dogs to Primrose families, so now we feel like we’re part of the family, too! Sapphire went out in her little baby hammock, and although no one could touch her (bio security for an unvaccinated puppy), she was a big hit. Dory was super charming and couldn’t have been better with all of the children. And Sanctuary alumni, Milo, wowed the crowd with his huge portfolio of tricks. There were food trucks and pony rides and auctions and games and cotton candy and puppies and babies, throw in a beautiful 80 degree Friday, and it was basically like heaven on earth! We really can’t thank Primrose and their families enough for being so warm and welcoming and generous. I love that they start teaching their students from day one, Be kind to Animals. Thank you, Primrose Preschool and Sanctuary Rescue volunteers, for making this a Friday to remember.
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A special thank you to our friends at Primrose School of Midlothian at Waterford for hosting a book drive for the Central Virginia Children's Book Bank! Your donation truly makes a difference!
Learn more here:
http://www.c-mor.org/full-menu/book-bank/