A short while after owning Martha it became apparent that she was a special dog. It could take us 30 minutes to walk down a city street from all of the attention she gets. With every ooh, ahh and "look how cute", Martha rolls over & delivers joy to all that encounter her. I knew deep inside that I had a responsibility to share her gift of healing and spreading joy with the world. After careful consideration and investigation I enrolled Martha into school to become a Therapy Dog. It was and still is my goal to have her certified so she can help young children read, and make the elderly smile and feel loved. However, that mission was sidetracked for the short term when she was discovered by a modelling agency & began her career as an actress & dog model. I realized with this amazing opportunity, Martha's ability to reach the masses grew drastically. Together, Martha & I agreed to use the money she makes as an actress and model towards raising awareness of certain causes & donating a large portion of her profits to charity. This is how Martha asipres to be, the Basset Hound that changed the World. Below is an outline of the organizations Martha currently supports.
Pets of the Homeless- A national nonprofit volunteer/member organization that provides pet food and veterinary care to the homeless and less fortunate in local communities.Mission Statement: Through the “Pets of the Homeless” program, we will do our part in helping to reduce hunger in pets belonging to the homeless and the less fortunate and provide veterinary care for those pets in communities across the country. We believe in the healing power of companion pets and of the human/animal bond which is very important to life. Our actions will include the following:
- Promote to veterinarians and pet related businesses the importance of joining the program as a collection site
- Speak out on the issue of pets of homeless and the disadvantaged
- Campaign to food distributing organizations the importance of distributing pet food to the less fortunate
- Provide grants to licensed veterinarians and other nonprofit organizations that meet our objective to administer veterinary care to pets of the homeless
- Provide pet sleeping crates to homeless shelters
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The Good Dog Foundation
http://www.thegooddogfoundation.org/
Martha has most recently become a member of the Good Dog Foundation. Good Dog’s mission is to elevate the stature and promote society’s understanding of the therapeutic value of the human-animal bond. This is accomplished through the use of professionally-trained and supervised volunteer teams who work to aid the healing process in humans and enhance clients’ quality of life.
Good Dog provides therapy dog services to people in health care, social service, educational and community facilities in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts, and at disaster sites around the country. Its highly-trained and fully-certified volunteer teams each consist of a human handler and therapy dog. Good Dog focuses on work in the four divisions of Education, Health Care and Wellness, Research, and Disaster Response.
Check out Martha's Blog to keep up to date on her adventures as a Therapy Dog. Pictures and videos will be posted of her work here soon.
I LOVE this place! At one time or another everyone needs some help. The Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary helps save & protect Farm Animals from abuse, starvation & homelessness.
In November 2011, I sponsored a Turkey. Such a minor contribution made such a big impact on another living creature. My sponsorship helped save her from becoming someone's dinner. Her name is Beatrice & here is some info about her. Feel free to sponsor & help save an animal of your own!
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Bobby & The Strays
http://bobbiandthestrays.org/
