Wright-Way Rescue Helping Save 800 Dogs Before Holidays

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Wright-Way Rescue has joined forces with Best Friends Animal Society to save nearly a thousand animals facing euthanasia in Texas at the Palm Valley Animal Center. Wright-Way will be receiving a transport of 40 small adult dogs and homeless puppies on Friday, November 16.

This rescue effort is over and above its ongoing work in the Midwest, and Wright-Way Rescue is need of short term foster homes immediately — in just two weeks the “Texas 40” will be ready for adoption!

Texas is presently responsible for the euthanasia of 25% of America’s homeless pet population. Due to a number of factors, the Palm Valley Animal Center euthanizes 70% of the animals that are brought to its facility. These factors are common to other rural animal control facilities as well: limited or no access to low-price spay/neuter services in the area, low population density and thus fewer opportunities for adoption, high levels of poverty, and a pervasive belief found in many agricultural communities that dogs can manage on their own or that they are simply tools.

Wright-Way Rescue’s mission is to address the unique problems with pet overpopulation and euthanasia that occur in rural areas. It works with an extensive network of transfer partners throughout the rural Midwest and Southeast to save adoptable animals from rural facilities, where they have little to no chance of adoption.

Wright-Way Rescue has worked with Palm Valley Animal Center over the years to save as many adoptable animals as it can. However, this facility is located in the southernmost tip of Texas, and transportation is always a challenge. With the help of Best Friends Animal Society, however, this obstacle has been removed, and Wright-Way Rescue is so happy to welcome the Texas 40 to the Wright-Way family!

Look for the Texas 40 on Wright-Way Rescue’s adoption page in just two weeks! Forever change the story of just one of their lives — make your home theirs, too.

To donate to the Texas 40, please visit wright-wayrescue.org/donate.

Animal foundation matching donations to Wright-Way Rescue up to $35,000

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

97.1 FM The Drive announced yesterday that donations to Wright-Way Rescue will be matched up to $30,000. Donations will be matched through Friday, September 14th by the Irving and Phyllis Millstein Charitable Trust For Animals.

Sherman & Tingle and 97.1 FM The Drive are sponsoring the final event of the summer for Boataoke, Chicago’s first karaoke party boat, on Friday, September 14 from 9:00 PM to midnight. A portion of the proceeds from the 2018 Boataoke event series will benefit Wright-Way Rescue.

While promoting the event yesterday morning, Mike Randall from the charitable trust spoke to the radio show and announced the donation match. He also announced that if $15,000 is raised by the time the boat leaves the dock, he will donate an extra $5,000 to the cause. This would bring the potential donation match to $35,000.

“We are blown away by the generosity of the Irving and Phyllis Millstein Charitable Trust For Animals, as well as everyone at The Drive,” said Christy Anderson of Wright-Way Rescue. “$65,000 in donations can make a huge difference in the lives of homeless pets.”

Even if you cannot attend the event, you can make your donation count by donating at wright-wayrescue.org/thedrive. You can choose your team by donating through “Team Sherman”, “Team Tingle”, or “Team Jill.”  The host with the least amount of donations will have to sing an embarrassing karaoke song at Friday’s event.

Attendees will be able to sing karaoke for a great cause as the boat cruises under the city lights down the Chicago River out into Lake Michigan. Tickets are $75 general admission.  Attendees will enjoy food from Lee n’ Eddies, full cash bar, prizes and entertainment hosted by Sherman & Tingle.

Boataoke is 18+, valid IDs are required. Docked at River City Marina, Chicago Lakefront Cruises operates the "Summer of George." The 100-foot vessel was designed and built as a party cruise boat with an enclosed main deck, a full cash bar and a dance floor to keep you entertained while enjoying 360-degree views of the beautiful Chicago skyline. Paid parking is available at the River City Marina (spaces limited). Tickets can be purchased at wdrv.com.

Morton Grove Chamber of Commerce and Wright-Way Rescue
partner to presents a business after hours

July 24, 2018

Wright-Way Rescue’s Professional Board has partnered with the Morton Grove Chamber of Commerce to host a Business After Hours event.

The event will be held on Tuesday, August 21 from 5:00 -7:00 p.m. at Wright-Way Rescue’s Adoption Center located at 5915 Lincoln Avenue in Morton Grove, Illinois.

This community-wide, networking event features guided tours of Wright-Way Rescue’s facility, information referring both Morton Grove’s Chamber of Commerce and Wright-Way Rescue, and refreshments. Attendees will learn more about the organization’s mission, while networking with Morton Grove’s local businesses.

“Morton Grove’s Chamber of Commerce and Wright-Way Rescue’s Professional Board recognize and appreciate all community partnerships,” said Christy Anderson, Executive Director and Founder of Wright-Way Rescue. “Wright-Way has a large network of lifesaving rescue partners, so we understand the importance of community support to help animals. We are grateful to call Morton Grove our home and very excited to work with its Chamber of Commerce to increase awareness of both important missions.”

For more information on the Business After Hours event or the Wright-Way Rescue’s Professional Board, please contact Allison MacDonald at allison.macdonald@wright-wayrescue.org

#GivingTuesday Event Photos

Wright-Way Rescue loved seeing so many people come together to celebrate a day geared toward giving back and to honor our mission's lifesaving work.

It was a joy to see all of the smiling faces of past adopters, of our honorary rescues, of the woman who adopted a puppy during the event, and of the little girl from Make a Wish who's only wish this Christmas was for a puppy.

Guilianna, who was gifted a puppy on #GivingTuesday, has Shortgut Syndrome, a very rare disease. She chose a puppy named Blessing from Grace's litter and is keeping the name because her family says "that's what this puppy is to them."

Thank you for being a part of a truly special night with Wright-Way Rescue! We couldn't continue our mission without supporters like you.

Thank you to Rob Baker for generously volunteering his time to photograph our #GivingTuesday event. You can view the photos below.

- Wright-Way Rescue

Couldn't make our #GivingTuesday Celebration event, but you'd still like to make a donation? You can make your tax-deductible donation here.

Wright-Way Rescue takes part in #GivingTuesday

Morton Grove, Ill. — Wright-Way Rescue, a no-kill rescue located in Morton Grove, has joined #GivingTuesday, a global day of giving fueled by the power of social media and collaboration.

Celebrated on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving and the shopping events Black Friday and Cyber Monday, #GivingTuesday kicks off the charitable season for organizations like Wright-Way Rescue.

This year, Wright-Way Rescue will be celebrating the philanthropic holiday by hosting a Giving Tuesday event on November 29 at the Wright-Way Rescue’s North Shore Humane Center (5915 Lincoln Avenue). The nonprofit organization will be hosting its free event from 6:30-8:30 p.m., and the event will have snacks, beer and wine, raffles, and an animal meet and greet.

This year, Wright-Way Rescue’s #GivingTuesday campaign aims to raise $15,000 by honoring three of its recent rescues: Toby, Drexel, and Grace. The organization's goal will provide food and care to rescued animals, allow Wright-Way to travel all across the Midwest to save lives, and to provide resources like training and rehabilitation to help pets in need.

An anonymous angel donor will also be matching donations up to $1,000 (total) until the end of the event.

Giving Tuesday donors will help make pets healthy and happy by giving them the care they need, especially during the cold and busy holiday season.

“With so much focus on retail and cyber shopping, Giving Tuesday reminds us that the holidays shouldn’t just focus on discounts and deals. This time of year is also about giving back to causes that are dear to us,” said Christy Anderson, Wright-Way Rescue’s Founder and Executive Director. “We are excited to celebrate the animals already rescued and reach our fundraising goals for those that still need help.”

To donate to Wright-Way Rescue’s Giving Tuesday campaign or to learn more, please visit http://wright-wayrescue.org/givingtuesday

To RSVP to the event, please visit http://bit.ly/2fJ7zHz

About Wright-Way Rescue: Its mission is to reduce the number of homeless pets euthanized in the Midwest each year through an adoption program, community education, promotion of spaying and neutering, and a veterinary medicine program. It continues to save pets from rural animal control facilities where they are at a high risk of euthanasia, and instead offer them a second chance at a loving home in the Chicagoland area. To find out more about Wright-Way Rescue, visit http://wright-wayrescue.org.

About #GivingTuesday: #GivingTuesday is a movement to celebrate and provide incentives to give. It creates an international day of giving at the beginning of the Christmas and holiday season. Giving Tuesday was started in 2012 by the 92nd Street Y and the United Nations Foundation as a response to commercialization and consumerism in the post-Thanksgiving season (Black Friday and Cyber Monday). #GivingTuesday inspires people to take collaborative action to improve their local communities, give back in better, smarter ways to the charities and causes they celebrate and help create a better world. To learn more about #GivingTuesday, please visit: www.givingtuesday.org

Fees waived for dogs and cats at adoption event

Carbondale, Ill. —  Wright-Way Rescue is pleased to announce its partnership with WPSD Local 6 in its Clear the Shelters adoption event on Saturday, July 23. “Clear the Shelters” is an initiative by NBC-owned stations to help find homes for adoptable dogs and cats at local shelters and rescues.

The one-day adoption event comes at a very important time for Wright-Way Rescue as the organization has many adult canines and felines looking for families. Because of this, Wright-Way Rescue will waive adoption fees for dogs and cats 9 months and older.

Clear the Shelters will take place at Pure Pet at 2355 Sweets Drive in Carbondale. The hours of the event are 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on July 23.

“Thousands of animals come through Wright-Way Rescue’s doors each year hoping to find loving, good homes,” said Christy Anderson, Wright-Way Rescue’s Executive Director and Founder. “Events like Clear the Shelters help us achieve our mission to give second chances to adoptable pets.”

In 2015, the nationwide initiative helped find nearly 20,000 pets homes, when some 400 animal shelters across the country partnered with NBC-owned television stations and the Telemundo station group.

Please call (618) 208-1509 or visit www.wright-wayrescue.org for more information.

Petco Foundation Invests In Lifesaving Work of Wright-Way Rescue

Grant of $15,000 will extend efforts to save more animal lives in the Midwest.

Morton Grove, Ill. –  Wright-Way Rescue of Morton Grove, today announced it has been awarded a $15,000 grant from the Petco Foundation to support its adoption program and to purchase a new transport vehicle.

Wright-Way Rescue is a nonprofit organization and its mission is to reduce the number of homeless pets euthanized in the Midwest each year through an adoption program, community education, promotion of spaying and neutering, and a veterinary medicine program.  The organization serves the Chicagoland and southern Illinois area. Since 2002, Wright-Way Rescue has placed nearly 25,000 dogs and cats in loving homes.

The Petco Foundation investment will help to purchase a new transport vehicle for the organization. Wright-Way Rescue volunteers travel 700 miles weekly from its Admissions and Medical Services Campus to its North Shore Humane Center to complete transports. This new vehicle will assist with the 36,400 miles driven a year to bring adoptable pets to the Chicagoland area.

“This grant will enable us to save even more animals, and we are so thankful to the Petco Foundation for choosing us as a recipient,” said Christy Anderson, Wright-Way Rescue's Executive Director and Founder.

For more information about Wright-Way Rescue or the Petco Foundation, visit wright-wayrescue.org or petcofoundation.org. Join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram or by using the hashtag #PetcoFoundation.