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The Weight of a Promise: Why We Can’t Stop Now
It’s why I wake up every day and fight through every roadblock, every delay, every moment of exhaustion to get this clinic open.
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Mar 234 min read
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Six Cries Before 9 AM: A Day in the Life of a Sleep-Deprived, Passionate Chaos Coordinator
I, on the other hand, woke up after a luxurious three hours of sleep, courtesy of a tiny kitten named Timber....
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Mar 144 min read
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Sleepless Nights and Big Dreams: Why Every Hour Counts
Let me tell you how exhausted I am today. Like, truly, next-level tired.
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Mar 103 min read
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Pain, Kittens, and Roller Derby: Just Another Day in My Wild Life
Some days, you wake up, and your body decides it’s going to be your worst enemy. Today was one of those days.
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Mar 53 min read
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Kittens, Photos, and Life Lessons
Yesterday was one of those days—the kind that starts with a kitten rescue and ends with a deep reflection on life, love, and, oddly enough..
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Mar 53 min read
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The Mailbox Saga: A Comedy of Errors (and Existential Crisis)
People have lives, priorities, and actual hobbies that don’t involve digging trenches for nonprofit work.
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Feb 283 min read
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We’re So Close – But We Need You
Seven years. A million dollars. Countless hours of hard work, passion, and determination.
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Feb 263 min read
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Running a Nonprofit and Dodging Distractions
I had no idea what was going on, but apparently, I was now invested.
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Feb 252 min read
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Purrspectives: What I Wish Everyone Knew About Running Our Social Media
I get the same reaction every time I tell someone what I do with A HOPE. When I say I help run our social media, people inevitably say,...
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Jan 2, 20223 min read
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Purrspectives: What I Wish Everyone Knew About Hard Choices
I was fairly new to fostering with A HOPE when an email came through from our President and founder, Brandi Winkleman. Normally these...
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Dec 6, 20214 min read
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Purrspectives: What I Wish Everyone Knew About Working the Help Desk
A HOPE Help Desk volunteers have the opportunity to talk directly with our animal-loving community. It can be tough, as so many are faced...
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Nov 1, 20212 min read
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Purrspectives: What I Wish Everyone Knew About Letting Go of Fosters
Every foster has a story of how they started down the path of opening their homes to countless multitudes of kittens. For some, it begins...
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Oct 3, 20213 min read
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Purrspectives: What I Wish Everyone Knew About Open Adoptions
Don’t worry, we’re not giving them away like free ice cream cones on a hot summer day. I mean, our kittens are super cool, everyone...
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Sep 3, 202110 min read
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Purrspectives: What I Wish Everyone Knew About Caring For Special Needs Animals
You may know from the adorable photos we post all the time that our foster care system primarily deals with kittens. Well, winter is a...
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Aug 1, 20213 min read
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Purrspectives: What I Wish Everyone Knew about TNR
I have been with A HOPE for over a year now. I started out fostering, and that quickly moved into volunteering as I realized how much...
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Jul 13, 20213 min read
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Purrspectives: What I Wish Everyone Knew About Adoption Day
Something I learned while working my first Adoption Day at A HOPE: The right time and the right people always come along. I’m a pretty...
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Jun 27, 20212 min read
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