A Forever Home Rescue Foundation
Finding forever homes for dogs in need
Go Giant – Go Green!
Update: Hey folks I wanted you to know some good news I just learned today about the Giant Give Back reusable bags. Even if you purchase one of these bags at another Giant location or at a time other than during this month’s current AFH promotion, you can choose AFH as your designated charity for the donation to go to. The bag will come with a tag that explains how to do it. It’s real simple!
We are happy to announce that we have been chosen to participate in the Giant Community Bag Program during the entire month of August! If you purchase a reusable Giant grocery bag at the Giant located at 13043 Lee Jackson Memorial Highway in Fairfax Virginia for $2.50, we get a $1 donation!Besides avoiding all that plastic (and thus helping the environment), you will be helping AFH!Be sure to stop by in August and buy a bag (or 2!)!
Juice and Cookie Fundraiser
These kids spent the morning doing a cookie and juice stand for A Forever Home and raised $23! They even had some Fairfax County firefighters stop by and contribute.
The kids came up with the idea after fostering a dog for AFH. They had a wonderful experience and we wanted to help the organization in other ways. We are truly grateful for all they have done for the doggies and to the Fairfax County Fire Department as well.
Arcola Cares
Students and their families from Arcola Elementary have made a cash donation to AFH! They donated the coins they sent in from home during their Math Money Unit earlier this year. What great kids (and their teacher, Ms. Waltman adopted Angel from us 2 years ago)! Thank you!
Spread the Love Contest
Patti Stinson won the Spread the Love Contest, sponsored by the Daily Kibble. As a result of her winning entry, she won a $1,000 donation for our rescue and a $100 gift card for herself!
Patti wrote: “I have been in rescue for 25 years and have been with A Forever Home Rescue Foundation (AFH) since early 2003. Our mission to rescue, rehabilitate, and rehome abused, neglected, and abandoned puppies and dogs resonates with me. I understand the emotion behind rescue but know that rescues must be financially sound, well managed, and professional in order to succeed – AFH does all of that and I am very proud to be a member of such a wonderful team of volunteers.”
Marco’s Pizza Fundraiser
Marco’s Pizza came to the AFH adoption event to deliver pizzas and a donation! They held a fundraiser for AFH on June 25th. Their pizza was delicious! They are located at 25370 Eastern Marketplace Plz, Chantilly, VA 20152. Thank you so much!
Fairfax Station Train Museum Event
Our event at Fairfax Station Train Museum went extremely well. We had 14 foster dogs attend this event and received a number of applications to adopt and even a few to offer to foster for our rescue. Despite the heat, there was a great set up with our younger pups inside and plenty of shade for our older dogs outside. There were lots of friendly people who came by to say hello as well and we really enjoyed meeting so many animal lovers. Thank you to Mario and the rest of the Museum’s staff and volunteers.
Fundraiser Success
What a great event we had! We filled a 15 foot U-Haul truck to the roof in just 4 hours and had enough to spare to fill a cargo van! The recycling center was very impressed and we all hope it translates into lots of green to help our doggies. Thank you to everyone that contributed. Also thank you to Julie Heimstra who helped load the truck, the van, and drove twice to the recycling center. Also thanks to Marybeth Henry who also helped load the truck, Hunter, Gavin, and Jessica Miltenberger who helped put in the last of the items to fill the truck. We are grateful for all your help.
Puppy Party!
AFH was invited to attend Jacqueline’s 14th birthday party. All of the girls had a blast loving on the puppies and the pups really enjoyed the attention. Hope you had the best birthday Jacqueline!
Scrappy 10 Year Update
Hi!
Wanted to drop a note that after 10 years, we are still loving on our girl Scrappy from A Forever Home. She was adopted under the name Smoky Girl…We recently said a very sad goodbye to her brother of 14 years, Scruffy, and I came across your website in beginning my search for a new pup to love.
I attached some recent pictures of our girl Scrappy (the smaller of the two pups in the pictures). She still loves to chew socks, clothes, couches (we’ve been through a few thanks to her), blankets (which doesn’t prevent us from letting her sleep in our (her?) bed every night), etc. She jumps on our kitchen table when we’re not looking and her 20lb self can even jump onto our kitchen counters! Little troublemaker that she is (we still tell ourselves that her 11 year old self will grow out of the puppy phase at SOME point :-), she is the best worst dog ever!
Jokes aside, all is well. Since her adoption, she is helping us raise 4 kids (one set of twins in there) and loves to play fetch every day. Even when her arthritis kicks in and we have to give her the occasional Rimadyl, she is in good spirits. We also moved out of the city a few years ago and now she has a huge yard for playing and exploring.
Thanks for giving two graduate students the opportunity to share our young lives with this pup 10 years ago. She’s wonderfully spoiled by us, but we are equally spoiled by her as well 🙂
Rachel
Zoe and Rory Home
Zoe was adopted as a pup and returned to AFH recently. As luck would have it, her brother Rory, adopted as a pup as well, was looking for a new friend. Rory’s mom happened to be looking on our website when she saw a familiar face. Both Zoe and Rory are now happily living together in their forever home!