New Beginnings for Cats is a no-kill cageless shelter started by a husband and wife who put all of their money into the facility. Anne, Il.) and Because Animals Really Kount (Kankakee, Il.). To donate to a participating rescue organization, you must use the form available for download from the Sammy Shelter Project website.Ĭurrent humane organizations set to benefit from this project are: It's a Pittie Rescue (Peotone, Il.), New Beginnings for Cats (Bourbonnais, Il.), River Valley Animal Rescue (Momence, Il.), Cache Creek Animal Rescue (Anna and Joliet, Il.), Grassroots Animal Rescue (Medinah, Il.), Illinois Horse Rescue of Will County (Beecher, Il.), Iroquois County Animal Rescue (Iroquois, Il.), Kankakee County Humane Foundation (St. By ordering through the project website, $2 from each book purchase will be donated to the organization chosen and noted on the form.

In conjunction with the release of the book, Tracy has created the 'Sammy Shelter Project' to help nine Illinois humane organizations with the book sales. We were very happy to join the funding ourselves, and also look forward to featuring many of these kitties and their amazing stories here on our blog! Any little bit helps, and you can also receive some really cool rewards by supporting the project. (You can read more about the cats and their causes here and here.)Ī Pubslush crowdfunding campaign was created to help fund the initial expenses in order to make sure the rescues receive the maximum benefit. Each author has been assigned a month to promote the book, with a third of the profits from that month going to the rescue. The special thing about this project is that each author featured in the book has nominated a cat rescue. This book of real life rescue cat stories was compiled by Janiss Garza, who writes the Sparkle Cat blog, now featuring the lovely Summer Samba. When the call came out for submissions, I briefly entertained the idea of writing Tara's story, but ended up being a bit intimidated by the amazing writers in the cat community and decided I just wasn't ready yet.

Rescued: The Stories of 12 Cats, Through Their Eyes is a project that we've been following for quite awhile now.

Big Ole Striped Silas by Grannie Snow