#GivingTuesday is the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday when we catch our breaths from all the hectic holiday shopping and take a day to give to the things that are important to us. #Giving Tuesday is our opportunity, after offering thanks for the things we have, to give to our communities and support the charities we find…
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Good Mews Monday October 14, 2019
ARC’s Good Mews Monday We begin this week’s edition of Good Mews Monday with the fantastic news that two of our senior kitties have gone into permanent foster care. Best friends Fiona & Periwinkle went home together! Fiona arrived at ARC a tiny, shy kitten back in 2007. She’s still a rather small kitty and she’s fairly shy, but thankfully…
Read MoreGood Mews Monday October 7, 2019
ARC’s Good Mews Monday Our handsome gray and white, Kaplan, also went home yesterday. Kaplan arrived at ARC, a local surrender from Elizabethtown. Just one look at this gorgeous boy and we had a pretty good feeling he wouldn’t be at our rescue for long. Next up we have the cute orange and white tabby, Duncan. Duncan was in foster…
Read MoreGood Mews Monday September 23, 2019
ARC’s Good Mews Monday On Saturday Tink, our 1-year-old Black Lab/Shepherd mix, went to her forever home. Tink is a sassy pup who’s full of energy. She is sweet, smart, inquisitive and wants to show off her interactive skills, which she can now do with her new family. Tuesday saw Elvis officially adopted after spending several days in foster care…
Read MoreOur 30th Anniversary Celebration Puppy Plunge
ARC would like to thank all of the wonderful people who came out to celebrate on Saturday with us. We all had a ton of fun and enjoyed meeting everyone and their fur babies, who were very well behaved. A great time was had by all!
Read MoreGood Mews Monday September 16, 2019
ARC’s Good Mews Monday The first of our adoptions took place on Wednesday. That was the day that Shirley, our beautiful 2-year-old Beagle, went to her forever home. Shirley is a love-bug and though she may not be as courageous as her sister Laverne, she is every bit as sweet. The pair were rescued from the Meade County Animal Control…
Read MoreGood Mews Monday September 9, 2019
ARC’s Good Mews Monday First up this week is Leo, our handsome 3-year-old, Basenji/Mountain Cur mix. Leo arrived at the Animal Refuge Center from another rescue within the community. He was originally pulled from a high intake shelter in the Atlanta area, where time was not favorable for him. He’s a sweet boy, who’s waited a long time to finally find…
Read MoreCookie’s Legacy: Call To Action-Your Help Is Needed To Save Lives
The Need Has Never Been More Urgent “I mean to do something grand. I don’t know what, yet; but when I’m grown up I shall find out. Perhaps, it will be rowing out in boats, and saving peoples’ lives, like that girl in the book. Or perhaps I shall go and nurse in the hospital, like Miss Nightingale. Or else…
Read MoreGood Mews Monday September 2, 2019
ARC’s Good Mews Monday Today we have just 1 adoption to report on, but it was a double, as Romper Room kittens Yardley and Maizie were adopted together. Yardley is a beautiful tiny tabby who came to us off the streets of Radcliff. She was a pregnant community cat that the landlord didn’t want around anymore. Yardley is very talkative…
Read MoreAnimal Refuge Center Celebrates 30 Years
MARY ALFORD The News-Enterprise 5:30 am September 2, 2019 Vine Grove Animal Refuge Center is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a Puppy Plunge. The pool party and cookout is from 1 to 5 p.m. Sept. 14 at 308 Linda Lane in Elizabethtown. Manager Penny Edwards said it costs $5 for a dog to take a dip in the pool, but…
Read MoreGood Mews Monday August 26, 2019
ARC’s Good Mews Monday The Animal Refuge Center is back with more Good Mews! Our sweet, Great Pyrenees Mix, Bailey went to her forever home a little over a week ago. She is a calm and gentle girl, who’s very laid back and quiet. Bailey was at our rescue for about a month, but she showed us that she is…
Read MoreGood Mews Monday August 5, 2019
ARC’s Good Mews Monday We are back with more good mews as three of our wonderful female kitties have found their forever homes! First up is Jewel, a perky, petite and very pretty Tortoiseshell, who we rescued from a hoarding situation. Jewel is very silly and talkative too. She has a variety of meow melodies and loves to flip and…
Read MoreA New ARC Program: Seniors For Seniors!
After 30 years of rescuing animals, you learn to rely on tried and true methods to get your shelter animals into Forever Homes. Some of the most reliable ways to market the homeless animals in your care are Petfinder, Facebook and other social media, along with adoption events at supporting businesses like Feeders Supply and PetSmart. These methods are fairly…
Read MoreIt’s Kitten Time! Need Knows No Season. Give Now!
It’s kitten time again! Please help us meet the yearly influx of kittens and mothers by donating to our Spay and Neuter Fund! This money also goes to Cookie’s Legacy trap-neuter-release rescues to cut down on the numbers of unwanted and homeless Community Cats in our county! Your contribution will accomplish so much good. Give today!
Read More30 Years of Animal Rescue: A Rollercoaster Ride!
30 years! It’s been a rollercoaster ride. There have been so many highs and lows, but thirty years later we are still saving so many lives. I’ve been a worker at the Animal Refuge Center for 27 years, and a volunteer three years before that. On one hand, it feels like I’ve been there an eternity but then again, sometimes…
Read MoreCats, A Few Dogs the Life of the Animal Refuge Center Christmas Party
JEFF D’ALESSIO The News-Enterprise 6 am 12/3/18 As visitors to Sunday afternoon’s annual Christmas party at the Animal Refuge Center in Vine Grove sipped drinks and snacked on cake and other items, some of the dozens of cats who call 185 Basham Trail home rubbed up against their new friends. Others stared as guests walked around. “They like having people…
Read MoreCommunity Champions: Lee’s Tae Kwon Do Kickathon
Amazing Kids Kick Up Donations For Homeless Pets! Always Stand By The Weak What an exciting day at Lee’s Tae Kwon Do Studio! Dedicated Kids Kick up Hope For Homeless Animals …..When you work or volunteer for rescue organizations, it’s easy to see more bad than good in people. You spend most of your time healing, and attempting to repair…
Read MoreAdoption Day! Saturday July 21, 2018
Picasso and Autumn went home together today, both are from Cecilia hoarder. Waffles was groomed and went with Jack and Chris Smith. Stay tuned for our latest Good Mews Monday updates on Facebook! The Animal Refuge Center has these and many more Pets For Adoption still longing to find their Forever Home! SHARE this page, and be sure to check…
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