Denise's Delightful Dookers Ferret Rescue in Auburn, Washington is in NEED of help in paying a vet bill. Due to overwhelming health issues of recent surrendered ferrets the vet and our finances have had quite a work out. Right now the shelter has 45 ferts, 1 volunteer/4hrs/one day a week, 1 volunteer/1 hr/one day a week and myself taking care of all this precious cargo (my hubby helps as much as he can). I do all the paper work, computer entries, and whatever else needs to be done. I am up at 0'dark thirty in the morning to make sure the ferts have running time before I go to work. In the evenings, I have people coming over to buy cages, wanting to adopt a ferret(s), needing help, lots of phone calls. I hold Educational Adoptathons at several Petco stores in the area 3 Saturdays a month and this has been a blessing because precious families have adopted ferrets. I am also learning how to do my web site....but when do I have time? (My house is suffering a bit....hehehe...my daughter and hubby have to most of the cleaning and lawn mowing...yeaaa) I work as a church secretary 32 hours a week, have a teenager at home and a husband with congestive heart failure and is also an amputee and doesn't work or drive. My hubby feels the same way I do, that if we weren't doing the rescue/shelter these some of these little guys would not have a safe place to stay until they're adopted and uneducated humans would not have the opportunity to LEARN about taking care of ferrets..... that's why I am doing this. I am learning FAST that I can't pay for everything and have been out beating the bushes for donations. (My friend said that I have to realize this is not a pride issue and start asking for funds--and this is very hard for me to do). I am not a non-profit, yet, but am under the Support Our Shelters umbrella if people need tax receipts. My vet is Dr. Walls, Dr. Reed @ Covington Veterinary Hospital 27045-174th Place SE, Covington, WA 98042 253-631-8616. My Client ID # is 9277, under the name Denise Cummings (Denise's Delightful Dookers). When you donate, please send the $$ to Covington Vet Hospital (not to me) and use my client ID # so they get it put in the right account. I really appreciate any help and thank you so much in advance. [FML has been such an encouragement....yes I read it all the time... but just haven't written in it but a couple of times...I enjoy Muldoone because it encourages my heart that people care that much for the dookers. I lost Gypsy Lee who was 7 years old to cancer three weeks ago ..she was a small motherly cinnamon that irritated the heck out of some of her cage mates, and yet when she was having trouble, they "squished" her in so she was protected. I lost Farley Girl (4years old) to cancer this last Saturday....she was a loner and a very, very shy sweetheart that loved to be hugged and kissed and returned kisses all the time....and she didn't ferret walk...she pranced...as if to say, I'm beautiful and she was.] It doesn't matter if the dookers are my personal ones or the shelters...they are very much loved and cried over.... sometimes I wish tears didn't come so easily....oh well. God Bless!! www.washingtonferret.com e-mail: [log in to unmask] Shelter Address: 1810 K St. SE, Auburn, WA 98002 Shelter phone 253-797-9115 Fax 253-735-9324 [Posted in FML issue 5267]