What blessings we receive from this wondrous event! As a small shelter, we deeply appreciate any & all donations of goods, food, toys, bedding, credits to our Veterinarian clinic account, & gift certificates. Even something as simple & thoughtful as a greeting card for no special reason other than to say "Thank you" or "Keep up the good work" or "Have a nice day" touches my heart & soul so deeply, words can not convey my gratitude. Daily we homespun ferret shelters go thru such a myriad of emotions dealing with life & death that these little "atta-boy" virtual pats on the back go such a long way. Especially on those days we feel overwhelmed and alone, then we open that little piece of folded paper that inside has just a few words of encouragement that give our hearts wings and occasionally puffs us up with pride for a job well done. Somebody notices! I am finally getting to the point where I can sit down and properly say "Thank YOU!" to the Giving Tree organizers & Secret Santas. As I'm going thru the remains of the boxes (the kids REALLY like boxes & the packaging!) I'm finding I had a "blonde" moment when writing up the profiles for the tree and instead of having each "Att:" state the appropriate ferrets name, they all said "Att: Butters". ~oops~ So I don't know which ferret was to receive which package. If you blessed us with a package, please contact me directly and let me know who you picked and include a snail mail addy so "your" ferret can send you a personal thanks. Thank you all, all the Secret Santas & Santa's Helpers that opened their hearts to the shelter ferrets across this great nation! Debbie [Posted in FML 6209]