Our shelter again is benefiting from your donations to SOS! A true blessing! With all of the new arrivals to our shelter, surrenders and strays, in the past few months, we have been unable to get all of the new kids examined and vaccinated promptly. We have had several unexpected, life-threatening treatments and surgeries that had to come before the necessary examinations and vaccinations. Except for a family of four little girls, all of the new arrivals came in without documentation of vaccination, or confirmation of no recent medical treatment of any kind, by their previous owners. So, they must be examined and vaccinated before they can be presented for adoption or fostering. SOS has sent to our veterinary office vaccinations for our new arrivals. Our wonderful vet does not charge us a fee for examinations and only charges for his supplies (including vaccines) and additional services such as lab work, xrays, and other treatment. With the donation from SOS of the distemper vaccines for our ferrets, we will only have to provide the rabies vaccines in order to get current with all our shelter kids! This will speed up the process considerably. A few weeks ago, our shelter received some much needed food from Totally Ferret - donated from SOS! With all of the charities out there .... I know the need is great -- more so now than ever. And I know everyone is struggling out there just trying to get by day-to-day. Trust me, I really do understand! But if there ever was a charity totally committed to helping ferrets, SOS is the real deal! On behalf of all of the whiskered ones at Raisins, a big fuzzie hug to all who contribute to SOS --- helping shelters help homeless and rescued ferrets! And if you have not yet made a donation, perhaps you can sometime soon .... every little bit helps and truly saves lives of precious little ones ..... Maren Doshier Founder/President Raisins From Heaven Hernando, MS [Posted in FML 6340]