Hello again everyone; The Animal Rescue Site's Shelter Challenge is about to begin again. Tricks and Treats Rescue has entered this challenge for the first time. As many of you know we experienced severe damage when Hurricane Ike made landfall over Shoreacres, TX where we are located. The entire city was flooded because of 20+ feet of saltwater tidal surge. Every ground level home and building in Shoreacres sustained between 4 and over 8 feet of salt water intrusion for 3 days. Then after almost completely having our house rebuilt, we flooded again, twice, in April 2009 - just over 6 months after the hurricane flood. As a result of those 2 floods we had to tear out and begin again. These successive floods have been quite a challenge to overcome. It has taken us a LONG time to have our house - the main Rescue facility - rebuilt - this time elevated; but we are finally almost finished with that part of our recovery from all the damage. As a result of these challenges our Rescue efforts were downsized significantly. We have rescued about half of the number we served prior to 2008, but as we complete our recovery we are ready to resume our previous commitments to saving all those that we can. We are ready now to build fences, pens, and outdoor shelters (for when our Rescues play outside - No pet rescued by Tricks and Treats has ever lived or will ever live outside). But because we put every penny of our savings and retirement funds into rebuilding the house, twice, we are out of money. While we intend to eventually hold fund raisers, winning this challenge would be a great opportunity for us to complete rebuilding the entire Rescue. The shelter challenge voting begins August 12, 2013. We would be very grateful if you would go to their site and cast your vote for us. You can find us at Tricks and Treats Rescue in Shoreacres, TX. Thank you all; Vicki Vicki Montgomery Tricks and Treats Rescue Greater Houston/Galveston Texas 713-472-6599 [log in to unmask] Click to feed shelter animals: http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=3 [Posted in FML 7869]