BECOME A FOSTER PARENT !

Boston Buddies does not have a brick and mortar kennel facility.  Instead, all of our dogs are housed in private foster homes located throughout Southern California.  Without the tremendous generosity and loving care provided by our foster homes we could not continue to assist the number of dogs we have been able to during our existence.  Foster homes provide our rescue dogs with a safe, comfortable haven where we can assess their personalities and particular needs and get them the medical care they may need prior to placing them into a permanent, adoptive home.  Please consider volunteering to be a foster home for one of our rescue dogs. 

DOWNLOAD A FOSTER APPLICATION HERE - Foster Application

We thought we would share with you an adopted dog’s view of its foster family:

For Foster Homes Everywhere
Author Unknown

My dark round eyes look up at you, who reads the words created by the
tap..tap..tap. ...
I lay beside my mistress, on tile where it is cool, and I will wait
for however long she wishes to stay down here, and tap on her
laptop.
Sometimes when I listen to her familiar sounds, a memory-wind brings
to me sadness, of days when I was not permitted amongst those who
walk on twos.
Of days when drink and food were the only interactions we had.
Of times when my litter after litter were given off to unfamiliar
humans, never to be seen again.
Of cold and rainy days, of snowy frosty days, of days so hot my coat
felt like a prison out in the sun.
All those memories surface when that memory-breeze slides in... and
that is why I look up at you.
Had it not been for you, with the kindness of your bottomless heart,
in your arms that held me when I came, matted and feces infected, in
your house amongst your own litter, I would not be here today, laying
at my mistress' feet, listening to those sacred familiar sounds in a
home that I know is mine, away from elements of wind and cold--MINE.
I am adopted.
Had it not been for you, my foster home, I would not have known how
to act inside, nor trusted this good woman's touch, nor trusted the
attention I receive consistently and tenderly.
I think of you when that memory-breeze comes by, for now you are
associated with it, as my bridge from there to here. You sacrificed
your own heart to allow me to find love amongst your kind.
I will forever be grateful for this.
When I was out alone in the cold and wet, the world was such an ugly
place to belong. I never thought of wanting to be anywhere else but
there, for I did not know there was anywhere else except there.
You proved me wrong.
I still remember your smells and the movements of your day. It was
your touch that awakened me. You thought you were just removing mats
from me. All the while you were taking away the smallness of my world.
Do you think of me at times, as I do you? I could smell the many
dogs that have been in your dwelling. For me, you were my only
bridge. For you, there were many that came to you and left again.
Were there so many that I am not one to be remembered?
My eyes flit back and forth as I think of this, and my mistress
instinctively drops her hand from her tap tap tap of her laptop and
softly strokes me. It is her touch that assures me that you do
remember me.
You chose her for me. If you loved me enough to give her to me, then
I know you remember me. Thank you.
::::a soft sigh::::
My mistress looks down at me and smiles. She tells me we will be
having company. There is a dog who will come to stay with us a short
while, until he gets to go to his forever home.
My mistress cups my muzzle in her hands and reminds me we must give
back what we are given.
I know my mistress' heart. It will break her heart every time a dog
will leave.
My tail thumps. Surely she needs me to get through this. It is what
I am here for.
To love her when she needs to be loved. I rise and lay my head upon
her lap.
I remember your eyes and realize the new dog will always remember my
mistress' eyes.
Her touch.
It is wonderful to have an adopted home but our foster homes are
just as important, even if we are only there for just a short while.
My mistress turns to tap tap again, and I lay my head back upon the
tile. I settle into the wondrous familiarity of my home
and begin to count the breaths until our foster dog arrives...

 Ralph's Club Card

Earn easy cash for Boston Buddies!

If you have a Ralph's Club Card all you have to do is:

1. Go to www.Ralphs.com

2. Click on "Community Contribution"

3. Click on Participant

4. Enroll!

Boston Buddies' NPO (Non Profit) # is

83120

Please remember to re-register at www.ralphs.com every August!

UPDATE

June 2008

Ralphs recently launched it's new 'Ralphs Rewards' program. All customers will be asked to complete a new application and receive a new card the next time they go shopping at Ralphs.

HOW DOES THIS AFFECT RALPHS COMMUNITY REWARDS?  As long as you link your previously enrolled Ralphs Club Card with your new Ralphs Rewards Card, your participation with Boston Buddies will continue without change.   You will be able to confirm this by seeing the Boston Buddies contribution note at the bottom of your receipt.

If you did not link your two cards together when you received your new Rewards Card, you can go online at www.ralphs.com to enroll your new Ralphs Rewards Card with Boston Buddies. 

An Easy and Fun way to help Boston Buddies

A search engine powered by Yahoo will donate $0.01 for every search done

on Good Search.  So if we had 1,000 supporters searching twice a day, we would receive approximately $7,300 per year. A smaller organization with 100 supporters searching twice a day would earn an estimated $730. The sky is the limit, the more people search, the more we will earn!

1. Go to www.goodsearch.com

2. Type in Boston Buddies in the Supporters box

3. Use Good Search like any search engine and earn money

for Boston Buddies at the same time!

You can download a toolbar for Internet explorer or Firefox Mozilla as well

THANKS! Lets see how many Bostons we can help!

Buy or sell a home with me, and I will donate

$1,000 to Boston Buddies!

Quality service with care.

Specializing in Orange County and

Long Beach areas.

Heather K. Flaherty

REALTOR

cell 949-394-5524

direct 562-685-1915

heatherflaherty@firstteam.com

Search So Cal Homes Here

Another way to help is to purchase products for your pet by clicking the links for any of the companies shown below. These companies will donate a portion of your purchase price to our group.

A "Mom and Pup" home-based operation where the

Pup is Petey the Boston Terrier. Check out their cool Udder Tug Toys and line of Vintage Boston Terrier Ad T-Shirts!

Helping Udders donates 10%-50% of every sale to the rescue group designated by you!  Make sure you designate Boston Buddies as your chosen Rescue!

And right now you can DOUBLE YOUR DONATON to rescue by putting the following code in the Comments Box at checkout: DBL2008

Click Here to Go to Helping Udders

Many Boston Buddies supporters have turned their old cars, motorcycles, RV's, or boats, into new hope for abandoned and surrendered Boston Terriers

Cars4Causes 

Lupine Collars & Leads

HELP MILITARY WORKING DOGS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN STAY COOL AND HELP BOSTON BUDDIES AT THE SAME TIME

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