Can you help my friend??

[Foxy]

Hi all! Those that know me know that I volunteer for small paws rescue. Several volunteers got together and nominated our founder for the VOLVO FOR LIFE award.
I was wondering if you can vote for her? This is not a hoax, not a joke, it is real. Small Paws rescue website is www.smallpawsrescue.org
you can vote here and read about her.....
http://www.volvoforlifeawards.com/cgi-bin/iowa/english/vote/index.html#search

PLEASE HELP OUT... the volvo that Robin uses has 140,000 +/- miles on it and it is costing rescue money to maintain it. If she wins, this can get the rescue the new volvo. Thanks!!
Foxy

You don't have to post, BUT PLEASE VOTE!!!

[mouse]

Not a problem! I voted for Robin today. I have 2 dogs, 2 cats, 2 turtles and 5 aquariums. It's nice that people take the time to remember our animals. They don't ask for too much-just a little love. And the people that go out of their way to take care of them-need to be recognized. Everyone needs to vote!!!!!

[Pierced Bliss]

Voted and glad to do so. Our pets are the only "people" that give us unconditional love, so we need to take care of them, and those that help out the less fortunate pets.

[Foxy]

thanks!!
And I think you can vote more than once, but I am not sure....

[Jess]

I voted for Robin too, and yes you can vote more than once. Send her good luck from all of us. It is good to see that people really do care about our animals.

[bubbysgarage]

Just got done and you can vote more than once. I voted 5 times. One for each of us (Larry, myself, Alix, and David) and once for our Rotty. Glad to help and Foxy keep us updated.

[Foxy]

Will do!!
She sent this great email to us about what she does, I was trying to get a link to the email, but alas I can't. I hope the links come through.... here it is .... .
PS~
I attached a couple of pics of OLD GLORY the Volvo Robin uses now. It is loaded with dogs we got out of a puppy mill auction... (readers groan "Not again, no more sad puppy mill stories from Foxy!!" LMBO)

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If you missed our last newsletter, here it is. http://www.smallpawsrescue.org/pup3/august1006.html

This is a little different kind of newsletter. Something wonderful and rather miraculous has happened and I believe it will benefit Small Paws, one way or the other!

Maybe I better 'splain, Lucy.

One of our Small Paws volunteers from Florida, Pam Lagano, at plagano@laganoassoc.com, did something last spring that made me smile a little at the time.

I NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS THOUGHT A THING IN THE WORLD WOULD EVER COME OF IT.

So imagine the shock I am in today as I sit here typing to all of you. (AND YOU ARE GOING TO BE SHOCKED AND STUNNED AS WELL WHEN YOU HEAR WHAT HAS HAPPENED.)

As most of you know, I drive a 1998 Red Volvo T-5 Wagon, named "Glory", who knows the way to every commercial kennel in Mo.

Yes, she has a personality. She also has 141,000 miles on her and she is becoming increasingly expensive to keep healthy and running.

I have to have a dependable car. I can't be stranded out in God-only-knows-where with a car full of rescued Bichons who have been living in God-only-knows-what conditions, in the heat, cold, and sometimes ice, that we have here in Oklahoma, Mo., Ar., Ks., and Tx.

I love my little Volvo for several reasons. One is how safe she makes me feel. She has a steel cage around her, and in case of an accident, she would protect our precious cargo in the back from being smashed. This gives me great peace of mind with each and every rescue.

I trust me driving, but I don't trust some of the other drivers out there, so I am happy to have that steel cage around us all.

Well, Pam Lagano must have believed me when I told you all to DREAM BIG.

She nominated me for the "Volvo for Life" award. This is a national award, and I was just so honored to be nominated by Pam.

NEVER IN MY WILDEST DREAMS...(And you all know I have had some wilddddd dreams!) would I have thought that this would go anywhere.

I know that many wonderful and deserving people were nominated for this prestigious award, and Volvo had the tedious task of choosing only five semi-finalists from each state. This means that 250 people across the country are now semi-finalists.

Your's Truly has, by some absolute miracle of the Lord, made it as a semifinalist as one of the top five nominations from the great state of Oklahoma.

I learned today that I am one of the semi-finalists nominees. After I picked myself up off of the floor, I learned more.

This is the way they choose the winners, (Yes, there are several awards and winners...click here for a list of the different awards they give! I am reasonably sure I'm going to get a certificate, and we will show it for the world to see on the home page, but I digress...)

This is the way it works. They let everyone's friends and families vote for them, online. This goes on through FEBRUARY.

Then, after everyone has exhausted the patience of everyone they have ever met or hope to meet, the 18 top vote winners, are then sent to a list of judges like you can't believe, including Paul Newman and Caroline Kennedy and no I am not kidding.

The only way I could possibly stay in this thing to that point, when there are so many amazing and well deserving "nobel peace prize type human beings", (See previous winners here...) is that...well...I don't know if any of them happen to know 6000 people in 20 countries on a first name basis.... :)

If I were to win the Volvo for Life, it would be the official Small Paws Rescue vehicle. Not only would we not have any more car repair expenses, but everyone in the world would then come to believe in miracles, because we will have all witnessed one, first hand.

If I won either of the cash prizes, the $50,000.00 award or the $25,000.00 award, we would purchase a Volvo for Small Paws with those funds! This would still be on the line of miracle of miracles happening and many people worldwide would be converted as believers because how else would we be able to explain that, I ask you, now?.

If I won the Volvo for Life certificate, which all of the rest of us 222 semi-finalists who didn't get enough votes would get, we can post it on our SPR home age and be proud that Pam Lagano dreamed big!

I guess this is a big enough deal that I would be interviewed by the local news folks here, which may possibly garner some more votes for the home town gal and for our magnificent obsession.

Ok, now that you have picked yourselves up off of the ground too, remembering that this will hopefully help Small Paws, may I ask you to please go and vote like there is no tomorrow??? Glory is getting tired, and is "now on her third set of tires", she explained.

VOTE HERE { http://www.volvoforlifeawards.com/cgi-bin/iowa/english/vote/index.html }

I'm hoping that any rescuer or animal lover, who has ever been helped by anyone in Small Paws, may also be able to take a moment to go and vote.

I don't know for sure, but I might be the only animal rescuer up for this award. I haven't read all of the nominations, but if you want to feel really intimidated, hey, go read them!

I don't believe they have had many animal rescuers nominated, and that's probably why my name is still up there! HA!

Now you may have to wait a second as it may take a second to load. Soon you will see a map of the country. Scroll down under the map and click on Oklahoma. You will see my picture holding two small, little white furry creatures, and the wonderful nomination made by Pam. This is all very surreal to me, as I am sure you can imagine.

It's sort of like reading your own obituary, where everyone says wonderful things about you, that you never knew about when you were still alive and kickin'.

Now, people are telling me they have been able to vote twice. I don't like that myself as any one of the nominee's friends or family could sit by the computer and vote over and over again, but then again, they didn't ask me to make the rules for this deal.

I have notified the Volvo for Life people of this fact, and asked them if they intended it to be this way or did they mean it to be that each person is to have only one vote. I haven't heard back yet.

Well, now you know the surprise that I got today. WOW. This was a big one.

I love you guys and hope it is ok with you if I close with a few pictures of Glory. It's been a long, hot summer and she has been such a good girl. I know it seems odd for me to have a relationship with my car, and no, my washer and dryer don't have names.

Only my car. She brings Glory to God with each and every rescue of his precious creatures. There isn't a breed that I can think of that she hasn't transported, and she's never let me down once. Not even maybe. All My Love, Robin

You don't have to post BUT PLEASE VOTE!!!!!

[snowtiger]

I couldn't find a Robin in Kentucky Foxy? What's her full name?

Never mind, found her in Oklahoma...Gotchya covered.

[Sledgehammer6869]

She got my vote and am really glad I could help! I wish her the best of luck!

[Pierced Bliss]

Snowtiger, she's in Oklahoma I do believe.

[kcredden]

She's got mine, and my littlepaws, Schyner :)

[jeffsrepair]

just voted for her ,hope she wins

[snowtiger]

Thanks Pierced, I did a big search and found her there.

[Chuck]

Least I can do is vote in return for all you have done for me. Thanks.

[Foxy]

Here is what Robin just sent me in an email...

I can't believe you did this for me! Thank you! Please thank your wonderful friends too! PLease tell them I thank them!! Robin

Least I can do is vote in return for all you have done for me. Thanks.
{blushes} HE LIKES ME? HE REALLY LIKES ME!!!
J/K Thanks Chuck!! And to all you that have voted! WE ALL APPRECIATE IT!!

[TheMan]

Ah i voted till my fingers got tired...

[coolmoms-kid]

Hey Foxy can I vote too? I just LOVE pet and I want to help out if I can.

[Foxy]

Of course you can!! Anyone can!
But I think that the voting is over, but it is worth a shot!

[Foxy]

Here is another update!
Small Paws has been nominated for Animal Planet's hero of the year. You can check it out at http://animal.discovery.com/convergence/hero_of_the_year/nominees/nominees.html

[coolmoms-kid]

Oh ok thanks Foxy. ;)

[Kate Hendrickson]

She has my vote and Sally's - my rescued dog!

[kdown]

Just like some KY elections - vote early and vote often - I voted six times

[TheMan]

{blushes} HE LIKES ME? HE REALLY LIKES ME!!!
J/K Thanks Chuck!! And to all you that have voted! WE ALL APPRECIATE IT!!


I think he's just trying to be nice... I.. ah never mind....;)

[Foxy]

You better be nice TheMan... acoolmom has the large blunt object I gaver her!! LMBO

[bostonbaby]

I voted several times Foxy. I'll go back and vote again tomorrow.

[Rick Litton]

Foxy...Sharon and I along with "Noodles" just voted for her....
Good Luck!!! Rick Litton

[Foxy]

Thanks to you all that voted! If you would like more info or to subscribe to small paws newletter or to find a bichon to adopt you may do so here...
www.smallpawsrescue.org

[acoolmom777]

You better be nice TheMan... acoolmom has the large blunt object I gaver her!! LMBO


And I'm not afraid to use it...:D run "man" run...