WAGGIN TAILS OCTOBER 2026(HOLIDAY NEWSLETTER)

ADOPT A SHELTER MONTH

COLUMBUS DAY

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Dear Friends and Members:

We are again in the Holiday Season. The year passes so

quickly. There are so many worthy organizations that we must

compete with, that I start early. There is such a great need for

funds. This summer, with inflation so high, donations are

unfortunately, considerably down. The stores are showing

Christmas, and Hanukkah and it is not even Halloween. We are

hoping that you might make a Holiday Donation early. It will

still be a tax-deductible contribution. Since the stores are saying

that it is gift time, please put us on your list in the name of all

the animals that we help.

There are many religions, and cultures that celebrate

Holidays this time of year, besides Christmas and Hanukkah.

So, from Save our Strays and the strays, may we wish you one

and all a Happy, Healthy Holiday Season.

This newsletter goes out to everyone on our mailing list.

Adam, Eve and Sponsor-A-Stray contributors, as well as our

yearly donators. We hope that those of you who are not Adam,

Eve or Sponsor-A-Stray members, would hopefully, join our

programs. These pledges let us know just what we can, and

cannot do. We help the strays through your donations. We are

YOU. We have enclosed a contribution envelope for your

convenience, and an Adam, Eve and Sponsor-A-Stray member

form.

We are still extremely active in New York, and Florida

and we are growing in our work in South and North Carolina.

We try to help anyone who has reached out to us for advice.

Medical help, and food depends on funds available.

As many of you know, we received a bequest from the

Estate of Janet Salz. At the time in 2015, it was considered to be

a large amount, and we are grateful and thankful for this gift.

As large as it is, $100,000, divided by 12 = $8,3333.33 a month.

The problem is that the veterinarians, because of the economy

and their expenses, charge us 25% or much higher. We don’t

treat an animal as a price tag. If we can save a life, and pay

$700, we pay for it. Many animals come to us in bad condition.

We take into consideration age and outcome, do we have a place

to hold the animal during treatment, is it adoptable or if not,

after treatment they have a colony with "eyes” on them through

the Rescuers and Feeders. The person who rescues them,

usually provides the holding home. We do not have any facilities

to do this.

If you as a person go to a doctor without Insurance, it is

very costly. The only Insurance the strays have IS YOU. It

sounds like a great deal of money, but it can equal 10-15 strays

a month, depending on veterinary costs. Please help us continue

to treat our Furbabies. The more donations we get, the more

strays we can help.

About our Rescuers:

We started as a grass roots organization 58 years ago,

and we are still a grass roots organization. What does this

mean? It means that we are still helping Rescuers that spent all

their own funds to help the strays. We supplement them. They

watch the colonies, and bring the sick, and hurt ones to our

veterinarians, the cost of which we cover. They couldn’t afford

to take care of the strays to the extent that they do without YOU

our contributors, and Save Our Strays being here. We are a

team, and in order for us to stay here we need YOU.

Please read our Rescue Stories. We juggle our budget as

much as we can. Sometimes go over our allotted funds, and we

try to adjust for the needs of the strays. Everything depends on

the needs of the strays. We spend every dollar on the strays. No

Director receives any compensation. Please help us to continue

to help the strays.

Have a wonderful, Happy and Healthy Holiday Season.

Each stray that is helped is a blessing, for all of us and the

strays.