6 thoughts on “Tokens for Bags® Charities Spring 2017”

1. My email is to let you know about our rescue organization and ask you to consider adding us to your list of token charities in Austin. Love & Cuddles Pet Respite Care is a short-term pet foster home program run by Catnip Casa Cat Refuge, an Austin, Texas based 501(c)(3) nonprofit. We are a Gold rated charity on GuideStar. You might have heard about us at Snout by Snoutwest, Lofty Dog, Southpaws, or Tomlinson’s. We are building a really good base of community support and want to continue to spread the message about this need.

   Right now, there are very few resources to address the needs of seniors, disabled individuals, veterans, or other disadvantaged pet owners who love their pets and provide a good home—they just have limited resources. For many of these loving owners, the difficult circumstanced they face didn’t exist 5 10, or 15 years ago. Their pet may now be their only family and companionship. We are all aware of the benefits of pet therapy dogs, service dogs, and emotional support animals of any species. We needed to come up with a program that is a win-win to save a pet and save a family.

   Caseworkers told us that their clients avoid medical care to protect their pets. When there is a crisis and the pet is given up due to lack of family support or resources, the person doesn’t do well. They experience grief and guilt that compromise their treatment. Then, they come home to an empty house only to suffer further from more grief and guilt, which sometimes leads to depression. Often the pets are loyal seniors too and do not do well in a loud, busy, sterile kennel or clinic setting. The person is right to be concerned that their pet may not make it out a live—not even in our wonderful no-kill city. These pets need short-term foster care until they can go home. This program takes the burden off of shelters too, allowing them to focus their services on truly homeless pets.

   Love & Cuddles Pet Respite Care serves elderly, disabled, and disadvantage pet owners and their pets. We keep pets out of shelters when the owners are hospitalized. We partner with community service organizations, such as the Meals on Wheels PALS program—our primary community partner, to keep dogs and cats with their family and reduce the burden on local shelters. These pets have a home and do not belong in a shelter. They simply need a temporary place to stay until the owner gets well.

   We recently compiled a small book about some of the clients to tell their stories. Meet our Love & Cuddles Pet Respite Care guests and read their stories at the link on the website home page.

   Our parent organization, Catnip Casa Cat Refuge, provides rehabilitation and pawspice care to senior and disabled cats. We also facilitate and support TNR programs for community cats.

   Thank you for your time. Please let me know if you have any questions.

   Sincerely,

   Penny

   Penny J Leisch
   President
   602-738-5568

   https://www.loveandcuddlespetrespitecare.org
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   1. Hi Penny,

      Thanks for contacting us. We recently selected a new round of charities to benefit from our Tokens For Bags program, but we will next be selecting new charities for the program around May of this year. I’ll forward your information along to our Austin store. If they’re interested, they’ll reach out to you a little closer to May. Let me know if you have any further questions!

      Best,

      Jessica

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2. Hi Jessica, will you please send me a package so I can submit our charity for your support? My email is:
   Gina@aplaceforpeanut.com Houston Texas

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   1. Hi Gina,

      To be considered as a recipient of our Tokens for Bags program, I recommend getting in touch with the Store Manager at your local Houston Buffalo Exchange. Stop by 2901 S Shepherd Dr or give them a call at 713-523-8893. Let me know if you have any further questions!

      Best,

      Jessica

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3. Hi there,

   I have some used clothes, quilt and blanket wanna resell. Do you recycle all those and what the price for it?

   Thanks,

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   1. Hi Ryan!

      We buy adult-sized men’s and women’s clothing, shoes and accessories, but not housewares like quilts and blankets. We have to see all items in person before we can say whether or not we would take them and how much we could price them for, so I recommend bringing your cleanout down to your local Buffalo Exchange along with a government-issued ID. For anything we’re able to take, your buyer will assign it a selling price and you’ll receive 30% of that in cash or 50% in store trade. Hope to see you soon!

      Best,

      Jessica

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