She runs, she loves everyone she meets (cats, dogs, people), she jumps, she leaps, she whole-body-wiggles with excitement ... and she has a heart murmur.
This is Cordi and she came into a local shelter where it was determined she had a fairly severe heart murmur - making her not a candidate for adoption at a very busy shelter.
That's about as special needs as it gets!
The vet at the shelter said her heart murmur is a possible grade 3 or 4, but Cordi really needs an echo done to see what exactly is going on inside this poor girl. Enlarged heart? Defect? The congenital defect some pits can have that could be fixed surgically, if that's what it is.
Cordi is sweet, silly, lovable and just wants to run and play ... but her heart condition is limiting that ability right now. She's more tired than your average puppy and when she gets really excited, her chest feels like a cat purring because of how severe her heart murmur is.
Joa’s Arc is currently trying to raise $600 for Cordi to see a cardio specialist and have a full work up done to see how (if) we can help her live a better, more full life ... and hopefully be more adoptable!
We need the funds first though.
Cordi has so much life inside her and so much love to give - please consider donating to help Cordi's heart.
This sweet little girl came into a local shelter and it was determined she had a fairly severe heart murmur - making her not a very good candidate for adoption at a very busy shelter.
Cordi, as we're calling her, is sweet, silly, lovable and just wants to run and play ... but her heart condition is limiting that ability. She's more tired than your average puppy and when she gets really excited, her chest feels like a cat purring.
Joa’s Arc is currently trying to raise $600 for Cordi to see a cardio specialist and have a full work up done to see how (if) we can help her live a better, more full life ... and hopefully be more adoptable!
Cordi has so much love to give - please consider donating to help Cordi's heart.
Daphne has been adopted! She went home during the STAF Dog Walk event. Her mom is excited to have such a sweet little girl to love up, train (get her CGC!) and take around to be one awesome example of a bully.
"I would officially like to welcome Daphne to the BRPBR family!!! ~ Melissa"
The yard sale will be held Saturday Oct. 13 (rain date Sunday Oct. 14) from 9am - 2pm at 1509 Market Street, Gloucester City.
All proceeds go directly to the animals. Please come out and help the animals of Joa’s Arc.
If you have any items to donate to help the animals, please contact jmoyer4515@comcast.net
Sunday: the 2nd Annual STAF Day of Wine and Noses is Sunday, October 14th from noon - 5pm at Cedarvale Winery (Swedesboro, New Jersey 08085). Registration starts at 11:00am for the dog walk. Registration Fee is $10 per Adult (16 and over). Dogs and Kids (under 16 - must be accompanied by an adult) are free.
There will be a fun run or walk (whichever you prefer) around the fields of the Winery, pumpkin prizes, costume contents, wine tasting, Blessing of the Animals and lots of vendors. We are pleased that Rocky Digati has agreed to Sing for us again this year! So please come help us raise much needed funds to continue the STAF low cost spay/neuter programs.
Although the walk is for people and dogs, feel free to bring a PICTURE of your favorite feline, hamster, bunny, horse, guinea pig, goat, ferret, etc. or maybe a PICTURE of a pet that has passed on and walk in their memory/honor.
Joa’s Arc will have a table set up at the STAF walk/gathering and Daphne will be there for a bit as well. Stop by and wish our sweet girl luck (and lots of good behavior) in her new home - she's being adopted that same day!
3 years ago today, we announced the forming of Joa’s Arc and our mission to help special needs animals right here through this blog.
As you may or may not know, Joa’s Arc today is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, receives no government or public funding, and relies entirely on donations from the public to carry out our mission to assist special needs animals.
Joa’s Arc has no paid staff and plenty of animals in our care...
Like Tiffany who started out life in a home with about 200 other cats and very little attention, let alone affection. Because of this, Tiffany is extremely shy and needs a home with someone who will allow her to be herself and come around on her own terms. Sweet, silly Riley came into a local shelter with a leg wound. The wound has healed and now he's all purrs, energy and tail-wags for attention waiting for a home of his own. Oh, and adorable Fox. Who could resist this boy!? We're not sure and yet, he's still in need of an adopter.
Not to mention, Joa’s Arc has also been able to help place several animals directly from shelters into homes, Joa’s Arc has gotten other animals from local shelters into no-kill shelters or rescues when we haven't had the space ourselves and our girl Daphne is being adopted this weekend. She is a little pit puppy who was tossed from a car and had sustained a leg injury. She needed the care of an ortho specialist and Joa’s Arc got that for her.
Do you have some free time?
Can you make some free time?
We need your help!
We could use more fosters, volunteers (especially a Grant Writer) and someone willing to create a website for us.
Fostering is easy - just open your home to a furry friend. You can pick what kind of special need you have experience or interest in helping and some are as simple as socializing or recovering from surgery. You provide the food, water & love ... and let everyone know you have an extra-special animal up for adoption to help try to find that munchkin a home.
Volunteers are needed from everything to help with the animals, get updated photos, sit at events or share information about our group to get the word out there to help Joa’s Arc and the special needs animals in our care.
A grant writer would help us extremely right now by finding us the funds to continue to care for the animals that would usually be put to sleep in shelters before even being considered for adoption.
Although we have a blog, a website would be a huge help as well - somewhere people can find information on the animals we have available for adoption, easy access to a link to donate, how to care for them if they adopt or are interested in fostering, a list of resources of other groups that help special needs animals, etc.
We've been doing great work, we plan to continue to do great work for the special needs animals and your assistance means we can reach our hands out further. There is something that everyone can do! Just ask (or offer) :)
Finally, in case we don't say it enough - thank you!
A tea cup poodle with a broken leg (Cup of Joe) or a pit bull puppy with a fractured elbow (Daphne),
neurological cat (Nero) or a kitten with a birth defect (Nennee),
victim of cruelty (Valentine) or shut down from fear at the shelter (Beanie),
Joa’s Arc is willing to pay to help these beautiful little lives.
We have been able to do so much for so many animals ... and none of it would have been possible without your support. So, truly, thank you so very much for your kind words, donations, adoptions and unending support.
St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 212 N. Main St. Glassboro, will hold the Blessing of the Animals in honor of St. Francis of Assisi on Saturday, October 6 at 11:00AM. A brief service of blessing will take place on the front landing and ramp of the church. In the interest of safety for all pets please have your pet on a leash, in a pet carrier, cage or aquarium.
Monetary donations, as well as donations of dry pet food, toys, and clean towels will be collected at this service of blessing.
This year all donations will be given to Joa’s Arc. Joa’s Arc is a special needs rescue that takes the injured, impaired and medically needy animals out of shelters. Many of the animals that Joa’s Arc help would normally be euthanized due to their conditions and the lack of funding available for their care. Joa’s Arc believes that every animal is worth it. They have adopted out many animals that you might think no one would want - neurologically impaired cats, blind animals and broken limb animals. Some of their animals take longer to find homes, but eventually they do and the volunteers of Joa’s Arc is willing to wait for that perfect home to come along.
Joa’s Arc is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, receives no government or public funding, and relies entirely on donations from the public to carry out its mission to assist special needs animals. We have no paid staff.
