Handi-Capable Fundraiser

This awesome design is a must have ... and you're helping us help them with your purchase!

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Dory's Next Step

As many of your know, our girl Dory sustained some type of injury before she was found that lead to her one hind foot falling off the day before Joa's Arc rescued her. Between this injury, the loss of her foot and her swimmer's condition, Dory's body has been in an odd position to compensate ... causing her spine to become bit twisted (basically, she has developed scoliosis).

Though Dory's been doing AMAZINGLY well with physical therapy, hydrotherapy, laser treatments for the wound where her foot was and time in her cart to get her body use to being upright, her medical team feels the best scenario for her to truly recover will require a prosthetic. Everyone feels Dory would be standing on her own by now if she had four feet to stand on... and that her spine would align properly again with four feet holding her up. So, we are excited to share with you that Miss Dory is going to have a consult tomorrow to see if a prosthetic is possible! We are hopeful (since Dory is still young & developing) that a prosthetic would allow Dory to bear weight as her body should and so help her back re-align its self properly.

Please keep Dory in your thoughts - that we get a good report and are headed in the right direction with this for a more comfortable life ahead! We will of course keep you posted on our super girl!

In the mean time, make sure to check out and like her personal page here: https://www.facebook.com/DoryTheSwimmerPuppy/

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JOA'S ARC FUNDRAISER! PLEASE SHOP AND SHARE!!

Christmas is my favorite holiday. Not just the day but the season itself. One of the things that I must have is a wreath. This year I will be buying mine from Lynch Creek who will in turn give 20% of my purchase to Joa's Arc. Wreaths, centerpieces and more! Get your holiday decorating started here. Please SHARE - https://www.lynchcreekfundraising.com/f/182809

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Logo T-Shirt Fundraiser

We are using our to raise funds for our medical expenses for our special needs animals...

Check out our fundraiser here!

Please consider purchasing one (or two or three!) to support Joa's Arc Special Needs Animal Rescue and wear it proudly to help bring awareness that special needs animals deserve a chance!

All sizes available and they will be shipped directly to you. These shirts are available online only for a limited time, so make sure to order yours quick.

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#GivingTuesday

Today is ‪#‎GivingTuesday‬! After the craziness of Black Friday & Cyber Monday, become part of the ‪#‎unselfie‬ movement by making a donation to Joa's Arc today, please.

PayPal: JoasArc@gmail.com
OR
Snail Mail: PO Box 243, Audubon, NJ 08106

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TShirt Fundraiser

Hi, friends!

Joa's Arc is doing another t-shirt fundraiser featuring Roary, Daphne, Bug A Boo and Nitra:

We need to sell at least 50 shirts (in this blue pictured OR green) by August 6th in order for the company to print these for us.

Special needs is our favorite breed and most likely yours too. So make sure to get yours here ASAP: http://www.booster.com/4specialpets2

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Nitra Update

Little Miss Nitra did wonderful today when she had her evaluation with Dr. Vygantas at NorthStar Vets.

Nitra's surgery is scheduled at NorthStar on October 9th and we are hoping to get her spayed at the same time. Please consider donating to Joa's Arc to help with our medical bills. Without you, we can't help them...

Post by Joa's Arc.

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In Need of Hand-Made Goods

Joa's Arc will be attending the Cranberry Festival in Chatsworth, NJ again this year on October 18th and 19th. We can only sell homemade items though, so if you are crafty and would like to donate some of your items to help our special needs animals, please contact us! You don't have to send a lot - even just a few will make us smile!

Please feel free to share with any crafty friends you have too.

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Pets Supplies Plus Marlton

The awesome staff at Pets Supplies Plus Marlton has been working tirelessly to get donations for Joa's Arc this month and we cannot thank them enough... We have picked up several carts filled with donations for the special critters in our care.

A great, BIG thank you to everyone who has shopped, dropped off and donated - thank you for being so generous!

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Wash in the Park

Bug a Boo (the Hydrocephalus kitty) and Daphne out and about with their foster parents at PETSAVER's Wash in the Park.

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Save the Dates

Save the dates below to attend & support Joa's Arc...

Wednesday, April 30th:
(another) trail date for Justice for Max - if you're available, feel free to take a seat to show support at 1:30 p.m. at Winslow Township Municipal Court, 125 South Route 73 Braddock, NJ 08037-9422

Sunday, May 4th, 1 - 5p:
"Paws for a Cause" at Residence Inn in Deptford - Joa's Arc will be there to raise awareness for local special needs animals

Saturday, May 31st:
Rock 4 Paws - a fun, outside, music event we'll be a part of this year!

Tuesday, June 3rd:
Elwood's Scholarship Fun-Raiser - Elwood was such a big supporter of our work and rescue animals since he was one himself. Joa's Arc feels privileged to hold this fundraiser in his honor for his memorial scholarship fund.

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National Feral Cat Day Event

As stated last year, there's another type of "special needs" pet that can't exactly be adopted, but still needs love & care (and sterilization!) just like any other pet of ours - feral cats.

3 weeks from now is National Feral Cat Day and Joa's Arc is taking part in a fun event: dine to donate - that's right, eat and donate to our good cause.

On Wednesday, October 16th, the Apple Bee's in Audubon, NJ, will be donating 10% of the receipts paid for with a flyer handed in with it. We will be splitting the funds with another great group, Pet Savers, who will be using the funds just like us - to make a difference for local feral cats through sterilization and education of their communities.

Head on over to this website to print out the flyer necessary to "Dine2Donate": flyer available here.

We'll see you there! :)

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EVENT: Sunday, 07/21/2013

Another fun event is coming up next weekend for Joa’s Arc. This event is held by Pet Savers and it's their annual "Wash in the Park"

Dog Wash (which includes nail trimming) is only $20 and microchipping is available on site that day for $25. There will be an appearance by Hercules, “Poopie Bingo” for a $10 donation, tons of vendors, a lot of food, pets & people!

Joa’s Arc will have our table with information there hoping to raise funds for our special pets while also helping to educate the public about how wonderful these unique animals really are.

The event will be at James Atkinson Park, 138 Bethel Mill Road, Sewell, NJ from noon – 4pm, Sunday July 21st.

Don't forget, tomorrow, Saturday 7/13, Joa’s Arc will be at Clayton Veterinary Associates' Bark-B-Que. Remember, the group that raises the most donations at the event will be given a matching donation by Clayton Veterinary Associates - help make Joa’s Arc that group tomorrow by coming out, saying hi and giving a donation - every dollar helps!

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Forever loved...

It is with a very heavy heart that we post the little cleft palate puppy Joa’s Arc rescued earlier this week has passed away.

He was a little lethargic yesterday, but got fluids and never stopped eating when fed. Unfortunately, this morning, he passed away with Chrissy loving him to the last minute.

In full disclosure, our puppy was one of 7 pups that someone decided to breed to make a profit off of. As of today, 3 of the 7 puppies that were born alive have died, so the odds were definitely against our little guy. Because of his cleft palate, our little guy was also deprived of nutrition the first 24 hours of life and although he was in the great hands of our friends, Chrissy, those first few hours of life are literally make or break for completely healthy puppies. With his cleft palate, it is also entirely possible that he had other defects as well - when a animal presents with one deformity, their chances of others (cardiac, neurological and respiratory) are very high. We'll never know for sure what it was (or if it was just all of it stacked up) that caused us to lose him...

What we do know is that Chrissy gave him the best chance he could have had, we know that he knew love and comfort in his short life and that Joa’s Arc was willing to rescue him, love him & give him a chance.

Thank you, Chrissy, for your time, dedication, love and risking this heartache. We love you to pieces for everything you did for him.

Thank you to everyone that has kept our little guy in their thoughts and prayers... I am sure that your efforts allowed him to feel every bit of those well wishes, prayers and love even as he crossed.

July 1, 2013 - July 6, 2013
R.I.P. little baby

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EVENT: Saturday, 07/13/2013

  Clayton Veterinary Associates is having a Bark-B-Que on Saturday July 13 from 11am-3pm (rain or shine) and they've invited us to join them.

Joa’s Arc can’t wait to be part of this event coming up next weekend and we'd love to see you there! We will have a table with information, former broken-heart Cordi will hopefully be there with us and our volunteers are hoping to raise donations for the special pets in our care like Pip, Lucas and our new little cleft palate puppy.

Leashed, well behaved dogs are welcome, a pet photographer will be there, lots of other pet rescue organzations will be there with info & adoptable animals, costume contest, tour the clinic, prizes, samples, drawings, snacks ... and the rescue/organization that receives the most donations during the event gets a matching donation from CVA!!! Think you can help make Joa’s Arc that group??

Looking forward to seeing you there, friends!

directions to the event click here

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Volunteer Opportunities!

Joa’s Arc needs your help to help the animals.

We get emails every day about local animals in need. Anything from a bit shy to injuries that will more easily become infected in a shelter or conditions staff cannot properly handle in overly crowded shelters. Kitten season is now here, making space even more of an issue. These special animals barely have a chance...

Joa’s Arc needs foster homes for dogs and cats - expenses paid by Joa’s Arc and we're here to help with any questions you might have as well.

Unable to foster? That's ok!

- Hold a bake sale.
- Find us community events to attend to spread the word about our work with the animals.
- Help us table events.
- Collect cat and dog food.
- Share our wish list.
- Hold a yard sale to benefit Joa’s Arc.

Have ideas for a fundraiser? Please share it with us. There are so many ways to help!

Contact: joasarc@gmail.com

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Easter Egg Hunt

On a windy, somewhat cloudy Saturday, Jen W of Joa’s Arc set out to attend a local Easter Egg Hunt and event to benefit the Princess Buttercup Foundation. She just took a small table with the plan of mostly handing out information to those that stopped by her table and socializing with the other groups attending (like our buddies/Daphne's adopter's group Bella-Reed Pit Bull Rescue). What an absolutely nice day it ended up being though ... lots of visitors, lots of kind people asking questions and lots of friends stopping by too.

One of those special friends was Elwood! Elwood and his mom, Karen, stopped by after meeting with a new friend at a local vet clinic's Easter Bunny photo-op day. The pair got to see Cordi (oh yes, she visited too - see below) and some of their friends at other local rescues too. They're such great company! Unfortunately, it was pretty chilly out for little Elwood and his time there was limited, but we're fortunate for any time with our retired friend, Elwood.

And our very own Cordi took home a ribbon from the event too - 2nd place! (Note: Don't mind the stuff on her face - it's just a different type of halter to help her walk well on a leash since otherwise she's such a complete loon.)

Cordi and her deaf sister, Bella, arrived with their folks completely prepared in Easter outfits! I think they all had an excellent time educating people on special needs pets, doing the Easter egg hunt, getting pictures with the Easter bunny and hanging out at the Joa’s Arc table.

It was wonderful to see how well Cordi is doing now - so well behaved and sweet. She's such an incredible example of all the good things you help Joa’s Arc accomplish. Cordi would absolutely not still be alive now if it weren't for your care and your help getting her the surgery she needed.

Thank you to all our friends who came out to visit with us yesterday and participating in the fun (but very windy) day! We appreciate all of you.

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This is what we do!

Cordi is a dog that a shelter would have put to sleep not long after arriving at shelter at 3 months of age with a severe heart murmur - so severe than just spaying her would most likely result in her death.

Cordi is a dog born with a heart defect so severe, 2 specialists (one in PA, one from DE) said it was the worst they had seen and surgery ASAP was the only option for her to see more than a month more of life ... but they also said surgery was maybe too expensive to consider for a mixed breed shelter dog that didn't belong to anyone.

This is a photo of Cordi tonight.

Two months after getting the life-saving surgery (balloon-inflation on her heart valve to open it correctly) Joa’s Arc & our supporters got for her, Cordi is a dog who is happy, healthy and friendly with a beagle she is greeting at the vet's office tonight. Although Cordi will require meds the rest of her life, she has a life ahead of her!!

This is what Joa’s Arc does ... because of your support!!!!!!!!

Please help us, help them by donating.

Snail Mail address:
PO Box 243
Audubon, NJ 08106

PayPal email: joasarc@gmail.com

Online Fundraiser here

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Help Cordi's Heart

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.

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Need Plans this Weekend?

Saturday: Yard Sale to benefit Joa’s Arc.

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!

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