Painting with a Twist in Broadlands Center Plaza, Ashburn hosted an event for HSLC last Sunday. Everyone who came got to paint a picture of one of their pets by providing a photo to the talented artists who sketched an outline on the canvas and then helped everyone create a unique piece of artwork.
https://paintingwithatwist.com/studio/ashburn
Thank you to Painting with a Twist and everyone who came out to support us and have a great time.
The Dulles 28 Target recently donated over 900 lbs of pet food to the Loudoun Pet Pantry (LPP)! 
Diane Kendall with the Reston Bible Church Food Pantry contacted HSLC about this surplus of food and helped us go over to pick it all up. We were able to share some of the dog food not eligible for LPP with Virginia German Shepherd Rescue and some of the cat food will help to feed fosters and community cats.
Community involvement is an essential component of the No Kill Equation and HSLC is so grateful to be able to partner with such a compassionate community.
These 2 cuties and their mama were just rescued from a kill shelter in WV, and arrived yesterday. They went for their 1st vet appointment today. They are all doing well except that mama seems to be having trouble producing milk.
The kittens are 4 weeks old and may need some supplemental feeding for a few days until mom starts producing again. We are going to try and start the kittens on wet food mixed with kitten formula since they are old enough to start learning how to eat on their own.
We desperately need kitten fosters to help with families like this, as well as the kittens we get from our local TNR program.
If you would like to foster kittens for us, you can fill out the foster application.
To get more info on fostering, email us at helpanimals@humaneloudoun.org
On Sunday, Sept 10th Blackfinn Ameribub in Ashburn partnered with us to host Kickoff for a Cause to celebrate the beginning of Sunday football season and raise funds for HSLC. There were food and drink specials, raffle baskets, door prizes, and dogs.
Raffle basket winners did not have to be present to win so we caught up with Kelly the day after to deliver the wine basket she won. Thank you to everyone who came out to support HSLC and enjoy some fo
otball – even if Washington did not win 🙁
As an added bonus, our newest dog, Farris, met his potential forever family who submitted an adoption application for him! He came from a crowded shelter in Southern Virginia and had only been with us a couple of days!
Have you ever considered helping dogs like Farris find their forever homes? We are really in need of foster homes for animals. Because we do not have a physical shelter, we have to have a foster available to accept animals into our programs, especially dogs. Contact us at helpanimals@humaneloudoun.org for more information.
HSLC celebrated our volunteers at an event held at The V Eatery & Brewhouse in Ashburn on the evening of November 30th. Fun, food, and friends helping us help animals.
Door prizes, libations, silly photos, and cake!
What more is there to life?
Thank You! You all make a difference!
Spanky’s Pub in Leesburg hosted a pet supplies drive on Aug 30th to collect items for A Forever Home Rescue Foundation who delivered them down to Houston to benefit the animals affected by Hurricane Harvey. The Humane Society of Loudoun County dropped off an SUV load of food and pet supplies to the event. Among the items dropped off were pet beds, food/water bowls, towels, collars and leashes, animal cages, and excess food supplies.
HSLC accepts donations of anything animal related (new, used, open, and expired). Through our partnership with Loudoun County Animal Services (LCAS) and Loudoun Hunger Relief (LHR), unexpired, unopened dog and cat food that meet proper criteria goes to the Loudoun Pet Pantry. Other things that cannot be used by HSLC are shared with other rescues to benefit homeless animals in Loudoun County and surrounding areas, including VA German Shepherd Rescue and Wildlife Veterinary Care.
Donation bins are located in businesses around the county. For more information and donation bin locations visit https://humaneloudoun.org/what-we-do/the-loudoun-pet-pantry-lpp/
Wondering how you can help animals affected by Hurricane Harvey? Here are some of the organizations that are either in the area rescuing or planning to take in animals from the area.
Austin Pets Alive https://www.austinpetsalive.org/
Dallas Animal Services http://dallascityhall.com/…/dallas-anima…/Pages/default.aspx
ASPCA of Texas https://www.spca.org/
Wings of Rescue https://www.wingsofrescue.org/donate/
Humane Society of Northern Texas https://www.hsnt.org/
Our Fall Fundraiser, Tails & Ales, will be held on October 22, 2017 at Black Walnut Brewery in downtown Leesburg. This family-friendly event will be from noon to 4 pm in and around the Brewery located at 210 South King Street with live music. Black Walnut Brewery
There will be Family Feud games and 4 kid game stations set up on the back patio and parking lot, prizes will be awarded. A dog & cat photo contest will decide the kings and queens of each to ride with us at the annual Leesburg Halloween Parade – for the safety and comfort of the cats, only their photos will ride in the parade 🙂
Inside there will be raffle baskets and silent auction items for everyone to bid on. With the purchase of an event ticket adults will get $1 off all beers and a door prize ticket. Soft drinks and water are available for children and we hope to have a food truck there. Hourly door prizes drawings.
Save the date! More information to come.
Being a Foster can sometimes give you a unique viewpoint. And sometimes it just gives you views of cute backsides.
Fosters Spike and Theo love hanging out and playing with their big brother Marshall. They are having a blast running around the back yard together and having massive play sessions.
Marshall is a rescue dog himself, so he likes to Pay It Forward to show how grateful he is for being rescued. Marshall helps shy or scared foster siblings learn how to be more confident and how to play and have fun and how to just be a goofy and happy dog.
- If you have a sweet and wonderful dog that would make a great role model for foster siblings, you should consider fostering.
- If you have laid back cats that like to hang out with other cats and dogs, you should consider fostering.
- If you’d like to help your kids learn how to give back and how rewarding it is to volunteer, you should consider fostering.
- If you’d like to help SAVE LIVES, you should consider fostering.