Sponsor Pawsitively Elgin

Become A Part of Our Story

We used to say, “they’re breeding them faster than we can rescue them”. . . and then the Pandemic hit. The situation happily changed during the lockdown months when pet adoptions boomed. Unfortunately that is no longer the case and rescues and shelters are struggling with still with a high volume of pet surrenders.

What’s making the situation worse are the backyard “breeders” (puppy mills) who are now unable to sell the puppies for the exorbitant fees they were charging during COVID. They are surrendering their “stock” to local Rescues as it is no longer worth their time. Rescues are teaming up to take in 60 dogs at a time, which requires finding foster families, having each dog checked out by a veterinarian and then spaying/ neutering. After that it’s using all their resources to get each dog adopted into their forever home. It all takes time, a lot of loving volunteers and even more money.

This is where we come in, and we hope you will join us. By becoming a sponsor at the Pawsitively Elgin Dog Festival, your sponsorship fees along with all the profits made from the event, go directly to Helping Paws Rescue and an annual gift donation to the St. Thomas Animal Shelter.