Animal Shelter Challenge THANK YOU!!

THANK YOU to everyone who voted for Maranatha Farm in The Animal Shelter Challenge!! The Challenge is now over and the final results will be released July 29th. I will post them as soon as I get them! :)

THANK YOU ALL!! Thank you to those of you who voted once or twice and to those who were faithful daily voters!!

Thank You to Karen and Dwane, Maranatha Farm founders, for their never ending compassion and for working tirelessly to make a difference in the lives of the animals in our area. Without Maranatha Farm, many animals would either be euthanized because their afflictions are deemed "too far gone" OR would wander around lowcountry streets until they starved to death, were hit by a car or worse.

I hope this Challenge will be a means to perhaps gain further ground next time. THANK YOU ALL!

Maranatha Farm Ranking Update!!

Hi Friends!!
There is less than a month to get Maranatha Farm to the top of the Animal Shelter Challenge Leader Board!!!!!!! LET'S GO!!!! Please pass the word on to family and friends, as the contest comes to an end, EVERY vote counts!!

~~~~RANKINGS~~~~
National--South Carolina
July 4th: #608--#13
June 28th: #687--#14
June 23rd: #746--#16
June 18th: #824--#18
June 6th: #1248--#28
May 28th: #1686--#39

Keep up the GREAT work by VOTING as much as possible!!!! The Grand Prize Winner will be announced at the end of July!!!

http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/shelterchallenge.faces

RELATED LINKS:
www.maranathafarm.org
http://www.blufftontoday.com/node/29123
http://www.blufftontoday.com/node/29202

Please remember Maranatha Farm is a small, private non-profit animal rescue run completely by volunteers. Maranatha Farm does NOT receive ANY money from federal, state or county agencies. Everything Maranatha Farm is able to accomplish is made possible by generous donations from the community!
Thank you SO much!!
~Jennifer~

Animal Shelter Challenge Ranking UPDATE!!

HI all!!!
THANKS to YOU for voting for Maranatha Farm!!!! We have zoomed up the rankings...Please continue to vote as much as possible!! THANK YOU!

~~~~RANKINGS~~~~
National--South Carolina
June 23rd: #746--#16 (woooohoooooo!!!!!!)
June 18th: #824--#18
June 6th: #1248--#28
May 28th: #1686--#39

WAHOOOOOOOOOO!!! Keep up the GREAT work by VOTING as much as possible!!!!
http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/shelterchallenge.faces

Please remember Maranatha Farm is a small, private non-profit animal rescue run completely by volunteers. Maranatha Farm does NOT receive ANY money from federal or state agencies. Everything Maranatha Farm is able to accomplish is made possible by generous donations from the community! To learn more please visit www.maranathafarm.org!

Animal Shelter Challenge Voting Reminder & Ranking UPDATE!!!

HI all!!!

THANKS to YOU for voting for Maranatha Farm!!!! Keep on voting until July 29th!!!!!

~~~~RANKINGS~~~~

National -- South Carolina
June 16th: #824--#18
June 6th: #1248--#28
May 28th: #1686--#39

WAHOOOOOOOOOO!!! Keep up the GREAT work by VOTING as much as possible!!!!

http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/shelterchallenge.faces

Animal Shelter Challenge Voting Reminder & Ranking UPDATE!!!

HI all!!! HAPPY FRIDAY!!!

THANKS to YOU for voting for Maranatha Farm!!!! We have zoomed up the rankings...Please continue to vote as much as possible!! THANK YOU! I apologize for the tardiness of the update but here it is!!!!

~~~~RANKINGS~~~~

National/South Carolina

June 6th: #1248/#28
May 28th: #1686/#39

WAHOOOOOOOOOO!!! Keep up the GREAT work by VOTING as much as possible!!!!

Have a great weekend!!

Voting Reminder!

The Animal Shelter Challenge is still on!! Please remember to vote daily for Maranatha Farm in SC!!!

Brigette was thrown from a moving vehicle with the intent of throwing her over the side of a major bridge. Brigette hit the guardrail and was terrified by the roar of four lanes of traffic. Brigette was rescued and had four major breaks in her hind leg. She has since found her forever home and will soon be out of her splint!

Buckshot was rescued because a volunteer heard his painful screams for help! Bucky was shot, by his owner, in his spine as a young puppy which caused paralysis in the bottom half of his back and his hind legs. A year and a half later, with lots of therapy, Bucky is on his way to recovery! He has started moving his back legs and trying to get footing to stand! In the meantime he will continue to use his wheelchair. With his wheels, Buckshot can do anything and always has a smile!

These two pups are the prime example of why we need to vote for Maranatha Farm!! So other handicapped or abused homeless animals have a chance to find their forever families!!

Let's go Maranatha Farm!!! To vote please go to http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/shelterchallenge.faces

To read more about Maranatha Farm go to www.maranathafarm.org !

Animal Shelter Challenge

Hello All! Here is something that is very close to my heart. I volunteer for a non-profit animal rescue organization in Ridgeland, SC called Maranatha Farm. As a matter of fact, my four legged baby, Phoenix, was rescued with the help of Maranatha Farm. To read more about Maranatha Farm please go to http://www.maranathafarm.org/!

~Phoenix~

TheAnimalRescueSite.com has partnered with Petfinder.com yet again to bring us The Animal Shelter Challenge!! The greatest thing about this grant is YOU choose who should receive it! :) More than 60 grants will be awarded for a total of $100,000 by the end of July 2009. I would REALLY like to see Maranatha Farm win a grant from The Animal Rescue Site but we need your help!

Participating is simple; all you have to do is VOTE for Maranatha Farm in Ridgeland, SC!!! PLEASE vote EVERY day!! EVERY vote counts!!

Please click on the link below...Search for "Maranatha" in "SC" and click vote for Maranatha Farm in Ridgeland, SC. Right now we are ranked at 60 in South Carolina. Let's see if we can move on up! Thank you for your support of Maranatha Farm.

http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/shelterchallenge.faces

(If you bookmark this link it'll be easier to vote EVERY DAY!!)

~DARLA, DARREN & DUKE~

Some of the newest faces of Maranatha Farm

On another note, THANK YOU for voting for Maranatha Farm in the Marke's Heating and Air Charity Challenge! I am happy to report that Maranatha Farm received April's $500 donation based on YOUR votes! But this does not mean that our work is done because Marke's will give the organization with the most votes at the end of the year an additional $500!! So keep on voting once per month at http://www.markesheatingandair.com/

THANK YOU ALL!!!

BBTB Contest Entry #2

I created this "Hello Friend" card as my second entry in the BBTB contest ending 4-19. I used the brown Cricut marker and the hello friend cut from the Tear Drop cartridge. This particular card was a lot of fun to make and I can't wait to send it out!

(Side view)

(Inside the card)

BBTB Contest Entry #1

I created this Thank You Card for the Bitten by the Bug contest ending April 19th. The requirements were to use at least one cricut cut and ribbon. I used the Cricut black marker and Tear Drop cartridge. I used the negative from the "thanks so much" cut and used the shadow blackout feature for the butterfly border. I used printed vellum on the top layer of the butterfly so that it would "flutter". On the inside of the card, I wanted to frame the text and give a little more visual interest. The blue flowers were perfect!