Overcoming Pandemic Struggles
11 Jan

Overcoming Pandemic Struggles

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2021 was the year of overcoming at 1 FUR 1 Foundation. In the second year of the pandemic, we felt the shock wear of and anxiety set in. We experienced many ups and downs but survived it all. We are still standing, ready to deliver on our mission for another year.

Most of the challenges we tackled in the past year were COVID related;

  • 1 FUR 1 events and fundraisers came to a screeching haul as the pandemic drained our resources and volunteerism dipped again.
  • Our very own founding member, Ripley is retiring therefore our ambassador program is suspended until further notice.
  • Tragedy struck our SoCal partner, Melisa, who lost her son in car accident which forced operations to be suspended since April. Supporting her through the grieving process will continue to be our objective in the coming year.
  • Our Southeast partner, Nancy, was deployed overseas for over six month out of the year. Even though operations were suspended during that time, we’re happy she came back home safely without any injuries.
  • We lost our Midwest partner, Tricia, who dissolved nonprofit operations since the public school system wasn’t active for the second year in a row. We send warm wishes to all of the 16 therapy dog teams who have been sidelined by this pandemic and applaud their efforts over the years which impacted the lives of over 11,600 students with emotional and physical disabilities.

The silver lining is always there and we always look for it. So here is a list of our 2022 highlights:

As we collect the impact data for 2022 and summarize our performance we want to take a moment and THANK our donors who unable us to help others. These special people make the #1fur1impact a reality.

  • Dani Nicols
  • John Malone,
  • Christina Mihailova
  • Laura Lazet
  • Ira DB
  • Margaret Breen
  • Erin Neal
  • Colette Sachs
  • Alicia Axtell
  • Corinne Snider
  • Will Stolarski
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