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Holiday Happenings with Rocket Dog Rescue

WHO: Rocket Dog Rescue

WHAT: An evening of holiday shopping and cheer - 5% of the proceeds go to helping RRR find forever homes for abandoned dogs.

WHEN: Saturday, December 4, 4pm to 9pm

WHERE: Design Quarter, 1478 Church Street, @ 27th Street, San Francisco.

What's more stylish than turning out for a good cause? And what better a cause than Rocket Dog Rescue? The hard working volunteers with RRR save our canine friends from death at overcrowded shelters. RRR provides each dog with all needed medical care and a foster home until a forever home is found. Since 2001 RRR has rescued over 4000 dogs. Way to go!

The evening will include cocktails, food, a raffle and shopping the fabulous home wares of Design Quarter (5% of all sales go to the dogs).

 

Kiehl's Helps Old Dogs Find New Homes

Last Saturday, Kiehl's on Fillmore Street hosted a unique pet adoption and fund raising event for Muttville Senior Dog Rescue, an organization that helps find homes for older dogs and provides hospice services for them. Throughout the week, every shopper who donated over $10 to Muttville took home complimentary Kiehl's samples.

As Kiehl's has a mission to improve the quality of the community in addition to providing fabulous skin and hair care products, the event helped raise over $1200 for Muttville Senior Dog Rescue, funds that will be much needed for food, shelter and veterinary care.

Rocket Dog Rescue Coolest Stuff on Earth Sale

 

Rocket Dog Rescue is having a big ol' sale this weekend, July 25 & 26th, with all proceeds helping dogs in need, like Sam. Little German Shephard puppy Sam was hit by a car and left in a ditch. He ended up in a shelter for two weeks with a dislocated hip and broken leg, ouch! But now, thanks to Rocket Dog Rescue he's getting care.

To continue helping Sam and others like him, RRR needs us. So hey, put this feel-good task on your To Do List.

Leave No Dog Behind - Rocket Dog Rescue at Cafe Flore

Come out and support the great works of Rocket Dog Rescue at Cafe Flore in San Francisco this Thursday. Enjoy Happy Hour specials, visit with oh-so-cute puppies, and partake in a super fab raffle. It's the perfect low-cost, great cause, fun event of the week!  

Leave No Dog Behind - Rocket Dog Rescue Mini-fundraiser, Thursday, May 21, 5pm-8pm at Cafe Flore, 2298 Market St. @ Noe.

Rocket Dog Rescue Fundraiser

It was a cold and blustery April evening in San Francisco but we were happily tucked inside Lovejoys Tea Room sipping elegant cups of hot tea at the Rocket Dog Rescue Fundraiser. Dog lovers of all types came out to support founder Pali Boucher and the amazing work she and her volunteers do to rescue homeless dogs and give them a second chance for a happy life.

Attendees enjoyed Lovejoys delicious vegetarian and vegan tea sandwiches, coleslaw and salad, as well as their to-die-for scones and clotted cream! Some lucky ones got a peek into the future with donated psychic readings by Rebecca Boyd from Celestial Celebrations. The silent auction offered treats for pet owners such as a beauty bash at Benefit Cosmetics. The sold out event brought in over $7000 and to top it all off, we got to meet Pali's BFF, Lightin' Hopkins (pictured above with Pali). 

For more information about Rocket Dog Rescue go to: http://www.rocketdogrescue.org/

For the Dogs - Rocket Dog Rescue Fundraiser - April 24

It's tough times for all of us, with people getting laid off and people losing their homes. The troubles trickle down, all the way down to our pets. Their masters no longer able to afford food and health care, once loved and pampered pets now find themselves in cold, lonely shelter cages.

But hey, there's something we can do to help! Come to the Rocket Dog Rescue special fundraiser on April 24, 6-8:30pm, at Lovejoy's Tea Room in San Francisco. Since 2001, Rocket Dog Rescue has been saving lives and finding new homes for homeless and abandoned dogs. In these challenging times, they need our help now more than ever. Come on out and enjoy a unique evening of entertainment including palm readings and a silent auction, as well as a high tea inspired dinner - vegan and vegetarian. All this plus helping the dogs? There's nothing more fabulous!

Rocket Dog Rescue Fundraiser, April 24, 6-8:30 pm, Lovejoys Tea Room, San Francisco. For tickets and more information: rocketdogrescue.org

Petchitecture Goes Green for PAWS Friday in Union Square

For pet lovers, foodies, and architecture fans, tomorrow night at the Westin St. Francis Hotel in Union Square (SF) from 7-11pm, the Pets Are Wonderful Support (PAWS) organization is hosting a fundraiser, "Petchitecture Goes Green," where "leading architects and designers use the best in renewable resources to create custom pet habitats that are yours for the bidding." Cool. Cocktails, live and silent auction accompany the nibbles. PAWS is a "volunteer-based organization that provides for the comprehensive needs of companion animals for low-income persons with HIV/AIDS and other disabling illnesses." Dogs on leashes are welcome at the event, and tickets start at $150/person.

Art for Animals Auction

The Humane Society of the United States has done some incredible work over the years, not the least of which includes saving hundreds of animals during the Hurricane Katrina aftermath. As a fundraiser to continue their work, they are holding an Art for Animals auction event online and offline including well-known artists: Dali, Chagall, Warhol, Picasso, Erickson, Grillo, Berggruen and De Kooning. Photographers are also participating.

The online auction ends tomorrow and the live and in-person silent auction will take place at the Weinstein Gallery, 301 Geary Street (@ Powell) Wednesday night from 6-8:30pm in San Francisco. To attend in person (space is limited), email rsvp(at)humanesociety.org for a $75 ticket or pay $100 at the door. Bid now and you might save a puppy or kitten.

Pets Unlimited Carnival of the Animals on Sunday

Pets Unlimited is holding a benefit concert and art sale this Sunday, Oct. 14, at the San Francisco War Memorial Veterens Building. The Art show and sale begins in the Green Room at 1pm and the concert, Carnival of the Animals, conducted by George Daugherty and including musicians from the San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Opera Orchestra, San Francisco Ballet Orchestra and London Symphony Orchestra, narrated by Amy Tan, starts at 3pm in the Herbst Theater.

Pets Unlimited does wonderful animal rescue work and they also have an emergency veterinary hospital. They need private donations to continue their great work. Tickets can be ordered at City Box Office, 415-392-4400 or via the City Box Office web site.

Five Designers & A Poodle Fashion Show at Mezzanine in SF Thursday

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society are hosting their third annual fashion show, "Five Designers and a Poodle", Thursday (June 21) at Mezzanine, 444 Jessie Street. The show features Colleen Quen, Rachel Roy, Bacca Da Silva, Simayof and "many more". VIP Reception begins at 6:30 and main event starts at 7:30, lasting until 1a.m.

General admission of $75 includes wine, food, fashion show, silent auction, and dancing. VIP reception tickets for $125/person include goody bags and more food options. Supposedly 100% of the proceeds go to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (that's nearly unheard-of for nonprofit fundraising events.) To get tickets, call 415-989-0230 or email info[at]hathawaypr.com. (Cross-posted at sairy.com.)

Paws for Style Online Auction Via EBay

This week, through June 21st, The Humane Society of New York is hosting an online auction on eBay for their 8th annual Paws for Style event, "Where dogs take over the cat walk". Proceeds from the online auction items will go to helping rescue animals in New York City. This is part of eBay's Giving Works program. Items for sale include a Tory Burch headband and some adorable pet fashions.