For sure we couldn’t end this year without updating you on the progress made at Shadow’s Rest.
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Just last year we set out – embarking on a dream. To take an old run down farmhouse and build a home for our elderly and special needs dogs. Month by month we have watched in amazement – this dream slowly become a reality for the dogs in our care.  Truly a labor of love, and now at 95% complete, we stand back to call it nothing short of amazing!
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Now this Christmas, LadyBug, Knuckles, Moses, LeRoy, Cookie, Blackie & Spot call it home.
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More will be coming in once these little ones get settled and used to their new surroundings. From the kennels to a warm and cozy home of their very own, where they can come and go as they please, we have never seen so many smiling faces and wagging tails. Thank you Loraine for helping make this dream come true for our rescued dogs through all your love & support.
♥Special thanks to those that came and donated their time and painting skills, to those that bought Bingo tickets, sold Tshirts, parked cars, made a quilt, raffled an Auburn Football, ordered a brick and most of all to our wonderful kind donor who matched
gifts to Shadow’s Rest.
You made this possible!
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Please watch the following short video – come inside Shadow’s Rest –  and meet these elderly dogs and see them in their new home.
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Merry Christmas & Thank you!!!
Larry & Loraine
& all the little ones of Shadow’s Rest!
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Special thanks to our wonderful volunteers who came and decorated Shadow’s Rest for us. They did an awesome job, and what a wonderful surprise!
It has been many years since we’ve been able to have a tree!
As we round the corner and come into the home stretch of our most urgent of projects, our Shadow’s Rest home for our elderly and special needs dogs, we wanted to bring you up to date on the progress we have been making.
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Thanks to your generosity and support, Brick orders, and recent Kozy Quilt Fundraiser, the Septic System is now in place, the final  A/C-Heating Unit has been installed and the last of the insulation is being installed in the attic. Everything is coming together nicely and Shadow’s Rest is certainly looking
so beautiful and more than we ever dreamed possible!
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The final stages will be the flooring, plumbing fixtures, cabinets and appliances. As we have been getting bids and prices on these we have come to sadly realize that these last items are our most expensive and will be the things that will have to wait for now. We have gone ahead and had the flooring installed in the Doggie Room making this room almost complete, so our elderly can move in soon.
We are hoping, and earnestly praying that a miracle will happen this Holiday Season and we can make it over that finish line and complete Shadow’s Rest for our special needs dogs, like Chip (bone cancer), Patch (age 15, our eldest resident) who now needs a wheelchair, Goldie who is blind and many other deserving elderly residents of Rescue K911.
If you would like to order a brick to go in Shadow’s Walk of Friends, you will find the brick order form here.
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Thank you for helping the homeless and for helping us build Shadow’s Rest.
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Larry & Loraine & all the little ones of Rescue K911
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PS. Special thanks go out to Mary Jo Giffin, the winner of the Kozy K9 Quilt. In her kindness Mary Jo donated the quilt back to Rescue K911 with the stipulation that it hang in Shadow’s Rest. Thank you Mary Jo, we have picked the perfect place, and the Kozy K9 Quilt will indeed hang in the Doggie Room for all to enjoy.
Just in time for cooler temps and late night football games, we are proud to offer these beautiful long sleeve Shadow’s Rest T-shirts.
The T-shirts come in Heather Grey and feature our new Shadow’s Rest Logo. All proceeds go to help construction of our Shadow’s Rest Home for elderly and special needs dogs.
Order yours today…Small, Medium, Large, XLarge & 2XLarge. – $25.00
(An image of Shadow herself graces the front pocket)
If you have ordered a brick we invite you to watch this little video tour of our current Shadow’s Walk of Friends. These bricks included are our first two orders. We have two more orders currently being engraved.
If you haven’t gotten your order in yet, please contact us, or see the order form below.
 It is hard to believe that it has been a year since we started our Shadow’s Rest building project. Month by month it has been nothing short of amazing to watch the transformation of this 100 year old vacant farmhouse into something so wonderful for the rescue dogs in our care. Your love, support and faith in us has made all the difference, turning this dream and home into a reality for our elderly and special needs dogs.
From the foundation to the rooftop – every part of Shadow’s Rest has been rebuilt and renewed. We are now 80% complete and that homestretch lap is getting closer
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So much love and donated labor, blood, sweat and tears have already gone into building Shadow’s Rest, we know we will make it to completion. It would sure be wonderful to have our elderly dogs tucked inside before another cold winter arrives and to have Shadow’s Rest complete before year-end.
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Thank you dear ones for all your help and for reaching out to help us with this most important project.
This weekend construction began on our pathway of individualized bricks leading from the drive-way to the front steps of Shadow’s Rest.  How heartwarming it has been to see your brick become a special and endearing part of Shadow’s Rest.  Whether engraved in memory of your family members, beloved pets, in honor of someone special, to mark a milestone, special event or even club –  a forever remembrance to those that are helping us to build this home for our elderly and special needs dogs.
Thank you so very much for helping us in such a special way!
Shadow's Walk of Friends
We are hoping that the sale of these bricks will help us bring Shadow’s Rest closer to completion.
We have received over 60 brick orders so far but am needing many
more orders to make our walkway complete.
Can you please help us today??
If you would like, please click on the order form below for pricing and more information,
and if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
You can download and print out this form for as many bricks that you’d like to order, or call
us and we will send you an order form. 256-896-4694.
June has brought us pretty close to finishing up the exterior of Shadow’s Rest. Now the work will mostly be on the inside from here on out. In June we completed the the exterior siding, painting and installation of front door. We had painting parties on the 4th & 25th which brought out an amazing group of friends wanting to help. It has been so heartwarming! We’d like to thank everyone that has supported us and helped us get this far on Shadow’s Rest. It means so much! Thank you each one!
