{"id":15282,"date":"2009-07-23T05:43:29","date_gmt":"2009-07-23T11:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=15282"},"modified":"2009-07-23T06:04:19","modified_gmt":"2009-07-23T12:04:19","slug":"blogathon-making-it-personal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/07\/23\/blogathon-making-it-personal.html","title":{"rendered":"Blogathon – Making it personal"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to this article<\/a>, people are more responsive to individual needs than group needs. Seeing a little girl starving to death has more impact — and solicits more contributions — than seeing a village starving to death. It seems we’re hardwired to the “needs of the one.”<\/p>\n

So, to jumpstart my blogging on behalf of the Denver Dumb Friends League<\/a> for Blogathon 2009<\/a>, let me present you with Pockets<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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My name is Pockets and I’m a sweet 3 year old, neutered male. I’m a buff tabby and white short hair domestic mix who loves pillows, laps and running water (I’ll help you get dressed in the morning.) I’m good with small children. I purr a lot, especially when you brush me. I’m also litter box trained. You won’t be sorry if you take me home.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Pockets is the featured Cat of the Week<\/a> at the DFL. So far I have a bit over $400 in pledges (thank you!), which means that we’ve covered, for Pockets, the $300 that DFL spends per pet it places — so that kitties like Pockets (or Titan, their Lab\/St Bernard mix Dog of the Week, or Caramel the Rabbit) have a place stay, to be cared for, and to be adopted from. <\/p>\n

$300 is a lot of money. It covers the facility, the medical care, the staff, all sorts of stuff. And I can tell you from experience that you don’t pay $300 to adopt a pet at the DFL.<\/p>\n

I don’t know Pockets’ story. Was he found, astray? Was he abandoned? Was he rescued from an abusive home? The point is, Pockets needs help, as do these others<\/a>. And that help, provided by the Dumb Friends League, costs money (or mat\u00e9riel<\/a>, but I can’t accept Paper Towels and Kitty Treats for the ‘Thon).<\/p>\n

And that’s why I’m doing this. To help Pockets, and Titan, and Caramel, and all the other once-and-future pets at the Dumb Friends League.<\/p>\n

Can you help, too?<\/a> <\/p>\n

I’ll sweeten the pot, so far as that goes. If you send me proof you’ve adopted a pet from the DFL in the last 30 days, I’ll donate $50 from my own pocket <\/strong>to them for the ‘Thon (offer expires at 7 a.m. Sunday). That means you could go to<\/a> their Quebec St. shelter, or to their Castle Rock “Buddy Center,” on Saturday and make a difference in an animal’s life. And in your own.<\/p>\n

Think about it.<\/p>\n

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