I am currently visiting Hot Labrador Rescue in Texas!
Wow I am bushed!!
I spent November 7 at An Evening of Giving, Texas Style with Heart of Texas Labrador Rescue.
And WOW was it a big PAWSOME event.
It was held at the historic Fairmount Hotel in downtown San Antonio.
The Fairmount is the largest brick building ever moved.
It was moved in 1968 to make way for the Worlds Fair. It is now home to Labrador Luke who is the Hotels K9 ambassador. Luke said that people can request that he stay in their room, and they get a shirt that says “I Slept with Luke” upon checkout. That is so Pawsome.
At the event Luke and I handled the welcome table. Luke greeted everyone and I took their tickets and
made sure they got a complementary wine glass with the Heart of Texas Lab Rescue logo on it.
I got to meet some Pawsome folks, including several HOTLab ambassadors. Rolo, Raven and Mimsy
all sat down with me and told me their stories. How they were left in a shelter and were frightened not
knowing what was going on, then all of a sudden someone came to see them and told them that they
would take care of them, get them healthy and find them a loving forever home.
That someone was from Heart of Texas Labrador Rescue. I started to cry then Raven gave me a lick and said all Labbies at HOTLab find forever homes.
Raven told me about the day she came to HOTLab Rescue, how she went from being in a kill shelter to
living in a Foster home. I asked whose home it was, when she said it was Ray’s place I got all excited as
that is where I am staying. She told me about how Ray’s Lab Shaq, who just crossed over the Rainbow Bridge,
told her that she was in a safe place and that soon she would be meeting lots of people. And how she went to
several Meet and Greets until she meet the Brown family. She said she knew right away that they were her forever family. She said that now she is healthy, has food and a safe place to live. I was so touched.
While at the event I got to sample some wonderful snacks provided by Whole Foods and Cowgirl Granola.
YUM!!!! I love Granola. I then got to sample some great wines provided by Cape Classics Wines and Beer from Free Tail Brewery but I really loved the Root Beer from Blue Star Brewery and the Iced Tea from Sweet Leaf Iced Tea.
I think it is pawsome that all these companies came together to help Labrador in need.
And if that was not Pawsome enough I went in to see the Silent Auction items.
WOW!!! there was so many pawsome things to bid on. Original paintings, books on Labradors,
Jewelry, blankets, wine tastings. Incredible all donated to help my new friends. I bid on a number of things.
I really wanted that blanket, but got outbid at the last minute. Drats I knew there was a reason why that kid was distracting me.
At the end of the evening there was a raffle for a brand new Apple iPhone.
Gosh I really would have loved to have won it. But it went to a very worthy person.
I had a Pawsome evening and was glad to help Heart of Texas Labrador Rescue raise over $5,000 dollars.
That will help a lot of Labbies and I made some great new friends.
More pictures to come soon!
Love, Pups
