OLD DOGS,
GREAT FRIENDS!
The Sanctuary for Senior Dogs
a 501(c)3 organization dedicated to old dogs
Welcome to The Sanctuary for Senior Dogs web site
OLD DOGS, GREAT FRIENDS!
COME MEET YOUR BEST FRIEND in 2008
the last Sunday in every month from 2-4 PM except December
THE SANCTUARY FOR SENIOR DOGS is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the rescue, adoption, and lifelong care of senior dogs abandoned in shelters and pounds. All of our dogs live in Sanctuary-approved foster homes until a permanent home can be found. Senior dogs too ill to be safely adopted stay in a Sanctuary hospice foster home for life. All senior dogs are spayed or neutered prior to placement.
Your generous donation allows our work with the abandoned senior dog population to continue and to grow. Without your support, our work would not be possible. Please give generously. Dogs like Benny are counting on you. click the link below to donate through PayPal. Visit our Support the Sanctuary page for other ways of donating. Or visit our Sponsor a Sanctuary Senior Dog to make your pledge of monthly support to help meet the ongoing needs of a sanctuary senior dog.
All Sanctuary dogs live in foster homes with families to care for them and love them; we do not house our senior dogs in a shelter.
You can meet our Sanctuary dogs and your next best friend at our Adoption & Education Center in the Old Brooklyn neighborhood of Cleveland on the last Sunday of each month between 2 & 4 PM (except December).
To meet a special sanctuary senior dog at any other time, just call and we will gladly set up an appointment
Many of our dogs attend Adoption Sundays, the last Sunday of every month except December. If you want to meet one special dog, call us first to see who is scheduled to attend.
Visit our Adoption & Education Center
4681 Broadview Road, Cleveland, OH 44109
216.485.9233
Detailed directions are on the Upcoming Events page
Hours for the Adoption & Education Center:
Tuesday & Thursday evenings from 5:00-7:00 PM
Friday & Saturday afternoons from 1:00-4:00 PM
Adoption Sunday, the last Sunday of every month (except December) from 2:00-4:00 PM.
At Adoption Sunday, you can interact with our senior dogs, look for a new best friend, or just drop by for an old dog fix and some good conversation. Most of our fosters are there just waiting to meet YOU! Don't miss Adoption Sundays. If there is a particular dog you are interested in, please let us know, and we will make every effort to have that dog in attendance.
Visit us at 4681 Broadview Road in the historic Old Brooklyn neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio. We usually have at least one friendly senior dog with us, sometimes a foster looking for a new home, sometimes a therapy dog just waiting to give some love and affection, sometimes a dog adopted from the Sanctuary. No dogs are housed at the Adoption and Education Center.
We are open limited hours as volunteer help is available. If you can spare 2-4 hours a month to staff our office space, please contact us. Our hours of operation will grow as our volunteer coverage grows.
Upcoming Events: Mark your Calendars. Adoption Sunday June 29; Senior Dog on WKYC Morning Show on June 29 between 9:30 and 10:00 AM; Senior Dog Bowl: Summer Edition, June 21: 8th Annual Summer Scoop and Reunion of Old Dogs, August 9 at the Brookside Reservation within the Cleveland Metroparks, The Old Dog Party of the Year; all friendly older dogs welcome.
SENIOR DOG BOWL: SUMMER EDITION
Reservations Being accepted now!
June 21 from 7 - 11 PM
An evening of fun, raffle prizes, and non-stop bowling. Refreshments include pizza, salad, and desserts for only $20. Happy hour cash bar prices.
Join us for an evening of fun at Meszar's Lanes 4231 Fulton Road (located on the lower level in the Fulton/Memphis Plaza) in the Old Brooklyn neighborhood of Cleveland. Make your reservations early. This event often sells out. For reservations, call 216-485-9233 by June 14. All reservations must be prepaid.
Zipped, hooded sweatshirts with the Sanctuary logo.
Renown artist Sandi Gold has painted a portrait of our very own Burt, the Sanctuary's outstanding therapy dog, to help us raise much needed funds to help senior dogs.
To honor Burt's memory, Sandi Gold is offering a 30% donation to the Sanctuary for every portrait sold.
BURT, by artist Sandi Gold
We have raised over $1000 to date from i-Give.com, an online shopping mall that donates a percentage of your purchase to the Sanctuary. If you shop the Internet, please join i-Give and let your shopping help raise money for the Sanctuary. Click the Save A Dog link below to go directly to the Sanctuary's i-Give site.
Sign up today and earn $5 for the Sanctuary just for signing up. Help us help old dogs just by shopping on the Internet!
Use GOODSEARCH and earn money for the Sanctuary every time you search the Internet. Visit the GOODSEARCH web site at www.goodsearch.com and download a tool bar to your computer to help the Sanctuary save senior dogs. We received our first check for $120.00 from GOODSEARCH in December 2007. Every penny really does count.
SPECIAL THANKS:
Special thanks to Rae-Ann Nursing Facilities of Westlake, Ohio for the generous donation of chairs, desks, and tables. The Adoption and Education Center is comfortably and tastefully furnished thanks to their generosity.
Special thanks to Judith Rimerman for her generous support and pledge of continuing support to the Sanctuary in memory of her senior dog The Mop. The Rimerman Family Foundation donation guarantees that senior dogs will continue to receive state of the art medical care when they enter the Sanctuary. Thank you Rimerman Family, from all of the senior dogs at the Sanctuary.
from left to right: Durga, Judith Rimerman, The Mop
Judith Rimerman adopted The Mop, already an older dog at the time, from a Berlin shelter. Like so many of our senior dogs, The Mop was a survivor. Judith says that "despite continual health problems and some kind of trauma that she must have witnessed . . . , as well as serious abandonment issues, she loved us passionately and loved life." Judith believes that helping to save other dogs like The Mop is the best way to honor her spirit. Thank you, Judith, for your generosity.
SANCTUARY THERAPY DOGS:
The Sanctuary for Senior Dogs trains and keeps senior therapy dogs. Our dogs visit hospitals, nursing homes, adult care centers, libraries, schools, and special events. For information on our therapy dogs, our therapy program, or training your senior dog to do therapy work, visit our new Senior Therapy Dogs page.
Burt, 1997-November 7, 2007
Rest In Peace
Registered with the Delta Society, March 2005
Registration renewed April 2007
Please join us in our work with senior dogs. Your donation is completely tax deductible to the full extent allowed by law. Without your generosity, we cannot continue our work to save senior dogs.
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Last Updated: July 9, 2008