Spay It Forward
Consider this a certified public service announcement from OKC KAYAK. Hey, why not??? Plenty of folks have been giving us a free plug lately. Plus, it kinda makes me feel like Bob Barker or something.
Here is the deal, I am from a LAAAAAARGE dysfunctional Catholic family. ….so big, we actually grew up in a giant shoe. I have five sisters and 2 brothers, each of us as individual and unique as can be. (but, of course, I am the smartest and best looking out of all of us. That is why I run a kayak shop. Ha!) Anyway, I am forwarding an email from number 3 (it is easier than trying to remember all my siblings names).
Nancy, my second oldest sister, has her heart in the right place (sadly, it is her brain that is a little mispositioned — Kidding Nance!). She is sharp as a tac (a tic tac), and over the years, has been fortunate enough to have tricked many a big business into paying her an obscenely large salary ($6.15 an hour at the quickie mart).
Recently during a round of downsizing in the telecommunications world she traded in the big bucks as well as the rollover minutes and took a job doing something that really fit her mission in life. Kudos to her for not only following her heart, but doing something nice for the world in the process. She went to work for a nonprofit spay and neuter clinic that allows low cost pet surgeries for low income families. (I told you that fake resume would eventually catch up with you, Nancy!) So, if your housecat needs a teet reduction on the cheap…. Nah, not those kind of surgeries!
Anyway, I myself don’t particularly care for cats, (hence the reason I am passing along the email about getting them fixed… Again, I am kidding Nancy!) but am so impressed by what she does that I am passing this along. She did not ask me to do so (otherwise I surely would have refused!!!) The real reason I am forwarding this is to prove that I am actually normal compared to the rest of my sibling, not to mention to build some good karma for that day I need her to post my homeless kayak guide will work for food announcement.
Here it is: (and don’t tell number 3 we were talking nice about her. Being nice to each other is strictly forbidden in our family!)
SPAY IT FORWARD!!!
Here’s how it works:
You purchase a Spay It Forward card (hereby referred to as SIF) for $35. You can choose to either personally give the card to someone you know who qualifies for the SPOT Clinic services (total family income less than $35K), or you donate the card to the clinic to use for a client as needed. The SIF card entitles the qualifying recipient to a dog or cat spay or neuter, vaccinations, Frontline, and dewormer at the SPOT Clinic.
The regular SPOT prices of $25 and $35 can really be a hardship for some of our clients, but they love their pets as much as you and I do. When the choice is to either put gas in the car to get to work that week, or have Fluffy neutered, Fluffy doesn’t stand a chance. We hear stories everyday that make us grateful for our fortunes in life – though they may not be much. At least once a day, a client tells us that they can’t keep the pet inside the air-conditioned house, because they don’t have any AC. Can you imagine?!? Some live in a bus, others in a tent, and the more fortunate ones have one room that they rent. Not one bedroom, but one room. Shared with a family and the family pets.
Why do these people have pets? Most of them have taken in a stray. Maybe they could relate to the living creature that wanted nothing more than a little food and love. When they can’t afford to have their stray spayed or neutered, then they end up with lots more mouths to feed.
We can help. You can help. For about the cost of your coffee addiction for a week, you can Spay It Forward for someone’s beloved pet. Your SIF may be the one and only time this pet gets any medical attention – and what could be more important than spaying and neutering?
For additional information about the SPOT Clinic or to make an online donation, visit our website at www.vawokc.org. Donations can also be mailed to: Volunteers for Animal Welfare P.O. Box 20061 Oklahoma City , OK 73156
Please specify that the donations are to Spay It Forward (and tell them OKC Kayak sent you), and whether you would like the card donated to the clinic or to hand out personally.
From the bottom of my heart and for everything you do, thank you!
- nancy
neuter recruiter