betterTogether Forever • 28th December 2023

Invest in Each Other

With only a few days left until 2024, we take one look back on 2023 and focus our sights on the year ahead. It’s been an incredibly rough year for many—pets, people, and entire communities. People suffered through labor strikes, job loss, inflation, legislation changes, and housing insecurity. And their pets suffered right along with them. When their people could no longer provide for them, pets found themselves being surrendered to overcrowded animal shelters. Rescues took in what they could...

betterTogether Forever • 23rd August 2023

Support Pets on the Picket Line!

Behind many of our greatest writers and actors is a faithful dog or cat celebrating their triumphs and supporting them through their struggles. These loyal pets provide comfort, companionship, inspiration, and joy, and never judge or criticize. But now these dogs and cats need our help! The members of SAG-AFTRA took to the picket lines on July 14th joining WGA members who had already been on strike for over two months. It has been a long, hard summer for writers and their support staff..

betterTogether Forever • 28th December 2021

Together We Can Make 2022 Shine

At midnight December 31 the chapter closes on 2021, and there begins a fresh blank page. While the future is unwritten, at betterTogether Forever we know the pages to come will have people and pets in need and challenges we all need to surmount. But we also know you will be there, right along with us in our mission, helping those pets and people, and overcoming every obstacle. Your contribution to the story is paramount. What you provide goes beyond dollars, food and supplies. It is hope...

betterTogether Forever • 23rd November 2021

Around the Table

For some, Thanksgiving brings to mind images of a cornucopia of foods on an endless dining room table. For many, this is not the reality. But Thanksgiving is not about what is on the table, but rather who is around it. This Thursday, we hope you are able to gather with your loved ones whether they be friends, family, neighbors and of course pets. Share your gratitude for each other, the bond you have, and the ability to come and be together. If you are fortunate to have an abundance around the t

Bark Avenue Foundation • 29th December 2020

A message of gratitude from Anabel and Kyra

No one is ever really prepared for an emergency, especially when that emergency involves your beloved pet. If you’re experiencing financial hardship and your pet is all you have, that emergency is ever more dire. When Anabel’s dog Kyra was attacked in a park and the attacking dog’s guardian left without taking responsibility, Anabel had nowhere to turn—except to Bark Avenue Foundation. Thanks to generous supporters like yourself, Kyra was able to receive emergency vet care, undergo surgery and...

Bark Avenue Foundation • 22nd December 2020

Holiday Magic

The global pandemic has taken much from us this year, but it cannot take the true meaning of the holiday season: magic. For the magic comes not in some prettily wrapped box or in large gatherings; the magic of the season is in each of us and is expressed in every act of kindness, every deed we do for someone else with no thought of anything in return, or any deed done for us. This year, we saw you all share your magic. Being socially distant did not deter you from touching other’s lives.

Bark Avenue Foundation • 24th November 2020

Giving Thanks

Traditionally, Thanksgiving has always been a holiday of Homecoming. College students return from school, military personnel fly thousands of miles, and family members everywhere gather together to all sit around a table together for one special meal. Like every holiday in 2020, Thanksgiving will be a little different. This year, many gatherings will be limited to those in the immediate family, and those who normally would take planes, trains and automobiles to make it home before dinner is served

Bark Avenue Foundation • 9th May 2020

A Salute to All Moms

You cannot recognize a mother by the color of her hair, the length of her stride, or the clothes on her back. Mothers come in all shapes and sizes, creeds and colors, ages and ethnicities.
You will recognize her by the patience she has for a child’s nonsensical stories, her mastery of multi-tasking, and the quickness and ferocity at which she will come to the aid of a loved one. She has the gentleness that can dry tears, but the strength to stand up to anyone who thr