All posts tagged non-profit

Pioneering comedian Elayne Boosler, who’s also founder of non-profit animal organization, Tails of Joy

By | March 16, 2011 | Rescue | No comments

Elayne Boosler–who’s been a touring comedian since the 1970s, and was slated to perform locally two days later–discusses the circumstances that led to founding her own non-profit animal organization, Tails of Joy, in 2001. She also describes how Tails of Joy functions, and the enormous, international scope of rescues and other animal organizations that it supports. Read more…

Shelley Thayer–Executive Director of Sarasota’s Cat Depot

By | May 5, 2010 | Adoption, Rescue | No comments

Shelley Thayer–Executive Director of Sarasota’s Cat Depot, one of the largest non-profit, no-kill feline rescue and adoption centers in the country based in Kingston, Canada–discusses some of the traits that distinguish the organization, including its 10,000-feet, state-of-the-art facility (with recessed litter boxes); Read more…