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Re: New Web Site URL
Wayne, good for you! It does take time to become a 501(c)(3).... it took us about 3 years to get our final determination letter if I remember. The paperwork is not as bad as I feared, if you stay on top of it. (Ahem. Practice what you preach, Lori... lol)
The biggest thing to keep in mind (in my opinion) is that there is a very, very fine line between running a rescue/sanctuary and becoming a hoarder. It is very easy to become overwhelmed, and with large numbers of animals, once you let one thing slip, the rest dominoes behind it. The hardest thing for me to learn was that I could not literally save every one... sometimes you have to say no for the benefit of the other animals. So right at the beginning, setting up a network with other rescues to help with the overflow is a great idea, and know that you are not a bad person for sometimes having to turn an animal away (Practice what you preach, Lori..... )
Not that you needed my input, but, I have come very close to crossing that line in the past and that defeats the whole point of rescuing the animals in the first place...
Keep us posted!!!!
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