Special Needs Animal
Sanctuary
holds Benefit & Auction
LITTER BOX CAKE BRINGS
$100 BID!!
C & W Rustic Hollow Shelter, Inc. is a nationally
known private, cage-free special needs animal sanctuary for animals located on
190 acres of shelter owned land north of Nashua, Iowa. C & W Rustic Hollow is a
refuge for animals deemed 'unadoptable' through other rescue organizations,
those with special medical conditions, disabilities, feline leukemia cats, or
animals displaced at the death of their guardian. C & W acts as a 'hospice' care
facility for many aging animals with residents coming from over 23 states and
from rescue and humane societies all across Iowa. Rustic Hollow Shelter. To
learn more about Rustic Hollow, visit us on the web at:
www.rustichollowshelter.org.
A very special event was held
to help the sanctuary help more animals in need. Our 'Cakes for a Cause' Benefit
& Auction was held on Saturday, November 4th, 2006 at Waverly, Iowa
at America's Best Value Inn & Suites, Waverly, Iowa. A huge variety of wonderful
items were bid on both in the Silent Auction and Live Auction portion of the
evening, and a special Power Point presentation gave the audience a view of life
at Rustic Hollow and showed many of the wonderful special needs kits that reside
in one or the four sanctuary buildings.. Besides some wonderful items to bid on,
there were cakes to be auctioned off, including our famous, and also very
delicious....“Litter Box” Cake. You have to see it to believe it. Not to
mention, the chance to taste it.....If you are brave enough. We are pleased to
note that one of the Litter Box Cakes received a bid of $100 on the night!!!!
The event was our very first auction and benefit on this large of a scale and it
was a tremendously successful night, with a wonderful outpouring of support from
those attending with some high bids and lots of enthusiasm from attendees as
well as our wonderful MC, Lori Prokop of Bruce, WS and our two lively
auctioneers, Randy Kirchoff and Dennis Kirchoff of Tripoli, Iowa. What a
wonderful evening. We grossed over $7,000 on the event, netting over $5,400. For
our first attempt, we were very pleased. We thank the hundreds of supporters who
sent such great items for this event. And all of those who volunteered their
time to help us in so many ways before, during and after the benefit.
We are pleased to note that
we, the founders, Carmen and Wanda, got the high bids on three of the four
overnighters at Des Moines Hotel, and The Dairy Bed & Breakfast, Ionia Iowa,
and also the Allerton, Iowa, Inn of the Six-Toed Cat! We do look forward to
these mini-vacations!!! It is perhaps the most we can get away.
Rustic Hollow Shelter offers
an 'alternative to euthanasia' for many animals who were at the end of their
'chance at a lifetime' without a sanctuary to welcome them. The animals are
truly at home and they have all the comforts of a homelike atmosphere, including
enclosed outdoor environments for them to go outside in safely. This Benefit &
Auction marks the 1st anniversary of the Hurricane Katrina disaster,
and our sanctuary was one of many who took in animals rescued in this disaster.
These were special needs animals and you may sponsor one of these Hurricane
Katrina refugees or one of our other sanctuary furballs. Help us help more
animals in need. For more information go to
www.rustichollowshelter.org. Or write us
at: P.O. Box 67, Nashua, IA 50658-0067 or call (641) 435-4151
