Success Story

Earlier this year we held a Facebook contest asking you, our friends and supporters, what you want to see on our blog. The winning idea was stories about people Project Maddie has assisted. Details that can identify the pet owner have been omitted to protect her privacy:

Good morning,

I found your charity on the Internet, obviously. I don't know if you are still going, after all the help you gave to the people in the apartment fire in Toronto. That was amazing the way you jumped in to help!! I'm sure the pet owners there were so very grateful!!

I have lost my job, again. I just got it and I guess the owner changed his mind and decided he didn't need help. He wouldn't give me a reason, even though I asked 4 times. Anyway, I have 4 cats, two of them were my mum's which I kept when she passed away. I couldn't see them go anywhere else but with me. I am in need of food for them and litter as well. I have been giving up a lot of my food to buy food for them, but it is taking a toll on my health, I'm diabetic. I still do it anyway. I don't know if you can help me out, but I would sure appreciate anything you may be able to do. I have tried the Humane Society, but they say they can never guarantee they will have anything, or what they will have on any given day. I even asked if I could call on a day I was thinking of coming down, they said no, since the staff do not have time to check things like that. I couldn't believe it. I just can't afford to spend the transit money to get down there and find they have nothing. I may as well set a match to $5.

Thank you for your time. Sorry to bend your ear so far. Have a great long weekend and thank you so much for what you have done, and continue, I hope, to do for our furry loved ones!! You make a huge difference in so many lives, you enable people to keep their pets, instead of having to give them up. They do make a huge difference in our lives in more ways than many humans do!!

Cheers
(name of client)
North York


show details May 25

Hi Kim,

Sorry to be so late getting back to you. Thank you sooooo much for all the wonderful food you gave me for my kitties!! I was just blown away by your generosity! I've opened some of the crunchies hoping they will like them. I put 4 different ones out in different bowls. So we'll see what happens. Basically I told them, and they listened of course....not.... that they will have to eat it even if they don't like it, or starve....;-) And thank you too for the large bag of the Purina hairball control, and the case of the Friskies.

I really enjoyed meeting (name of volunteer). I chewed her ear off, poor thing. But being at home and on the computer all day looking for work, I don't get to talk to many people, so when someone comes by, I yap. I hope I didn't drive her too nuts!

Thank you so much again Kim. God willing, if I am lucky enough to find a job before I loose my apartment, I will make a donation to help you guys out. And I'm going to mention your organization to my friends as well. They may be willing to help out as well. Where can they send donations?

Have a wonderful rest of the week. My kitties and I are very thankful for you, your volunteers and your huge hearts!!

Cheers
(name of client)


This client's cats are not only beloved companions, two of them are living, breathing connections to her mother. Thanks to Project Maddie's supporters she didn't have to part with her precious kitties, although she is on our waiting list because she still needs assistance.

Sometimes it's the people who help us at our lowest points that we never forget, and those kindnesses we carry in our hearts, even if we don't know the names of the people who made it possible. In many ways your support changed a life.

We're still here!

Just a quick note to say hello and give you some updates.

I changed internet providers so I was without service for a bit. I will do my best to update the blog more often. Please note with the change of internet providers the projectmaddie@cogeco.ca address is no longer active.

As some of you know it has been a discouraging couple of months as we've had to implement a waiting list for the first time ever.

Thanksgiving was especially disappointing but I'm not giving up. As long as there are families and pets that need Project Maddie's help to stay together I will fight tooth and nail to keep Project Maddie going.

I still believe there is a need for our service to keep pets at home where they are loved and wanted and secure, and out of crowded shelters where they will be sad, lonely and confused. Finances should not tear pets and the people who love and cherish them apart. Although we have a waiting list we are still accepting referrals to add to the list. One thing I've learned since starting Project Maddie is things can change any time.

My hope is to give vulnerable pet owners the greatest gift for the holidays - care for their precious companions. If their pets are provided for they can stop worrying about whether or not they can keep them, and stop having to choose between feeding their pets and feeding themselves.

Please note that there have been some changes to our contact information:

Our phone number remains unchanged: 905 749 0063

E-mail address: projectmaddie at gmail dot com

Address: Our food bank does not have a physical location for drop offs and pick ups, please e-mail for mailing address

Blessings from our furkids to yours,

Project Maddie