by Janet Alderson | Jun 24, 2020 | 2020
Last year, Linda Hopkins lost her job. Then she got sick. With no money coming in, she began to worry about how she would feed her four cats ― that is, until she remembered Gateway Pet Guardians, an East St. Louis, Illinois, community organization that stepped up to...
by Janet Alderson | Jun 14, 2020 | 2020, Community outreach, COVID-19, Ways to get involved
The Pet Food Pantry was curbside for the month of June, and we were so happy to see so many familiar faces! Volunteers practiced social distancing and wore masks, delivering food directly to each family’s trunk. We distributed 818 pounds of dog food, 96 pounds...
by Janet Alderson | Jun 13, 2020 | 2020, Community Outreach, Spay/Neuter
Gateway Pet Guardians is proud to be an Athletes for Animals grant recipient during the Spring 2020 grant cycle to support our TNR program for community cats in the Metro East. Community cats are cats who live outdoors, often having little contact with humans. To help...
by Janet Alderson | Jun 2, 2020 | 2020
Gateway Pet Guardians has spent years working with low income families in the Metro East St. Louis area, providing supplies and services to families with pets. Community programming has been put in place to help families access these resources, overcoming obstacles...
by Janet Alderson | May 28, 2020 | 2020, Community outreach, East Side Pet Crisis Fund, Ways to Donate, Ways to get involved
We would like to introduce you to this handsome lug, Gold. Over the weekend, Gold was shot multiple times. He has 3 bullet holes in his right shoulder, and an x-ray showed some shrapnel. His rear leg has one bullet wound but the bone is completely shattered....
