by Katy Megahan | Feb 23, 2021 | 2021, East St. Louis, Our Shelter
School is officially in session but the new students look a little different! “Its funny when people walk in, some people are still like man I feel like I’m back at school again or this smells like my grade school,” says Jamie Case, Executive Director of the Gateway...
by Katy Megahan | Feb 14, 2021 | 2021, East St. Louis, Our Shelter
From the desk of the Executive Director, Emily Stuart Last weekend, I walked the halls of Gateway Pet Guardians with our contractor. We brainstormed locations for an expanded laundry room, weighed the costs of redirected heating and plumbing and envisioned additional...
by Katy Megahan | Feb 10, 2021 | 2021, East St. Louis, Happy Tails, Our Shelter
Superman (known as King) and his dad, Donel were reunited today! Donel called our Pet Resource Center wondering if we had picked up a dog fitting his description and we did! King was his father’s dog who passed away last year so Donel was so distraught trying to...
by Katy Megahan | Jan 30, 2021 | 2021, Community Outreach, East St. Louis, Our Shelter, Volunteering, Ways to get involved
Recently, Christopher reached out about hosting a dog house building day at our shelter as part of his Eagle Scout Project with Boy Scout Troop 777. Along with other Boy Scout and Eagle Scout troops, students from Vianney High School, volunteers from our organization...
by Katy Megahan | Jan 29, 2021 | 2021, East St. Louis, Uncategorized
Our community hotline received a call from a resident concerned for a dog’s well being. He reported the dog was on a chain with no shelter, food or water in sight. A few volunteers went out to assess the situation and had a chat with the family to see if they could...
by Katy Megahan | Jan 26, 2021 | 2021, East St. Louis
Recently, we reunited two families back-to-back – Bell (known as Freckle Ann) and Savvy (known as Diamond). Freckle Ann was picked up by a community member who ended up fostering her temporarily. Before taking her in, the community member checked with neighbors,...
