by Admin | 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 Admin | 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 Admin | 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 Admin | Jan 29, 2021 | 2021, Community Outreach, East St. Louis
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 Admin | 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,...
by Admin | Jan 24, 2021 | 2021, East St. Louis
Boeh was seen running on a busy road in Washington Park by two of our volunteers while they were out doing community outreach. They knocked on doors and spoke to neighbors, but nobody seemed to recognize him which was hard to believe as he was such a beauty. Our...
