by Admin | May 26, 2021 | 2021, Fostering, Our Shelter
Jelly Bean was a stray who spent a year living in the shelter before entering Gateway Pet Guardians (GPG) life-saving foster program known as the Unicorn Foster Squad Program. With the support of a dedicated foster parent, professional trainers and GPG staff, Jelly...
by Admin | Feb 11, 2021 | 2021, Foster Feature, Fostering, Fostering, Get Involved, Rescued Animals, Volunteering, Volunteering, Ways to get involved
The Unicorn Foster Program gave Brigitte the emotional, educational, and technical support she needed to foster a dog with significant behavioral challenges. Ultimately, without the program, she would never have taken Jelly Bean (now Bader) and Bader would likely...
by Admin | Jan 28, 2021 | 2021, Fostering, Our Shelter
We are excited to announce that our Unicorn Foster Program is getting a welcome boost thanks to a grant from the PEDIGREE Foundation. This new $10,000 grant will be used to support 35 dogs in the Unicorn Foster Program within the next 12 months. The Unicorn Foster...
by Admin | Oct 15, 2020 | 2020, COVID-19, Fostering
Gateway Pet Guardians was recently awarded Petfinder Foundation’s COVID-19 Operation Grant in the amount of $750. This grant was designed to assist the operational needs of animal welfare organizations in an ongoing pandemic. This gift enabled us to purchase foster...
by Alisha Vianello | May 1, 2020 | 2020, COVID-19, Fostering, Ways to get involved
Gateway Pet Guardians has always been a foster-based rescue but we have had a brick and mortar shelter since 2012. Our philosophy on animal sheltering is that it should be a temporary holding place for a pet until the pet can be placed in a foster home. We took this...
by Admin | Apr 10, 2020 | 2020, COVID-19, Fostering, Press Releases, Rescued Animals, Volunteering, Ways to get involved
April 10, 2020 (Belleville, IL) – Two partnering animal shelters came together with a single goal to empty all of the kennels at St. Clair County Animal Services this week. This is to prepare for potential emergency intake due to the COVID-19 virus. “Our shelters have...
