by Janet Alderson | May 20, 2020 | 2020, Community outreach, East Side Pet Crisis Fund, Ways to Donate, Ways to get involved
**WARNING: GRAPHIC PHOTOS** This past weekend we got a call from Animal Control about a dog that entered their facility in rough shape that was microchipped through our program. We helped track down the dog’s owner. She was so grateful to have found him, but he...
by Janet Alderson | May 18, 2020 | 2020, Community outreach, COVID-19, East Side Pet Crisis Fund, Ways to Donate, Ways to get involved
Meet Snow, isn’t she precious!? Snow hurt her little paw paw in hot grease late last week. COVID-19 has made it difficult to obtain veterinary appointments, as vets are implementing social distancing protocols and are booked out days and even weeks right...
by Janet Alderson | May 13, 2020 | 2020, Volunteering, Ways to get involved
Thanks to support from Best Friends Animal Society, Gateway Pet Guardians has been given the opportunity to pursue certification as a Service Enterprise through Points of Light. A Service Enterprise is an organization that strategically embeds volunteers and their...
by Janet Alderson | May 6, 2020 | 2020, Community outreach, COVID-19, East Side Pet Crisis Fund, Ways to Donate, Ways to get involved
**Warning: Graphic content ** Times are tough. It has been a hard few weeks as families and communities are impacted by COVID-19 and learn to navigate the world that is our new norm. We’re all facing additional obstacles and setbacks, and doing the best we can to...
by Janet Alderson | May 1, 2020 | 2020, Community outreach, COVID-19, East St. Louis, Ways to get involved
Gateway Pet Guardians is a proud partner in the Greater East St. Louis COAD (Community Organizations Active in Disaster), a local network of public, private, and non-profit agencies created in response to COVID-19 spearheaded by East Side Aligned. The COAD seeks to...
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...
