by Janet Alderson | Jan 15, 2018 | 2017, Community outreach, East St. Louis, Spay/Neuter, Ways to get involved
The mission of the Gateway Pet Guardians Community Outreach Program is to ensure that pet owners have the resources they need to provide their pet(s) with a long, happy and healthy life. We strive to empower pet owners to keep pets in their homes and out of area...
by Janet Alderson | Jan 3, 2018 | 2017, Animal Rescues, Cold Weather, Community outreach, East St. Louis, Fostering, Rescued Animals, Stray Dogs, Ways to Donate, Ways to get involved
Magee’s incredible rescue is WHY Gateway Pet Guardians’ Community Outreach Program is so important to helping pets in the East St. Louis metro area! A community member contacted us about a skinny white dog that had been roaming the neighborhood as a stray. She was...
by Janet Alderson | Dec 30, 2017 | 2017, Community outreach, East Side Pet Crisis Fund, East St. Louis, Ways to Donate, Ways to get involved
We received a call from a woman in the Metro East concerned about her dogs. She had fallen on hard times. Her husband was diagnosed with MRSA and had been in and out of the hospital having surgeries. Two of her four dogs were sick, losing hair and not eating. She had...
by Janet Alderson | Dec 15, 2017 | 2017, Community outreach, East St. Louis, Spay/Neuter, Ways to get involved
Tonight we celebrated our 1,000th spay/neuter surgery through our Community Outreach Program. Kollege and her family were so excited to be a part of GPG history! Thanks to Papin Support Center, we were able to give her a new bed and a ton of treats to help celebrate....
by Janet Alderson | Dec 15, 2017 | 2018, Community outreach, Spay/Neuter, Ways to get involved
In December, BISSELL Pet Foundation awarded the Gateway Pet Guardians Community Outreach Program a BISSELL Pet Foundation Partners Grant to help fund spay/neuter surgeries for owned pets in the Metro East. The Foundation assists animal welfare organizations with the...
by Janet Alderson | Dec 10, 2017 | 2017, Cats, Cold Weather, Community outreach, East St. Louis, Rescued Animals, Spay/Neuter, Ways to get involved
As we work with community, we have seen an increase in the stray and homeless cat population in the Metro East. After speaking with residents, we learned that the cats are often dumped, homeless and hungry. Individuals in the community take it upon themselves to care...
