by Admin | Dec 14, 2020 | 2020, East St. Louis, Happy Tails, Our Shelter
Last week, ten-year-old Yorkshire Terrier, Angel was found as a stray a block from her home and was brought to St. Clair County Animal Control (SCCAC) by a resident of Washington Park, IL. Gateway Pet Guardians (GPG) pulled her from SCCAC, completed all of her...
by Admin | Dec 11, 2020 | 2020, East St. Louis, Happy Tails, Our Shelter
Happy tears were shed last month! Sweet Katy was reunited with her owner! Katy’s owner, Joyce reached out to us when she had an unexpected litter of puppies. We took in the puppies and Joyce planned to keep Katy after she was done nursing and through her spay...
by Admin | Oct 30, 2020 | 2020, Our Shelter, Volunteering, Ways to get involved
Thanks to support from Best Friends Animal Society, Gateway Pet Guardians (GPG) recently completed an 18-month process to earn Service Enterprise certification through Points of Light which recognizes organizations that strategically utilize volunteers across all...
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 Janet Alderson | Aug 31, 2020 | 2020
An adorable St. Louis shelter dog has found his forever home after waiting over 1,250 days in foster care. Bowie, a 6-year-old pit bull, was finally adopted after “crashing” with a foster parent for the last two and half years, the animal rescue Gateway...
by Janet Alderson | Aug 25, 2020 | 2020
What can happen when program is truly driven by the data? This East St. Louis, IL, agency, saw a decrease in length of stay of more than 130 days! We checked in with the ED for the whole story. Read more >>
by Janet Alderson | Aug 22, 2020 | 2020
Are you looking to adopt a dog? This one has been waiting for a family for a very long time. Bowie is a 6-year-old Pit Bull. He was adopted when he was born but was returned to Gateway Pet Guardians a few years later. Bowie was placed in a foster home after a few...
by Janet Alderson | Aug 20, 2020 | 2020
This Petfinder Adoption Options Podcast episode features Program Director Alisha Vianello, who has over 10 years of experience in HR. She talks to us about attracting quality candidates and helpful strategies for keeping those employees! Perhaps one of the most...
by Janet Alderson | Aug 17, 2020 | 2020
Pet owners rushed to move under the awning of the Gateway Pet Guardians clinic in East St. Louis on a recent rainy day as staff members and volunteers inside ran from room to room assisting with animal care at what’s believed to be the city’s first large-scale...
by Janet Alderson | Aug 12, 2020 | 2020
Nonprofit animal shelter Gateway Pet Guardians is opening the first vet clinic in East St. Louis. They call it the Healthy Pet Clinic, and its purpose is to provide equitable access to a “resource desert” for pet goods and services. The facility is in the...
