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Eagle Mountain is home to The Friends in Need Animal Rescue. “We are simply a group of people who care about the treatment, health and welfare of all animals. We come from different backgrounds, but join together in the rescue project of animals. Kim & Karen started this rescue with the goal of finding a loving home for every animal and have brought us together working towards this common goal.” [FIN Website] Friends in Need is located on Lake Mountain Road surrounded by agricultural properties.
True to Eagle Mountain fashion, if someone is in need of help, the community will rally and supply aid where it can. To help the animal rescue, several residents organized a bake sale, with all proceeds going towards helping The Friends in Need Animal Rescue.
Meg Card, one of the bake sale organizers explains why they did the bake sale. “The reason I did the fundraiser is FIN cares for dozens of animals, large and small. They recently had 20 very sick cats dumped at their gates that all required extensive medical care, they have since been adopted. They have sadly lost several horses this year, treated Molly the cow for eye cancer and paid for lifesaving hip surgery for Finnegan, a dog who was to be euthanized due to being hit by a car and injured. Finn is now a beloved member of a local Eagle Mountain family! This, coupled with the routine care and feeding of the animals, funds are greatly needed. I wanted to help how I could. We had a handful of volunteers to help run the sale, and the Eagle Mountain community was extremely generous with baked goods, donation of items to sell and the buyer turnout was incredible! They are beyond grateful for the support of the community! Kim and Karen are kind and wonderful people. We love the work they do for the animals and are happy to help however we can!”
Jan Preece helped the bake sale, by supplying some of her famous cream puffs. “I always try to do something when my neighbors have their fundraisers.”
Karen O’Donnell, one of the owners of Friends in Need elaborates, “Here at Friends In Need we have given a home to horses, llamas, emus, goats, sheep, ducks, geese, yaks, a cow and and an almost 2 year old calf. We have patagonion cavies, turkeys and more. All of the money made will go towards the animals feed and care. Our animals medical bills have sky rocketed in the past 12 months so money from the fundraiser will also go towards trying to get them paid off.”
Karen says the bake sale was very helpful, “The Yard/Bake Sale turned out absolutely wonderful and totally successful! It is still going on on line. We want to thank Meg Card for hosting it at her home and all of the preparation she put in to making this possible. We also want to thank Melanie Lahman, Karen Kast and Cierra Pickett for putting their all into helping with all of the people and making it such a success. Also we want to thank all of the people that donated baked goods and many other items and thanks to all of you that helped set up and take down. All of you are so awesome!”
Friends in Needs still can use donations to help with their costs of operations and taking care of the animals. If you wish to donate, time or money, visit their website at http://friends-in-need.org for more details on how you can help.
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