1.19.17 Ten Days to Adam's Birthday -- what should we do?
Jan 19, 2017 1:22:15 GMT -5
Post by Q3 on Jan 19, 2017 1:22:15 GMT -5
Birthday Celebration Plans?
1.19.17 by Q3
Note: I have not biased your opinion by posting pictures of puppies who need to be rescued or Pharaoh!! But you can see those eyes now, can't you?
It’s January. And that can only mean one thing. It is time to plan for Adam’s birthday.
In fact we have 10 days! On January 29, 2017, Adam will turn 35.
Since 2010, fans have put together a charity campaign or Adam has spearheaded a birthday campaign for a charity.
This year, I have not seen any specific plans for an Adam Lambert Birthday Charity Campaign but earlier today I read a few comments about givingto the “Walk Me Home Rescue Group” www.walkmehomerescue.org/
I have contacted WALK ME HOME RESCUE GROUP and inquired about doing a campaign in honor of Adam’s Birthday. They were very enthusiastic about the idea. Here is what I learned:
1. They can really use the money and there is really no limit to the amount of money they need.
2. They are a great organization and do great work. You can check out their website and Facebook page for more into. (I bet most of us have already been on their site.
3. They have a Paypal account for accepting donations.
4. The will track donations that are earmarked for the Adam’s Birthday Campaign so we can set a goal and work to smash it.
5. They are a 501(c)(3) charity -- so contributions may be tax deductible in the US depending on your filing status.
My thought was to set up something similar to the campaign we did with the first CharityWater birthday campaign. As you may recall, this campaign was started by fans and was a viral campaign. I set it up back in the Planet Fierce era and 7 fangroups got together and supported it, then Adam adopted the campaign and made it official. No fangroup owned it and very few people had any idea who set it up. I recommend a similar approach.
Here is some more information about WALK ME HOME RESCUE GROUP.
Cities, Towns, and/or Counties We Serve:
WALK ME HOME RESCUE GROUP is an all-volunteer non-profit organization under IRS section 501(c)(3) and relies solely on donations to care for the animals we rescue.
We mostly serve Southern California but we have adopted out to Northern California, Arizona, Oregon and Las Vegas. We are a foster based rescue, our animals are placed in loving temporary foster homes until we find them their perfect forever family.
While in their foster home the dogs receive basic training skills in the hopes of facilitating a smoother transition into their new forever family.
Our rescue companion animals are saved mostly from street abandonment, owner surrenders and the high kill shelter facilities.
Animals saved from the shelter are primarily rescued from the EUTHANASIA LIST.
About Our Rescue Group:
We participate in animal rescue fairs and events, and work to educate the community about the importance of spaying/neutering and its impact toward controlling over population.
Our MISSION is to safeguard, rescue, shelter, heal, adopt, educate and ADVOCATE for animals in need.
Please consider fostering today. Join our mission to give our companion animals a second chance at a life full of security, love, health and happiness.
Our Adoption Process:
The adoption fee ranges from $150 to $300 which is based on the vetting provided to each individual animal which includes all current vaccinations micro chip and spay or neuter.
Adopters must complete an Adoption Application and pass a Home Safety Check as a pre-requisite to adopting one of our companion animals. A contract is required to finalize the process.
Our Adopted Pets:
We have helped lots of pets connect with loving and caring owners. Check out our adopted pets list!
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What do you think? Please post in the thread.
Do you like this idea?
Should we support some other cause?
Should we just pass unless Adam starts something?
One final comment: JMHO I view this as a birthday present and I don’t think we should ask Adam’s permission before we do it. I think we should surprise him. In fact, we have done that a least 3 times in the past.
UPDATE! LET'S DO IT!!
1:59PM ET: Well, I was going to wait until the end of the day but in all my years of Adam fandom (8 years is a lot of years!), I have never seen so much agreement on one simple idea.
I posted it here and sent out a few personal messages/emails and the support is amazing -- let's go for it. Walk Me Home Rescue Group - www.walkmehomerescue.org/ for Adam's birthday.
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Celebrate Adam’s Birthday and Donate to WMHRG!!
EVERY PENNY MAKES
A DIFFERENCE!
Why Donate?
There is more to this than celebrating Adam’s birthday. Every 13 seconds a dog or cat is euthanized and each year 2.4 million animals are put down. Our mission is to lower these numbers, but we can't do it without your help! In order to continue rescuing dogs and cats we need to be able to pay for vaccinations, microchips, spaying/neutering, and other essential supplies. Every penny can make a difference!
How to Donate?
You can donate Paypal. If you don't know how to use Paypal, or do not want to, you can email WMHRG at walkmehomerescue@gmail.com and they can give you some other options.
Donate here: www.walkmehomerescue.org/donate
It only takes a minute and you will get an email receipt in of your donation almost immediately. No donation is too small and no donation is too big!
When you donate, you can add a message. Just indicate that it is to celebrate Adam Lambert’s birthday and they can credit it to our Adam Lambert’s Birthday campaign.
They are going to keep track of the donation total and I will provide updates.
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What if you want to make a donation to another rescue organization?
I am working with WMHRG to track donations. If you have another local rescue organization you want to give to and you want me to include the donation(s) in the total, just PM the group name, location and amount. I will add it to the total and we can list all the organizations on what we send to Adam.
Just do what feels right to you.