11 Days of Giving campaign<\/a>, supported by Tom Thumb Albertsons, $1,000 is awarded each day to a local nonprofit making a meaningful impact.<\/p>\nToday, we’re introduced to 4-Legged Helpers, a non-profit helping local animal shelters keep animals safe, fed, and prevent them from being euthanized all over the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.<\/p>\n
One of those animals is Bosco. <\/p>\n
“He’s a big old goofball,” said Carlos Renovato. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Bosco is also looking for a home. Renovato is the animal control officer in Wilmer, and he said it’s a struggle to provide for the animals he’s tasked with caring for. \u00a0<\/p>\n
“Our budget’s not enough for the resources; if an emergency comes along, they don’t have the ability to go to the vet or the funds to feed them. So, it comes down to euthanizing the dogs,” said Renovato.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Luckily, for Renovato and Bosco, they know Heather Marks and Leanne Hayden. \u00a0<\/p>\n
“We donate, we help him with food, toys, treats, things like that, if there’s anything he needs, we’ll just let him know and make sure he gets it,” said Marks.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The two founded 4-Legged Helpers.<\/p>\n
“The animals just need help,” said Marks.\u00a0<\/p>\n
They estimate it costs around $700 per animal to get them adoption-ready. \u00a0<\/p>\n
“That’s a lot, but it’s worth it. Because they wouldn’t see tomorrow if we didn’t step in,” said Marks.\u00a0<\/p>\n
That’s why 4-Legged Helpers was selected to receive a $1,000 donation. The money will keep goofballs like Bosco happy and healthy. \u00a0<\/p>\n
“We are their voice, and if we weren’t here to fight for them, no one would be,” said Marks.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the holiday season continues, at CBS News Texas, we are once again proud to honor those making…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97283,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[30322,248,24101,11679,245,27,29,28],"class_list":["post-97282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-11-days-of-giving","tag-animal-rescue","tag-animal-shelters","tag-pet-adoption","tag-pets","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}