THUNDER BAY — After fundraising for animal rescues for years, three local women came together to create change.
The Fundraising Fairies is an animal fundraising group comprised of Ashley Roth, Tammy Slobodian and Teresa Ruberto.
“The three of us have been with different local animal rescues for the last 15 years. This year we decided to do something a little bit different and fundraise for a whole bunch of different rescues in Thunder Bay and surrounding area instead of just focusing our efforts on one, so we help with 7 or 8 different rescues in Thunder Bay, including the Humane Society,” said Ashley Roth.
The group helps Desi’s Heart Rescue, Full Bowl Feeding Program, Kitty Kare, Local Dog Rescue, Northern Critters in Need, Save a Stray and Thunder Bay District Humane Society.
On Saturday, the group hosted a Spring Fling vendor market at the CLE Heritage building that will support Northern Critters in Need and Kitty Kare.
“We have over 60 local vendors, so local home businesses, people crafting, home-based business selling stuff, and then we have Kitty Kare here with stuff and Northern Critters in Need selling things and a meet and greet with their animals here today,” she said.
The Fundraising Fairies are all big animal lovers and believe there is a huge need to help.
“There's vet bills and they spend a lot of money on food, so we're just trying to help out. A lot of the small rescues don't have enough people to help, so we're spreading our help around,” Roth said.
The Fundraising Fairies held a quiz night in February and raised $660 for Northern Critters in Need.
The hope was to raise between $600 and $800 at the groups raffle table at their market on Saturday, that will be split between rescues.
The Fundraising Fairies have plans to host more events to raise money for rescues and can be found on Facebook.
