A Forever-Home Rescue Foundation is a non-profit animal rescue group that operates in the Northern Virginia / Washington Metropolitan area. We strive to make quality dogs available for adoption and do our best to match prospective adopters with the right animal!

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For more information, click here to see the flyeror go to www.gottaswing.com

Happy Tails Books is collecting stories about adopted dogs for books that support dog rescue and they want to hear from you! Each story submitted or book purchased by someone associated with AFH rescue results in an annual donation to our rescue group from Happy Tails Books.

To learn more, please read the attached flyer and see if you can help AFH while sharing your stories, poems etc... about your rescued dog! Click Here to See the Flyer.

A Forever Home is very grateful to our generous donors who contributed funds, food, crates, toys and other supplies to aid in the recent puppy mill rescue. It is very expensive to care for all the animals in our rescue and we would never be able to do it all without the generous support of people like you and like Elizabeth and her wonderful Grace. Elizabeth Anderson made a generous gift in memory of her beloved Grace. This was a wonderful way to honor a very special pet. We are sure that Grace is very proud of Elizabeth and that she appreciates her help for these needy animals. If you would like to make a gift to AFH in honor or memory of a current or deceased pet, please donate online or send a check to A Forever Home, P. O. Box 222801 Chantilly, VA 20153. Thank you.

Here is the latest story published by the Animal Advocacy Examiner: www.examiner.com/examiner/x-5936-Animal-Advocacy-Examiner~y2009m11d15-Puppy-mill-dogs-delivered-from-a-life-of-horror-into-loving-homes

Also, see a very nice slideshow created by our young volunteer Neha Khurana: http://www.slide.com/r/gPoVzlEEjj-uuqFdeVmprY518BvdCDHa?previous_view=mscd_embedded_url&view=original

In partnership with National Mill Dog Rescue (NMDR) www.milldogrescue.org, A Forever Home (AFH) coordinated the rescue of 111 dogs from puppy mills in Missouri. The pups arrived Sunday, November 8, 2009 after a long transport. This is the first time NMDR and AFH worked together and both groups hope the partnership continues so that more mill dogs are saved. Cross-country transports are both time consuming and expensive. We hope the out pouring of public support will enable future transports. Many of these dogs were in very bad condition from years of horrific neglect. Some were emaciated and ill and all were unsocialized as they have never lived outside of a crowded cage in a mill they used to call home. To see more photos, Click Here. If you would like to see video of their arrival, please click the following links: Video 1, Video 2, and Video 3.

All of these babies are now safe in foster homes where they will be taught to trust and love. With hard work from our wonderful fosters, we expect most to find their forever homes within the next few months, but some will definitely take longer.

Due to the lack of medical care provided by the puppy mills, it is estimated that each dog will require an average of $500 to get them treated medically and ready for adoption. Some of course will require care in the thousands of dollars because their needs are much greater. If you would like to help AFH provide for these babies so we are able to rescue more needy pets, please send a donation via the "Donate" button on the right hand side of our website or send a check to AFH - Puppy Mill Fund, PO Box 222801, Chantilly VA 20153. Your generosity is badly needed and greatly appreciated.

For those of you intersted in adopting our doggies, we are working hard to get their pictures and descriptions up on our website. These babies will have "Missouri Puppy Mill" listed under their history so they will be easy to spot. If you would like to adopt one of these babies, please e-mail us at info@aforeverhome.org and your message will forwarded to the appropriate foster parent. You can also fax an application to get into the que as many of these dogs are of highly-sought after breeds.

Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2009/11/11/GA2009111125285.html?hpid=artslot

ABC Channel 7

www.wjla.com/news/stories/1109/676582.html

WUSA TV Channel 9 CBS

story: www.wusa9.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=93392&catid=158
video: www.wusa9.com/video/default.aspx?aid=81861&storyid=93392#/WUSA%2DNews/Rescued+Dogs+Brought+To+Virginia/46371336001/45927990001/49425218001
slideshow: www.wusa9.com/slideshows/gallery.aspx?slideshowname=dog_rescue

WRC TV Channel 4 NBC

story: www.nbcwashington.com/news/local-beat/A-Place-to-Call-Home-69607612.html
video: www.nbcwashington.com/news/local-beat/Puppy_mill_refugees_in_rehab_Washington_DC.html

AFH would like to thank our friend Mark, owner of Saddlery Liquidators in Haymarket, VA. Mark has been ordering Frontline for us through his supplier AT COST, saving AFH thousands of dollars. Mark sells Frontline at his stores in Haymarket and Middleburg, in addition to other dog supplies. He welcomes well-mannered, leashed dogs in his store, or you can just visit his Bulldog, Babs. The Haymarket store is located at 6612 James Madison Hwy (Rt 15), Haymarket, VA 20169, which is the intersection of I-66 and Rt 15. 703-753-9583. M-Sat 9-6, Sun 11-4. www.saddlery-liquidators.com. Please visit the store or send Mark an email to thank him for his generous support of AFH.

1. Go to her website: http://www.pamdarwin.myarbonne.com/
2. Choose your products from Shop Online
3. Follow instructions to register as a Client
4. Send me an e-mail advising that you placed an order for "A Forever Home" at maribel@aforeverhome.org

A Forever Home Rescue Foundation wishes to thank Curtis Gray for his donation of this Public Service Announcement to our organization. Curtis is a longtime friend of We also wish to thank Robert Moffett for supplying the music. Click the title to see out PSA, Be Part of the Solution!

By donating old phones to the animal rescue, you are not only helping the rescue and charity, but also you are helping the environment by recycling. So, please spread the word! Ask your friends, family and co-workers if they will consider donating their used cell phones to Then, bring them to any AFH adoption event. For a list of upcoming animal adoption events go to the Events section. If you have phones or questions, but cannot attend an adoption event, please e-mail Shellie at msladyluckm@aol.com Please make sure the cell phones have had their service deactivated before dropping them off.

For more information about Phones 4 Charity, please visit their website at: www.phones4charity.org

A Forever-Home Rescue Foundation is registered with iGive.com!

What does this do for you, and for AFH? iGive.com is a non-profit organization that has worked with over 700 retailers to allow you to make a portion of your online shopping benefit the charity of your choice - without costing you any extra money!

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By doing your shopping through iGive.com you will benefit A Forever-Home Rescue Foundation. Up to 26% of your purchase price will be donated to That can go a long way to enabling us to help even more animals in need at this particularly difficult time of year. Please start all your holiday shopping at iGive.com!

AFH is ALWAYS in need of foster homes! It is fun and rewarding. Without enough foster homes we can't save as many pets. Since AFH tries hard to not use boarding facilities, we cannot accept new, deserving animals into our program without ready foster homes. If you are interested in making your home available to a deserving pet, please drop us an email at Foster@aforeverhome.org or come to one of our adoption days:

To see all events scheduled over the next month, look at our Events Page.