Fantastic!!!!  Go Team Tripawd!  Karen, so glad you got to spend some time with your girls under the Redwood….:-)

I'd love to have been there in CA too!  Awesome work!

Tracy, Maggie's Mom

Whenever one decides to support a charity, no matter how lofty the sound of the name of the charity, we like to do our homework to determine how good that charity is do at fufilling the stated goals. Far too often, a charity is great at padding the salaries of the directors while neglecting the purpose of the charity. With that critical measure in hand, Emily decided to measure the Morris Annimal Foundation using Charity Navigator Ratings, which is "America's Largest Charity Evaluator". They measure exactly what percentage of the charity's funds are going to Fund Raising, Administrative Costs, and to Program Expenses (the stated purpose of the charity.)

It give us great please to state clearly that the "Morris Annimal Foundation" has a four star rating – the highest achievable. 78.2% of funds go to Program Expenses, 13.5% go to Fund Raising, and a mere 8.1% go to Adminstrative Expenses. This is the best of all the charities doing similar type of work, it was the highest rated of all charities doing similar work, and exceeds nearly every other charity that Emily and I support. This is definately a charity that one can be very proud to support with the full knowledge that your support is going where you would expect/hope.

Spirit Cherry's Dad

PS: It was a beautiful day, we enjoyed seeing all our TriPawd friends, meeting Simon (a TriPawd who will be joining this forum), and meeting Simon's mom (who was a good friend with Emily Sister). The only way that it could have been better would have been if Allie and Cherry could have been there in more than just spirit.

PPS: NorCal TriPawds know how to have a Pawrty. We feel sorry for those of you who could not be here, but each and every one was remembered. Emily and I did the full walk just to make sure that there was a step for each of them.