Check Out Joy’s Story

Today we’d like to introduce you to Joy.

Hi Joy, thanks for sharing your story with us. To start, maybe you can tell our readers some of your backstory.
As a family we rescued a beautiful little Shih Tzu mix named “Candy the Wonder Dog” who lived to be 21 years old.

When she passed away, we spoke together {my husband and myself} and decided that we loved her so much and we wanted to share the fact

that ‘rescue’ animals are so amazing and can offer such love.

We wanted to educate people on just how amazing a rescue animal can be and we wanted to share that information.

I went to work for a veterinarian and learned to be a technician as well as a veterinarian practice manager.

Rescue Me Corporation was born.

Our sister corporation is Touching the Lives of Americans and we help Veterans with service dogs.

Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
Well, as a rescue that specializes in saving special needs, abused, neglected, abandoned and senior animals one of the MAIN and largest issues we safe is funding for the ani-pals we save and rehabilitate.

We are NOT funded by anyone nor do we received Federal or any other funding.

We have to raise funds for each animal we save.

As you can imagine this can often be a daunting task as many of them require expensive surgical intervention to save their lives, followed by after care and the expenses that go with all of that.

As you know, we’re big fans of you and your work. For our readers who might not be as familiar what can you tell them about what you do?
I think our Mission and Purpose statement says it all;

Rescue Me Corporation {Incorporated} ™ Mission and Purpose

Our Mission is to empower and educate our community, to end the cycle of violence in the lives of our K-9 and ALL animal companions.

Rescue Me Corporation {Incorporated} specializes in rescuing special needs, abused, neglected, injured and senior animals so often over-looked in our City/County facilities.

We also serve the community by rescue, rehabilitation and re-homing the animal orphans in our care. We are very careful in the placement of our animals. It is our job and responsibility to see that our animals go to the perfect life-long, loving home. We have a very extensive and careful screening process to insure that our animals find their perfect forever home.

We at Rescue Me Corporation {Incorporated} believe that the high cost of a medical procedure should not determine if an animal should live or die.

One of our goals is to help cut the euthanasia rate by educating the public on the benefits and importance of animal rescue and spay/neuter programs.

We also offer training programs to fit your pet’s individual needs.

We also have many programs involving our Military heroes past and present as well as humane education programs and programs with special needs kids and kids who just want to learn about animals.

One program Rescue Me Corporation {Incorporated} is especially proud of is our service dog program in which we match up our returning Military heroes with a service dog to assist he/she with their P.T.S.D. {Post Traumatic Stress Disorder} T.B.I. {Traumatic Brain Injury} as well as Emotional Support service dog. These dogs will be provided to our heroes FREE of charge!!! They will be as well trained with their dog to ensure the perfect match.

Touching the Lives of Americans™

Mission and Purpose Statement

Our mission and purpose is to enhance the lives of Veterans {and their families} with disabilities by providing them with a trained service dog/emotional support dog to help them increase their independence in every day life.

This includes Veteran heroes whom have lost limbs or have P.T.S.D. {Post Traumatic Stress Disorder} T.B.I’S {Traumatic Brain Injuries} and NEED the unconditional LOVE and SUPPORT from a dog. Kids and other family members as well as the Veteran hero as P.T.S.D. is a family disease.

ALL of the dogs in our program come from City/County impound facilities.

Our Vision

To have a sanctuary where Veterans can come too and have them be included in the training of the dogs.

A place where he/she can feel safe and LOVED while learning about his/her dog and have them involved in the training process.

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Picture in your mind’s eye, a sanctuary for an endless variety of beautiful creatures. A virtual rainbow of love.
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Dogs, cats, birds, donkeys, pot-bellied pigs, pygmy goats, horses or any other animal deserted, abused, neglected, discarded, and rescued from various places and situations.
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A place where Veterans can go to after they have received care at a treatment center, when they need further treatment

for their P.T.S.D. or T.B.I injuries.

A sanctuary surrounded by animals that just want to be loved and give love.

This facility will be a safe place where returning Veterans can go to be re-trained to learn a new trade such as dog

grooming, working in a Veterinary hospital, dog training/behaviorist thus getting them ready to re~enter the work force with a new trade.

To have a sufficient number of employees to manage a growing organization.

To be financially independent.

To provide as many Veteran families {Gold Star Families} as possible, with a trained service/emotional support dog under the definition of the Americans with Disability Act

How do you think about luck?
Oh WOW, what an interesting question:

Luck;

I think the fact I went to work for a veterinarian and was able to have training to be a veterinary technician as well as training to be a veterinary practice manager gave me the training to learn on the job while helping animals.

As a kid with a learning disability, learning hands on is my best learning tool and I was fortunate to be able to have that with this job and learn on the job.

I honestly don’t believe in bad luck as every situation we as humans are put in can be turned around in the opposite direction f ‘bad luck’.

We as humans just have to look for the good in every situation and if it is an unfavorable situation then we can look at it as a learning experience.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.rescuemeinc.org and www.touchngthelivesofamericans.org
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rescuemeincorporated/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rescuemeinc {My personal act} https://www.facebook.com/rescuemeincorporated/ https://www.facebook.com/touchingthelivesofamericans/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rescuemeinc/?isSelfProfile=true

Image Credits
N/A as I took the photos or my husband did and we own all rights to them.