I have just sent a donation of $380 to Boston Buddies for Jack, a little boston terrier who needs surgery for his luxating patellas.
This is a percentage of commissions received in late December 2009 and January 2010. (I will also be sending donations to a few other rescues)
Jack’s surgery costs $2000. If you can help, please do!
Thank you for all your 2009 support and donations, and for spreading the word about my DOGGIE DRAWINGS.
In 2010, I will continue to take commissions and make donations to Boston Buddies or to the rescue group of your choice.
*There is a new price list starting Jan 1st, 2010.*
PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR UPDATED INFORMATION.
Thank you!
Lili
Thank you for your continued support and for telling your friends about my work. I really appreciate it. Times are financially tough right now so I am extremely grateful to all my clients. This Doggie Drawings project is also a fundraiser, so you are also helping dogs in need and this is always a wonderful thing.
The last donation I made was at the end of February. This quarter, I am donating a total of $340 to Boston Buddies, which is 25% of all commissions received in the months of March, April and May 2009. THANK YOU!
I want to introduce you all to American Boston Terrier Rescue (ABTR) which is based in Texas. I recently designed for Wanda at ABTR, a new logo for their website.
Links: http://americanbostonterrierrescue.org/ (under construction) OR http://www.abtr.net
This next quarter, I will be adding ABTR to the list of rescue groups that I make donations to.
Tell me if this page about Nicky doesn’t move you. Please help ABTR help poor Nicky.
WARNING - VERY DISTURBING GRAPHIC IMAGES OF ABUSE:
http://americanbostonterrierrescue.org/SpecialDogs/Nicky/Nicky.htm
Starting tomorrow - JUNE 1st, 2009 - 25% of all commissions received will be donated to ABTR. Please spread the word!
I will of course still donate to Boston Buddies, French Bulldog Village etc. at your request.
- Lili
Another graphic for ABTR featuring JERRY.
Thank you to everyone for your generous donations and patience as I work my way through a growing list of doggies to draw. Thank you especially to those of you who are spreading the word about my fundraiser project on forums and blogs - I really really appreciate it!
Here is some nice feedback from Kat (mother to Dobby the Frenchie, and Cookie the BT, as pictured below)-
“Lili is super nice, and very quick with her work, you’ll be
amazed. She always captures the expressions & personalities of the
dogs SO perfectly! I’ve attached the drawing she did for Cookie &
Dobby, as well as some of their pictures that inspired the drawing.
It’s now framed up on our wall and makes us smile everytime we look at it. :)”
I also received some lovely feedback from Chris, (Angel’s mom) on the WOOF forum. Below is a photo of my framed drawing of her doggies, which is so cool to see!
… And from Melissa:
“Here is a picture of my tattoo, inspired by your fabulous drawing of Duke and Daisy. It’s pretty fresh, I’ll send you a better picture once it is healed up.”
These photos make me smile. :)
DONATIONS UPDATE
I recently sent off a $800 check to BostonBuddies for the care of Hope, a Special Needs girl whom you can read about HERE. I will continue to send checks to BostonBuddies at the end of each month on your behalf. In only 3 months, we have raised approximately $3000 in donations - which blows my mind! I feel so good about this!
Some of you have asked: How long will this fundraiser project go on for?
Ideally, I would like to keep doing these drawings for as long as there is interest in them.
What started off as a “side hobby-project” has now become something that I do every day and night so… a slight change of plans… From August 2008 onwards, I will be donating 20 -50% of proceeds (instead of 80%) to BostonBuddies Rescue.
I also want to add that if you prefer me to donate to a different pet rescue group or charity (e.g., French Bulldog Rescue, if you have Frenchies or a mixed-breed rescue…), I am open to this. Please let me know.
Thank you for your continued support in this fundraiser.
If you are going to be at the Boston Tea Party on Sept 20th, I look forward to meeting you and your dogs!
- Lili
[link: INFO on commissioning a doggie drawing]
Fundraiser illustrations by Lili Chin for BostonBuddies (SoCal boston terrier rescue).
TOTAL Donated: $8618
You can also view the full gallery of doggie drawings on my Flickr
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