Irma Raygoza

Dear Friends and Family,

I am lacing up my sneakers next month and participating in Moyo Village's Miles for Miles fundraiser. This event is raising money to create an adoption hub in Chicago for stray, neglected, and abused animals in Puerto Rico. It costs nearly $1000 to get one of these homeless dogs all the way from Puerto Rico to Chicago, but it is worth their chance for freedom in a forever home. And as an animal lover, you know how much this cause means to me!

I'm asking for sponsors to help me reach my fundraising goal. Will you help by making a pledge per mile or a simple flat donation?

Thank you for all of your support and encouragement, and for supporting the rescue dogs of Puerto Rico!

About this fundraiser:

Moyo Village is an animal shelter and eco-retreat space in the making on the beautiful island of Puerto Rico. We currently partner with multiple animal rescue organizations for a community-based approach to reducing the overall euthanasia rates of homeless animals and solving the stray dog crisis on the island.

We support low-cost spay & neuter programs to mitigate the problem from the start, but we also work to adopt out homeless animals across the entire United States. Our goal for this year is to make Chicago an adoption hub for the Midwest, as many of the current adoption hubs are based on the East Coast. Help us raise funds to make a Chicago adoption hub a reality!

On average it costs nearly $1000 to get a stray dog from Puerto Rico (a "sato") to the United States - this is after vaccinations, de-worming, paperwork, and expensive flights. Adoption fees do not cover all of these costs, so this fundraiser will cover the beginning steps in getting dogs on their Freedom Flights and in to their forever homes. This fundraiser will also cover the costs of airline approved travel crates, which will go back and forth between Puerto Rico and Chicago.

Join us in our goal of walking 2,073 miles outside as a community during the month of August (the distance a sato will fly from SJU to ORD on their Freedom Flight!) OR sponsor a walker and pledge to donate for every mile walked!

For more information on Moyo Village, please visit us at:
www.moyovillage.com

Like us on Facebook at:
www.facebook.com/moyovillage

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@moyovillage

Your donations will help pay for:

• Airline Approved Travel Crates
• Flight Fees

All participants: