Wayside Waifs

Wayside is proud to be a member of the Spay & Neuter Collaborative of KC. Our third and final spay/neuter event is coming up soon with 297 surgeries scheduled. Through the event we are providing free spay and neuter surgeries for pet parents that would otherwise not be able to afford this important service. We are so grateful for our supporters that have made this program possible - however, this month's event isn't quite fully funded. If you would like to help SNCKC and Wayside continue this important community service, consider making a making a donation. 100% of funds donated go to the cost of surgeries. Go to snckc.org/donate to help! #spayneuter

Reserve your spot for 12 Bars of Charity and help homeless pets at Wayside Waifs! Sign up for your snazzy sweatshirt now, and you’ll be nice and toasty for 12/14/24! BE SURE to sign up for Wayside's team using this link: https://lnkd.in/gnhmFHAu $15 from your registration will be donated to help the shelter pets at Wayside! Cheers to helping homeless pets get the loving homes they deserve! #12Bars #adopt #rescuepets #holidaybarcrawl

Fall "rush" for Wayside's Purr Gamma Bark sorority kicked off this week! Special thanks to our PGB sister Susan Wally for hosting the fall event in her beautiful home with the amazing Chef Michael Smith and Nancy Smith catering! PGB, now celebrating its 11th year, is a fun and inclusive way for professional and philanthropic women to support Wayside's life-saving mission. Sorority membership starts at only $100. Learn more and join PGB today at https://lnkd.in/gGmK9Rfd

Wayside Waifs joins our Kansas City community in grieving the loss of Don Hall, Sr. Don was a Kansas City icon. A description that is rarely used, but definitely earned by Don. He was an icon in business, in philanthropy, and as a dedicated family man. Don, in partnership with his late wife Adele, believed in giving back to help those most in need. They understood the power of pets in our lives and chose to invest in Wayside's life-saving mission for more than two decades. Through their visionary leadership, savvy business guidance, and compassionate natures, they helped transform Wayside from a small, struggling animal shelter into a nationally recognized animal welfare organization. We will be forever grateful to both of them. While many knew Don as a business and civic leader. Wayside had the honor to know Don's "lighter side," which was often on display at our annual Fur Ball Gala when he and Adele would embrace the Fur Ball theme and dress up in costume! Our condolences to the Hall Family, the Hall Family Foundation, the Hallmark Cards Family, and to Kansas City. With Don's passing, we've truly lost an icon. However, we are confident that Don and Adele's legacies will live on in perpetuity through the good works at Wayside Waifs, Children's Mercy Foundation, The Nelson Atkins Museum, and the many other organizations they believed in, and so generously gave to. While there are many wonderful photos of Don available to share - that capture various moments of his incredible life - the below photo of him, surrounded by his dogs and the love of his life, Adele, is how we are remembering him today and forever. #Hallmark #DonHall #legacy

Thank you Kansas City for supporting the 2024 KC MegaMatch by adopting 619 pets. Because of you 619 pets have the loving homes they deserve. Special thanks to Petco Love and Bobs for Sketchers, who powered this year's event and the 7 amazing animal welfare organizations that collaborated to make it happen! #petadoption #KCmegamatch #welovepets #shelterpets

What a season! Tail wags and purrs to Royals player Vinnie Pasquantino and The Kansas City Royals Foundation, Kansas City Royals for supporting the shelter pets at Wayside Waifs this year. Vinnie had a special "Pasqwich" sandwich that folks enjoyed this season at Kauffman Stadium. A portion of Pasqwich sandwich sales went to the shelter pets. And in May the annual Bark at the Park event welcomed our furry, four-legged friends to a baseball game to cheer on the Boys in Blue, with special ticket proceeds benefiting Wayside. Congrats on a grrreat season!

Working together, we can do so much more. Many years ago a national animal welfare organization used to organize and sponsor a "mega adoption event" in our community and nationally. They decided to change their funding choices and discontinued their initiative. But the animal welfare folks in KC wanted to continue the city-wide collaboration because we saw the amazing results it was creating for the animals in KC...thus creating KC MegaMatch! This year's KC metro-wide event is being powered by our friends at Petco Love and @Bobs from Sketchers. Oct. 11-13, seven area animal welfare organizations are partnering together to find forever, loving homes for 800 homeless animals. All pet adoptions have been reduced to $25. Will you help us spread the word about KC MegaMatch by sharing this post with others? One "click" could save a life! Learn more at KCMegaMatch.org today!

Thank you KC animal lovers for making the 34th Annual Strutt With Your Mutt, presented by Melcher Investment Co., a huge success, raising $250,000 for the homeless animals at Wayside Waifs. It was an amazing morning of furry fun, including a dog costume contest, 3k/5k, 30+ vendors in the vendor village, treats for people and dogs, and lots of tail wagging. Thank you to our amazing participants, volunteers, staff, vendors, and sponsors, including Melcher Investment Co., Castetter Johnson Family Foundation, Rob Sight Ford, Ameristar Casino, Hill's Pet Nutrition, Boehringer Ingelheim, Wells Fargo Advisors, Dechra, JE Dunn Construction, Grapevine Designs, J & J Survey, LLC, Front Range Coffeehouse, Westlake Ace Hardware, Noah's Ark Animal Clinic, KBP Brands, DM Injury Law, Vetoquinol USA, Advantage Fire Protection Systems Inc, South Kansas City Mobile Veterinary Clinic, EPR Properties, Brown & Crouppen Law Firm, JNA Advertising, KMBC 9, 99.7 The Point and Lathrop GPM LLP.

The weather looks amazing for THIS Sunday's Strutt With Your Mutt, presented by Melcher Investment Co., benefiting the shelter animals at Wayside Waifs. Join 1,000+ dogs and their faithful companions for a beautiful morning in Brookside celebrating our love of dogs! Activities are 7-10:15 am and include 3k/5k run/walk, dog costume contest, vendor village, caricatures, kids dash, lots of giveaways, amazing raffle, and more! Register now https://lnkd.in/g-xYXTWS. All Strutt donations are now being matched! Special thanks to these generous Strutt sponsors that make this special day possible Melcher Investment Co., Rob Sight Ford, Hill's Pet Nutrition, Ameristar Casino, Boehringer Ingelheim, Dechra, JE Dunn Construction, J & J Survey, LLC, Wells Fargo Advisors, Front Range Coffee, and Grapevine Designs.

Wayside Waifs would not be celebrating 80 years of service without the incredible commitment of our volunteers! Will you consider joining these special animal lovers in the Wayside Community as a volunteer? You can start your volunteer journey by attending the 5-6:30 pm, Tuesday, September 24 Volunteer Information Session, held at Wayside Waifs. Sign up now -- we have a seat for you tomorrow night! https://lnkd.in/gPCjer4p