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Tybee Island’s Impressive Female Business Scene

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By Brittany Howard, Visit Tybee.

Ladies, it’s time to flex those girl power muscles — oh wait, you already are! Tybee Island isn’t just a picturesque paradise — it’s also brimming with phenomenal women running the show. From charming boutiques to luxurious lodgings and mouth-watering eateries, this seaside haven is ‌a confirmation of the strength of female entrepreneurship.

It’s time we gave these fierce ladies the recognition they deserve – and a standing ovation while we’re at it.

 

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caring creates miracles

Caring Creates Miracles

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Caring creates miracles. Lab Rescue – and Other Dog Rescues – at Their Collective Best!  

Labrador Retriever Rescue of Florida (LRRoF) spotted a Facebook post just three days before Christmas – and it was a very bad and sad post.  A young Labrador Retriever mom had been shot in the leg, and it was horribly shattered.  Found in Hamilton County, FL, the mom had wandered into a yard.  She was spotted by a good Samaritan who realized she was badly injured and needed immediate help.  They fed her and then found her 8 young pups, probably just 4 or 5 weeks old, under the house in the yard where the mom was found!  They reached out to Hamilton County Animal Control, which took in all nine dogs and started care immediately.  After LRRoF saw the post, the District Coordinator for that area sprang to action and became involved.
LRRoF discussed the situation with Animal Services, which was already working with Companion Animal Hospital in Live Oak, FL (thank you, Dorothy and the vets and others at Companion!) that had all of the dogs at that point and had done the initial vetting.  The leg was the more pressing matter.  After significant discussion at the vet, they decided to try to save the mom’s leg and put it in a splint, in the hope that the bones would fuse properly (only time will tell on this).  The mom was determined to also be HW+ so there’s a long road ahead for her.  She is estimated at just two years old.  In good news the 8 pups appear to be in very good shape!
Next: finding a foster who can take them all in (a tough ask – to put it mildly – given it was Christmas).  But an amazing, long-term LRRoF volunteer and foster (thank you, uber volunteer and current Vice President of LRRoF, Sooz Wooley!) stepped up.  Unfortunately, she was 540 miles away!  Next up: arranging transport.  After 10,000 emails and texts and in a Christmas miracle, over 48 hours, all nine dogs were transported from Jennings, Fl to Blackshear, GA (thank you, Rose, from Hamilton County Animal Services, who on her own personal time transported the dogs on the first first leg!).  Then from Blackshear, GA to Dublin, GA and then to Beaufort, SC (thank you, Mary Della Bell and Michelle McLendon Evans, with Diamonds in the Ruff, Tarrytown, GA!).  Then a doggie overnight in Beaufort with Diane Kaufman, Head Mermaid at Mermaid Cottages. (thank you, Diane!).  Then a transport the next day to Beech Island, SC with Phil Kinzer (Phil – thank you!) and finally, Sooz Wooley driving on leg number #5, to the ultimate destination, Boone, NC.
Also involved in the huge rescue effort: Nancy MacDonald and Barbara Peason (Diamonds in the Ruff – thank you!) and Karrie Bulski (One Love Animal Rescue, Savannah, GA).

It’s stories like these that are due to our amazing volunteers and donors.  Thank you to everyone involved in this massive rescue effort!  To donate to LRRoF.org please go to https://lrrof.org/donate/.   To donate to One Love Animal Rescue, go to https://oneloveanimalrescue.com/donate.  

Caring creates miracles. Thank goodness for the goodness of good people.

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Mermaid Schools

Mermaid Schools

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Mermaid schools are in session. No, we’re not talking about pods of Mermaids in the ocean (they’re everywhere, though…). We’re talking about the schools, teachers, and classrooms Mermaid Cottages has adopted for this school year. Head Mermaid Diane got schooled recently when she learned over 96% of teachers provide school supplies with their own money so their students aren’t left out. In fact, most teachers spend over $750 of their own money each school year. With these facts in hand, Diane rallied our team to adopt some local schools with teachers, classrooms, and students who need help. Teachers are working harder than ever to help students catch up and excel. We’re doing our part to help. These teachers are teaching us how to be better helpers, too.

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our guide dog's journey

Our Guide Dog Journey

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Our Guide Dog journey is a long, organized, goal oriented and task-based curriculum with no room for error or failure. Her graduation will present her into the world to really make a difference. A life changing difference for a person with a disability.  We are excited and very pleased with MC’s accomplishments and evaluations, so far.  Here’s what we learned about MC this week.

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A Puppy Raiser’s Love

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A puppy raiser’s love is quite remarkable considering she invests all her hopes and dreams in a very special guide dog puppy who will someday make the transition into a hero in a harness.  Such is the story of MC, our latest guide dog in training. You see, when guests rent a pet-friendly cottage from our Mermaid Cottages collection, the pet fee helps us sponsor puppies to be trained as guide dogs and service dogs for persons in need, including members of the United States Military.

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