The Potter League for Animals
We are thrilled to share our newest efforts to give back to the Newport community, with a fund-raiser for Rhode Island's The Potter League for Animals.
As many of you know, we are major animal-lovers at Harper & Tucker, and the shop is named after our sister-dogs. We believe in the therapeutic powers of petting a horse, the unmatched love that blooms when taking a dog into your family, and the magical connection you can foster with an animal. We are passionate about kindness for all living creatures, and believe that all animals should be treated with the respect and love that they shower us with every single day. When we were discussing which organization to partner with and collaborate with, we immediately knew that The Potter League was at the top of our list, and wanted to do everything we could to share their mission:
"As the heart of a compassionate community, we enrich lives and promote the humane treatment of animals" - Potter League's Mission Statement
Originally founded in 1929, The Potter League is an "open admission" shelter helping as many pets as possible in the surrounding communities. They accept owner-surrendered animals, as well as stray animals from communities which have an animal control-housing contract. Annually, they take in approximately 2,000 domestic dogs, cats, rabbits, and other small animals into their facility providing food, housing, training, vaccinations, and requiting the love that too often these animals have not experienced. The Potter League consistently maintains a Live Release Rate of 90% or higher through placement to new families, returned to their owners, or released to another facility or rescue group. They take in all from the ill, dangerous, and poorly behaved to highly adoptable animals already ready for their forever home.
In addition to their work as a shelter, The Potter League is a sanctuary for current pet owners providing a wide array of resources from allergy education to low cost spay/neuters/vaccinations. The Potter League services nearly 2,000 animals with vaccinations for low-income pet owners, obedience training, and behavior support each year. They are truly the community's ultimate animal care and resource center.
From The Potter League for Animal's 2019 Annual Report: 
I recommend venturing to the website to learn more about everything that this organization is doing to support the animals and pet-owners in our surrounding communities. Having barely scratched the surface in learning about their work, I am truly in awe that this one organization has such an encompassing and comprehensive approach to its services. We cannot wait for this continued collaboration and for (once it's safe) to host in-store events, sales, and sip & shops to raise awareness and donations for their efforts. We are a small business in a small community, and we know our donations will go furthest to an organization in our back yard.
To kick everything off, we are launching our first initiative this week! For every new Google Review left for Harper & Tucker we will donate $10 to The Potter League for Animals! Now...if we hit 50 NEW reviews in the next FOUR WEEKS (raising $500) we will donate an additional $100 and our marketing partner and friends from Highlighter Studio will also match $100!
50 NEW Google Reviews by September 15th - raises $700
Let's get started - click HERE to leave a review for Harper & Tucker!