The popular rescue center featured on the popular TV show aired by Animal Planet, Pit Bulls and Parolees, called Villalobos Rescue Center (VRS) was hit by Hurricane Ida as it is located in the path of the hurricane. It was unfortunate and a lot of things were damaged badly as it is the category 4 storm.
The founder of the rescue, Tia Torres, was really scared about what was going to happen from the storm. In order to fix everything, Villalobos Rescue Center sets up a GoFundMe. The good news is that a lot of people want to lend a hand.
About the fund raiser:
- Organizer: Tia Torres (New Orleans, LA)
- Donors: 2K
- Shares: 13.8K
- Followers: 2.6K
- Current Donation: $104,147
- Description: This was me and Lucky during Hurricane Isaac in 2012. This was a Cat 1. Now imagine what a high end Category 4 will do to us.
Hurricane Ida will become the biggest battle VRC has ever had to face since moving to Louisiana. In California it was the wildfires and Santa Ana winds. And although we have been through other hurricanes since moving here in 2011 and flooding on a regular basis, Hurricane Ida coming in at a high end Category 4 hurricane will definitely test our strength.
Add to all of this, we have not filmed since last year, not been on TV since last April and have been struggling with donations due to the COVID pandemic. VRC is struggling….desperately.
We will not be able to sustain the expense of the predicted damages to come. Add to this, I/Tia Torres will not be able to continue “hustling” on a daily basis for donations, grants, fundraising, etc, because not only will we all be without power for quite awhile but we will be putting our lives back together for weeks to come.
We are not going to make it without all of you. I mean this from the heart. We are scared. Please help us.
On the page of the fund raiser, there is a photo of Tia Torres with a dog name Lucky. According her, the photo was taken during the Hurricane Isaac in 2012. At the time of the writing, GoFundMe has collected a total of $104,147 for Villalobos Rescue Center. In order to reach the goal of $150,000, it only needs less than $50,000. If you are curious, here is the list of the donors listed by the top ones:
- Jennifer Sheehan: $2,000
- Lisa Penshorn: $1,000
- Barbara Morgan: $1,000
- Sarah Moore: $1,000
- Holly L Schrank: $1,000
- Kelly Matthews: $500
- Linda Farmer: $500
- Jenifer Roach: $500
- Anonymous: $500
- Tracy Wooten: $500
- Jayce Darrigo: $500
- Robin Pittenger: $500
- Lynne Caldon: $500
- Lorraine Henkel: $500
- Anonymous: $500
- Anonymous: $500
- Kimberly Davis: $400
- Anonymous: $300
- Carolyn Lucas: $300
- Anonymous: $300
- Pam G. Westerheide: $300
- Heather Emmel: $250
- Anonymous: $250
- Brenda Radle: $250
- Melinda H Barrrett: $250
- Jodi Wos: $250
- James Mithesll: $250
- Stephanie Duca: $200
- Michele Moore: $200
- Anonymous: $200
- Cornelia Glanville: $200
- Donovan S: $200
- Robin Mayhew: $200
- Megan Wood: $200
- Jacquelyn Kirk: $200
- Sylvia Brock: $200
- Marial Bel: $200
- Lynn Medlin: $200
- Joan Olson: $200
- Benefsha Gest: $200
- Kimberly Coombs: $200
- Laurie Kirk: $200
- Tricia Regan: $200
- Anonymous: $200
- Jane Osborn: $200
- Blue Ullrich: $200
- Anonymous: $200
- Anonymous: $200
- Ellen Donahue: $200
- William Barrett: $200
- Craig Seaman: $200
- Jennifer Goodenow: $200
- Julia Mcgary: $200
- Diane Larzelere: $200
- Heather Dammerman: $200
- Anna Girard: $200
- Anonymous: $200
- Wendy King: $200
- Cynthia Millikan: $200
- Anonymous: $200
- Melanie Davis: $200
- Tammy Sickles: $200
- Kathy Kelly: $200
- Mary Page: $200
- Todd Peyton: $200
- Gail Henning: $200
- Melanie Davis: $200
- Gary Habicht: $200
- Lawrence Orrok: $200
- Dannette Shebest: $200
- Robin Bell: $200
- Jessica Turtle: $200
- Monica Leschick: 150
- Shelly Luckenbill: $150
- April McComb: $150
If you are moved with the story, have money, and want to help Tia Torres and everyone at Villalobos Rescue center in fixing the rescue and taking care of the dogs, it is the perfect time for you to join these donors by donating. If you have no idea how to donate on Go Fund Me, you can follow the following guide:
- The first thing that you should do is to go to the Go Fund Me page for Villalobos Rescue Center set by Tia Torres. By clicking on this link you will be able to go there: https://www.gofundme.com/f/hurricane-ida-disaster?qid=ecbf61edcf3a9499e91055c59b059b63.
- When you are there, move your cursor to the right side of the page and find the Donate Now button before clicking it. Aside from that, there is also the Donate button below the description that you can click.
- Clicking on the button will take you to the new page. Here you can enter how much you want to donate. The minimum number of the donation is $5.00. Go Fund Me is known as a 0% platform free for organizers. If you have enough money, you can donate to the platform. You will be able to see the total of the donation and the tip for the Go Fund Me on the right side of the page.
- Once you are fine with everything, the next thing that you have to do is to click Continue button.
- Then, choose between credit or debit.
- After that, enter the form of the payment. The information that is requires includes email address, first name, last name, card number, name on card, country, postal code, and so on.
- When you are done filling in the form, you can just hit the Donate now button and your donation will be processed immediately.
For more information about the fun raiser done by Tia Torres for Villalobos Rescue Center, it is better for you to go to Go Fund Me.
