Prudence The Dog’s Story: Why I Contributed to a Crowd-Funding Campaign

I do not like crowd-funding. It is too easily taken advantage of and I believe that people should work for what they have in life. Just the other day I saw a post from someone asking to crowd-fund the down payment for her house. Before that, I saw someone post a link to a crowd-funding campaign because he wanted a new RV. This system, as many systems do, is becoming blatantly abused so, no. I do not believe in crowd-funding and I never contribute to or promote crowd-fund campaigns—for the most part.
However, there are instances when I’ll admit that a crowd-funding campaign is justified in the same effort that benefit events for cancer patients are justified: supporting others in critical situations is the just plain human thing to do. This morning, I came across a such particular instance that both warmed and broke my heart. It hurt to read about in the beginning, but the end result of it was so wonderful and brilliant that it instilled in me a fresh hope and inspired me to do the one thing I swore I’d never do: contribute to a crowd-funding campaign. Here’s why:
Jaime and John were in Waterbury, CT this past Monday when they came across a stray dog. The dog was hurt—I won’t go into details because just thinking about it brings me to tears, but I will say that her condition was dire. They contacted animal control. However, they were closed due to the holiday. They then contacted the police, who told her the dog would have to stay where it was until Tuesday morning when animal control could be contacted.
This was not acceptable to Jaime and John. They wrapped the dog in a blanket and took her to the animal hospital. After hearing from the doctors that they would be fully responsible for the financial responsibility of the dog because she was a stray, Jaime and John agreed to pay the costs and proceeded to wait through the night and worry about her (they’d been told by the doctor that the next twenty-four hours of the dog’s life were critical to her survival.)
Great news came the next morning when the doctor called to tell Jaime and John that the dog—whom they now lovingly call Prudence—was showing signs of improvement. Better still! Prudence is continuing to improve and was recently released from the animal hospital. She still has a ways to go before she is healed, but she is on the road to mending, all thanks to two selfless individuals.
In order to help with the veterinary costs involved with saving Prudence—$1,970 and counting—Jaime started a crowd-funding campaign. This campaign is what broke my streak of crankiness towards crowd-funding. Two people did the human thing and saved a dog left to die. The least Icould do for Jaime, John and Prudence was click a link, donate a few dollars and use my social media outlets to aware others of this amazing story of a life selflessly saved.
I am so touched, warmed and deeply moved this morning by Jaime and John’s actions. They saved a life they did not know for no other purpose than that it was the right thing to do. I’m so happy to report that Prudence is on the road to recovery thanks to these two wonderful people and I’m thrilled to know that Prudence now has a happy, loving home to spend the rest of her days in. Thank you, Jaime and John, for staying classy.
If you’d like to learn more about Prudence, Jaime and John, or if you’d like to contribute to the “Please Help Prudence” crowd-funding campaign, here is the link to their gofundme page. Thank you for any dollar amount you choose to contribute to support the care and rehabilitation of Prudence.
As always, thanks for reading, thanks for commenting and thanks for giving me someone to write to. Stay Classy, Blog-o-Sphere!
Best

—R