We will be hosting a fundraiser, and a just-plain-fun, event at Beautiful Together Animal Sanctuary in Chapel Hill on Sunday, November 5th!! This event is between 12pm – 4pm, drop in as you please. Expect food, drinks, music and some serious pumpkin catapulting!! There will also be stuffed puppies & kittens available “for adoption”, with […]
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Featured on ABC 11 Did you catch us on the news again last week? Thank you, ABC 11 WTVD for featuring our rescue puppy adoption event at O2 Fitness – University Drive, along with the need to get our sweet rescue animals into loving forever homes! Rescue puppy adoption event in Durham, NC “All of […]
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But we are finally so close to being fully operational in our vet clinic at the sanctuary! And this will make such a difference for all of the rescue animals in our care – and the thousands more to come. By expanding our capabilities in our sanctuary rescue clinic, our veterinarians will be able to offer more extensive medical care, including spays, neuters, a wide variety of surgical procedures – and much more.
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Our tiny home rescue clinic has arrived at our sanctuary! Since we began rescuing animals in need of refuge, we have pulled over 1,700 dogs, cats, puppies and kittens from overcrowded North Carolina animal shelters and inhumane situations! That means a whole lot of need for medical care, which has actually been our largest expense since […]
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Just over a year ago, we got a call from Bertie County shelter – which had a euthanasia rate of ZERO for 2022 – for two very feral and very pregnant dogs. These two sister pups were so terrified that the staff were not able to interact with them, only giving them as much care […]
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Research backs up what most people already know: Children turn to animals when experiencing stress, anxiety, depression or loneliness. Connecting homeless pets who need socialization and affection with children who experience joy and comfort by spending time with them is the manifestation how we can all be more Beautiful Together.
Read More →From the Tamara Lackey Blog: We are thrilled to announce that the orphanage bathroom renovation that has been in process for nearly two months is finally, totally, beautifully completed!! When we first announced this Beautiful Together project, we weren’t sure exactly how long it would take or what kind of complications we might run into, […]
Read More →From the Tamara Lackey Blog: When we founded Beautiful Together, our 501(c)(3) all-volunteer, non-profit organization focused on supporting children without families, we knew that one of the benefits of doing this type of work would be meeting others who were doing similar work. We knew we would want to partner with a few key organizations and […]
Read More →From the Tamara Lackey Blog: Last week I wrote about my concept for a portrait photography gallery for the Kidane Mehret orphanage in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. And I spent two full weeks photographing the approximately 65 children who live in this orphanage with the intention of creating this gallery, feeling a strong desire to create it for a few reasons. First, […]
Read More →The orphanage renovation project for the bathroom areas is nearly complete! This downstairs one is almost finished, and the upstairs one is about 90% there. We should be finished with everything in just a few days. It’s great to see such amazing progression on the ground here in Ethiopia. Have never been so thrilled to see brand new working toilets in our lives ; )
Read More →This little boy waits excitedly outside one of the areas we’re renovating so he can use a brand new bathroom stall. There’s been a ton done on this project already, and tomorrow we start on tile replacement and painting.
Read More →These are definitely some rough visuals, no doubt – but as our team strips the bathroom of what the children at this orphanage have been using for years, we are thrilled about the simple dignity of clean, new bathroom fixtures. After all is torn out and the new equipment is installed, we can move on […]
Read More →HUGE THANK YOU! We want to thank the four Myers children who raised $200 from hosting multiple lemonade/cookie stands, accepting donations for orphans in Africa. They often explained to “customers” that their family is in the process of adopting and they had been learning about the great needs in Africa and wanted to help. They […]
Read More →(Literally!) broke ground on the first phase of our bathroom renovation projects at Kidane Mehret orphanage in Ethiopia. Lots more to go but the work is officially underway! The project will include renovating 7 bathrooms and making small upgrades to the kitchen. Including: Replacing the toilet stalls and pipes Repairing the water damage Applying a […]
Read More →Donate Today! Kidane Mehret Orphanage – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Bathroom Renovation and Sanitary Improvement Project Budget: $7,500 Our 2015 Summer Campaign is dedicated to supporting Kidane Mehret Orphanage in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. We are raising funds to purchase needed supplies for this orphanage that currently supports over 60 children of various ages. And to maximize local economic […]
Read More →Beautiful Together is building a caring and engaged community on Facebook, where we are sharing updates and information regularly. We’d love for you to come be our friend. We are also now on Twitter, posting as BTogetherDotOrg. We initially had to shrink the name to fit Twitter’s username count limit, but we kinda love […]
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