125: Deanna Sanvi - Gateway Pet Guardians Takes Community Outreach to Another Level

Deanna Sanvi is our incredible guest. She volunteers with Gateway Pet Guardians in the East St. Louis area, sometimes referred to as Metro East. She shares about the wide variety of life-saving services Gateway offers, and her own animal rescue journey. Gateway Pet Guardians is a nonprofit St. Louis animal shelter bringing hope to stray pets in East St. Louis while educating the community in order to eliminate homelessness for stray dogs and cats. Website http://www.gatewaypets.com Facebook https://www.facebook.com/gatewaypets/ Other Important Organizations Bi State Pet Food Pantry - their mission is to keep animals and their guardians together during financially difficult times by providing emergency assistance with pet food. Website http://www.bistatepetfoodpantry.org Carol House Quick Fix Pet Clinic - their goal is to establish programs and policies that will decrease the number of unwanted dogs and cats euthanized in Saint Louis each year. Website http://stlspayneuter.org BARC St Louis - their main focus is to eliminate the euthanasia of adoptable dogs and cats by promoting and providing spay/neuter surgeries for pets of low-income families. Website http://barcstl.org We are giving away a copy of Forces of Nature, signed by previous guest Joanne Greene! Sign up for our email list for your chance to win! http://thisispawprint.com/ask About Nancy and Harold Rhee We have been married over 20 years, fostered over 60 dogs in the past four years, and we love animal rescue and the amazing people who dedicate their lives. And of course, the dogs and cats! If you want to learn more about Nancy and Harold, go to our About Us page at http://thisispawprint.com/about or listen to our introductory podcast episode, "Fifty Puppies and a Podcast." http://thisispawprint.com/000 About Pawprint Pawprint (or Paw Print) is a weekly podcast dedicated to animal rescue, adoption, and the heroes who make it happen. Volunteer, walk, adopt, or foster a dog, cat, rabbit, or other wonderful pet through your local shelter, humane society, SPCA, pound, and animal control. Stop abuse, and help increase animal protection, welfare, and rights.  http://thisispawprint.com http://animalrescuepodcast.com Don’t miss any new episodes. Sign up for our email list. If you want to join our animal rescue community and receive two free bonus dog-training resources from Irith Bloom, positive reinforcement dog trainer, go to http://thisispawprint.com/ask. Irith can be found at http://www.thesophisticateddog.com/ About Pawprint’s Music All of Pawprint's music is composed by Luke Gartner-Brereton. Luke is based in Brisbane, Australia, and he composes a wide variety of songs and musical loops http://info.vanillagroovemedia.com http://vanillagroovestudios.com http://soundcloud.com/luke-gartnerbrereton