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Why Was Frannie Named Frannie?
Dumped, abused, neglected, starved, left tied up in yards when their owners move away, or tossed out of moving cars by their family, the very people who once loved them, named them and raised them. That was the story of so many of our seniors, before we took them in. Just like humans, a dogs' power of association is strong, and so when they come to live with us, we make everything new. New family, new friends, new homes...and new name. No more associations with the past, a fresh new start full of love, life, hope and comfort for every single one of them. Frannie was named after the tv star, Fran Drescher. How is Your Frannie Legacy Donation Spent?
All proceeds from this campaign go directly to the Frannie Cabin providing for wellness checks for the new seniors coming in, their food and nutrition, as well as medications and supplements while they live there. Frannie Book Club Photo Gallery
LINDSAY ROBERTSON BOOMERSHINE SCHOLARSHIP
"It is always miraculous to see a dream take shape and form…” Howard Thurman The Lindsay Robertson Boomershine Scholarship provides opportunities for Schools and Community Organizations to provide FREE supply of Frannie and the Skunk Who Couldn’t Skunk postcards and stickers for the purpose of encouraging children to improve their communicative skills, establish new friends and exchange stories and experiences to enrich their own and others lives. These postcards can be used to establish new friendships between students / children at other schools or community organizations locally, nationally or internationally and include access via a unique QR code to a downloadable copy of Frannie and the Skunk Who Couldn’t Skunk. This scholarship is provided in memory of Lindsay Robertson Boomershine (seen in this photo with her beloved Saki) with thanks to the kind generosity of Walter Boomershine and Pat Mitchell. Lindsay was a dynamo! Ask anyone who knew her. She walked her faith. She gave tirelessly to organizations that focused on helping people live their dreams and care for the less fortunate. Her legacy lives on through this wonderful initiative. School Teachers and Community Leaders can make requests via [email protected] and we will get back to you straight away. Please include some background and information on your organization and explain how you would utilise this opportunity. |
This summer, we will be taking delivery of cabin number four, which will be known as Frannie's Cabin, the second of our legacy cabins, named after the amazing little dog who spawned a book about her incredible courage and captured heart after heart in our community program.
Frannie came to us from The Society of Humane Friends of Georgia, who pulled this beautiful little terrier mix from the local shelter when they saw she was being overlooked time after time because of her disability. Unable to walk hardly at all, with malformed rear legs, appalling arthritis in her front leg and the other shoulder almost disintegrated from wear and tear, being the only fully useable limb, Frannie was, it seemed, on borrowed time. Vets had suggested that she be put down, that there was no thought of viable quality of life for this girl. But they didn't know Frannie... Frannie was 'The Little Engine That Could'. As tough as movement was for her, Frannie never missed a beat and finagled her way around her new cabin home with a mix of determination and grace, every day providing a life lesson for us all in how our only stumbling block can sometimes be our own mind. We would bring visitors to the cabin, as part of our community program, who would try to facilitate Frannie's movements for her, wanting to carry her here or there, but Frannie wasn't having any of it. "I can do this!" she'd yell, "Let me get there myself!" On school visits, or visits to the local Adult Day Center for handicapped adults, Frannie shone the brightest. For those ill at ease with their own bodies, Frannie provided a beautiful lesson in how not to accept the hand that life deals, but more so, how to go out and forge your own path. School children would ask how Frannie could possibly walk when nothing about her seemed to function? We would always say, “Frannie doesn't accept defeat. If she wants to do something, she is going to do it, no matter how much people say she can't.” Such a powerful lesson for anyone pigeon-holed by others as disabled, instead of DIFFERENTLY abled! Frannie was bold, beautiful, strong-willed and feisty. She wrote the book on living life 'against all odds' and we were beyond honored to have her amongst us. |
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