Please Join Us!
....in supporting the Nebraska Humane Society and their amazing work and mission this December 1st during our first Live Streamed chartiy event!
This cause means so much to me and my family, so even if you don't have the bandwidth to support directly or finalcially, pelase considuer spending the day with us and showing your support that way!
We'll be playing a NUMBER of animal themed games and will be spicing things up with some fun donation-based incentives-- both individual and group! We'll be sharing pictures, wearing silly costumes, and all-around having a good ol' time. I hope you can find some tiem to be there!
Check out the stream schedule!
Our relationship with NEHS
All the way on July 30th of 2019, my spouse and I walked out of the Nebraska Humane Society (NEHS) with a tiny black leash in hand, and a medium, brownish-red dog named Luka at its end.
Luka had been brought in the day before by a different family, claiming they had gotten him from NEHS and wanted to return him for a plethora of reasons. The adoption guide we were with told us that she had never seen Luka before, and didn't know his real story, but that over the day he had been with them, he was quiet and timid (that wound up not being very true-- he came out of his shell soon enough). By the end of our time togehter, we were excited to embark on a new adventure together with our new friend and family member.
We had both already been familiar with the Humane Society in passing (my childhood dog, Haley, was also adopted through the organization, though I was not there to meet her on-ste) but going to adopt an animal outselves was a new discovery.
NEHS was in the thick of a major rennovation of their adoption center, so things were a little bit strange, but the staff were accomidating, kind, and understanding. We both knew that day that we'd be walking out of those doors with a new furry friend, but we had no idea that our lives would be changed as much as they were.
On February 12th on 2023, we returned to NEHS, this time gettign to expereicne the completed rennovation first-hand. The cats and kittens section of the adoption center was HUGE and though there was no shortage of cats avalible, there were remarkably less than usual.
We met several cats that day One, in particular, stands out. A cat, clung to the side of his kennel with his front paws, standing on a shelf inside with his back, was yowling and trying to get out attention by yowling in our general direction. Aptly, he was named Crowley. Another cat, Green Bean, was just down from Crowly though, and while Crowly first captured our attentions, it was Green Bean who captured our hearts.
Having just recieved his medical clearance, Green Bean still sported two mostly-shaved front legs. We read on his informational packet that he had been rescued by firefighters at the scene of a house fire, but did not belong to the family affected. A little heat couldn't pur a damper on his spirits though, it seemed, as he was interested in saying hello the moment his kennel was open and he had access to hand to pet him. His medical papers let us know he had a "terrible case of elevator butt" when getting scritches, which still holds true to this day.