The Pet Connection receives a bounty of generosity
November 3, 2009 5:07:00 pm
- The Kansas City Star
Misfortune has turned into a bounty of riches for The Pet Connection, a non-profit, no-kill animal shelter in Mission.
Shelter officials thought they were getting $5,000 from the Adam’s Rib barbecue restaurant in Overland Park after an eating contest in August won by Bryan Truta, radio personality at 105.1 JACK FM.
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Truta wanted the money to go to his favorite charity – The Pet Connection.
To the chagrin of the shelter, the barbecue went out of business a few weeks later and the winning check was never sent.
But the generosity of others has stepped in to change disappointment to joy.
First came a $5,000 contribution from David Block, principal of Block & Co. Inc. Realtors. Today Panera Bread of Kansas donated $2,500.
An anonymous Overland Park donor stepped up with a $1,000 gift, according to Jason Huff, the shelter’s operations manager.
He said news of the lost money had generated slightly more than $9,500 in donations for the shelter.
The money will be used to assist dogs taken in by the shelter from the Ray of Hope program, which places pets in no-kill adoption programs and homes.
“The more money we get for that program the more animals we can take,” Huff said.
Jim Sullinger, jsullinger@kcstar.com
