08/11/2026
🐶FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS, THANK YOU! 😻
We are beyond grateful to everyone who showed up and supported our Paws for a Cause BBQ! Together, we raised an incredible $6,226.50 through BBQ sales, silent auction tickets, bake sale goodies, yard sale and book sales, and generous donations from our community.
The Kenora Cat Shelter and A Dog’s Life Fostering Network, will receive $3,113.25 to directly support the animals in our care. Every dollar will help provide the food, veterinary care, supplies and love these animals need while they wait for their forever homes. 🤍
A HUGE thank you to our incredible volunteers who made this event possible! From setting up and directing traffic to running the BBQ, bake sale, yard sale, Open House, Meet the Hounds, face painting, silent auction and cleanup — you stepped up wherever needed. We truly couldn’t have done it without you! 🤍🐾
Thank you to our amazing silent auction donors:
Pet Valu • Shay & Cehl Creations • Dufresne • The Sharpe Family • Andrea P. • Tall Pines Marina • Shakti • Jenn & Robb Hollins • Kenora Bed & Bale • Taylor Made Pets • Bronson Carver • Chow Time • 5th Avenue Artisan • Taggs • Jade & Ty • Autumn & Jon • Home Hardware • Rose Allin • Westland Insurance • Dawn & Delaney Heatherington • Janet & Ed • Lisa & Mike
And a special thank you to those who helped make the event possible:
Shane’s Auto for supplying the ice • Clearwater Market for supplying the food and drinks • Bronson Carver for posting an ad in the paper • Dairy Queen for the syrups • City of Kenora for the picnic tables • Longbow Lake Fire Department for the tables and tents • and Earl for generously allowing us to use some of your parking spaces.
We also want to thank everyone who donated baking, books and yard sale items. Whether you stopped by for a burger, bought some baking, browsed the yard sale, purchased silent auction tickets, made a donation, met the cats and hounds, or simply came out to support us. Thank you for showing up for local rescues.