Animal Rescue Fund of MS (ARF)

12/09/2025

Our holiday fundraising is still going. Instagram has its own fundraising that can be done by anyone for a charity. Here are the five easy steps!
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1CxSU4dZGx/

12/08/2025

🐾 ✨ Meow Monday Spotlight: Meet Eliza! ✨ 🐾
Say hello to Eliza, our gorgeous one-year-old tabby queen! With her stunning stripes and bright, curious eyes, she’s ready to charm her way into someone’s heart this Meow Monday.

Eliza is a healthy girl, but she does carry calicivirus—which means she’ll need a home with no other cats, or a home with cats who already have calicivirus. She’s totally content being the star of the show and would love to be your one-and-only feline friend!

Eliza is sweet, playful, and so deserving of a loving forever home. If you’ve been looking for a beautiful young kitty to spoil, Eliza might be your perfect match.

🐾 Interested in meeting Eliza? https://www.arfms.org/adopt

12/08/2025

We’ve added two sets of these bowls to our most wanted wishlist items. Kittens that are too young to be in with the adults or any adults that are in isolation really need these types of dishes to keep food and water clean. Please take a look at our Holiday Wishlist items!

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12/07/2025

Please have a meal at Brent’s this holiday season and tell them thank you for supporting their local shelter.

12/05/2025

Thank you Ace Hardware Jackson at Deville Plaza. Please visit this location for paint, key cutting, gifts, grills, plumbing needs and so much more.

We’re proud to display ARF’s adorable adoptable-pet ornaments in our Revell @ Home Department! 🎄🐾 Each ornament features a dog or cat hoping for their forever home. See one? Share it! Love one? Adopt it!

Let’s make this holiday season a little brighter for our furry friends!

12/04/2025

Tis the season and this is our Christmas miracle. I want you to look at the pictures in the order they are laid out. They represent the journey of a very senior cat. Rory was a resident at ARF for 4711 days. That is over 13 years. She came in as a young adult cat. She wasn't a really friendly kitty, more of a live and let live gal. So, she was overlooked by adopters many times. ARF is a shelter but we are also a sanctuary. A place for the ones that are old, sick, scared, not cute and snuggly. The less adoptable. Cats and dogs like Rory usually live their lives out in the shelter. And while there is nothing wrong with that, we so want them to experience love and a home of their own. Well one day we had a very nice lady come and volunteer. She loves cats and helped out in the cattery. She met many of our babies and fell in love with them all. She especially has a soft spot for the sick and overlooked. She has adopted several of our cats. Rory was a kitty she had been trying to win over. When Rory had a sudden illness the vets thought she only had a short time left. Our wonderful volunteer, Cynthia Grice, decided if she was going to pass it would be in a home. After 4711 days Rory has a family of her own. Cynthia immediately took her to her vet and the diagnosis was not good. Old age was taking it's toll on Rory. But Cynthia wasn't ready to just give up. She faithfully took Rory to the vet for tests and medicines. And slowly, so slowly, Rory started to improve! As of today she is only dealing with a thyroid issue. Her latest lab work is great! Rory has also blossomed into a love bug. She is Cynthia's little old lady kitty. This did not happen overnight. It took a few months of love and patience. Cynthia texted me today with the last photo and to tell me her vet visit was great today. Since it is December, I call this our Christmas miracle. Cynthia wanted me to tell you to please give the old and shy pets a chance. We have so many that have been here for most of their lives. They deserve a chance at a family and home. Or if you can't adopt consider a donation. The only reason we are able to be a sanctuary for pets like Rory is because of all of you that support ARF. We have so many things we hope to achieve in 2026 please be a part of our growth.

12/03/2025

🐾 Thank You for Supporting Animal Rescue Fund of MS on Giving Tuesday! 🐾
https://www.facebook.com/donate/2606642206370176/

We are incredibly grateful to everyone who donated during Giving Tuesday. Your generosity helps us provide shelter, medical care, and loving futures for animals in need.

But we're not done yet! Our fundraiser continues through December 15th, and we need your help to reach our goal of $5,000. Thank you for being part of the ARF of MS family!

Here are some of the Holiday Partner for Paws ornaments we have around the area!

12/02/2025

Good afternoon from Ruby, Breeze, Jesabell and Piper. We need to represent our cats too. We provide a home for so many cats young to senior. https://www.facebook.com/donate/2606642206370176/?fundraiser_source=external_url

12/02/2025

Shout out to Nursery Rhymes at The District at Eastover. They are displaying our Christmas ornaments and will be donating a portion of today's proceeds to ARF. We especially like these holiday pet-related shirts!
https://www.facebook.com/donate/2606642206370176/?fundraiser_source=external_url

12/02/2025

Good morning from Jethro! Today is the day, Giving Tuesday. Please see our pinned post. We hope the many posts we need to make today won't be too much, but we just have to get the word out there about our $5000 goal and matching donor amount. We will post cute doggos to go with these posts!