Sunny Acres Ranch & Rescue

03/11/2026

💛 A message about our co-founder, Allison

Many of you know Allison as the co-founder of our rescue — the person who has spent the last 5+ years saying yes to the hard cases, driving the late-night transports, and fighting for animals who had no one else.

Right now, Allison needs us.

At only 28, Allison lives with severe chronic illness — endometriosis, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, and POTS. After her last surgery revealed extensive organ damage, she had to leave her job as a social worker and apply for disability.

She was recently denied and is now facing a 1-2 year appeal process with zero income. While she waits, she’s relying on palliative care and physical therapy just to get through the day, and she’s at risk of losing her housing.

We started this GoFundMe to help cover her most basic needs — rent, electricity, car payment — so she can stay stable while she waits.

Allison has given so much to this rescue family and to the animals we all love. If you’ve ever adopted from us, volunteered, fostered, or just followed along, you’ve been touched by her work.

If you can donate, share, or keep her in your thoughts, we would be so grateful. The rescue world takes care of its own.

Link in bio / in stories to support 🤍🐾

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-allison-while-she-awaits-disability

24/10/2026

12/10/2026

When you think you see the milk lady…

But then you remember you just ate twenty minutes ago and your belly is so big still that you can’t roll over.

You may have noticed, Encore is officially our first ever reverse polydactyl kitty, and she’s missing two toe beans. The story behind her missing toes, however, is absolutely heartbreaking. She came to the rescue at five days old with severe burns on her paws, legs, and chest. The worst of it was on her right side, and the outside toe on those two paws scabbed over and, well…. they fell off. 🤢

The good news is she has healed wonderfully and now she only has two tiny scabs on her whole body. She’ll probably completely forget the whole painful ordeal soon - especially since she was on pain meds through it all. And now she’s a gorgeous happy baby kitten 🎉

30/09/2026

If Taylor Swift gets an Encore - so do we 🐾 ✨
Little baby Encore was brought to the San Bernardino City shelter last week. Just the day before her drop off, multiple healthy kittens were euthanized at the same shelter. We felt the pull to intervene.
When we got her, our hearts were broken to see she had burns all over the bottoms of her paws and on her chest. It was 99 degrees that day and we suspect she was dropped by mama on the hot asphalt. Imagine how scary and painful it must’ve been for little Encore - just days old, blind and deaf, and already fighting for her life.
The good news is her eyes are now open, and her blisters are healing well with medicated ointment and antibiotics. She’s a sweet girl that loves to eat and get tummy scratches. Welcome Encore! 💐 💐 💐

27/09/2026

When life hands you lemons - buy a book!
Thanks to our friends at The Wandering Book Bus in Lake Elsinore for making our week a bit better ❤️

20/09/2026

Indefinite Closure Announcement
Princess Donut will be the last intake of 2026 - but we still need help. We still have to cover five spay/neuter surgeries - plus the cost for Princess’ eye enucleation. We are completely out of dry food, wet food, and litter. Our co-founder hasn’t had income for more than three months while waiting for disability benefits to be approved. There is no way we can fulfill our commitment to the animals we already have if we spread ourselves anymore thin.

Therefore, we’ve decided to do something we haven’t done since we started this work in 2021 and we are stopping intake indefinitely. We both need a financial and emotional break from rescue, and in the meantime we still have several adults, young teens, and two kittens that need homes that we will continue to network and promote. Plus a Frenchie dog still waiting for a home!

Your donations and support would mean more now than ever before. We wish we could share more amazing freedom rides and success stories - but we can’t do this alone. Please please please share and consider a donation.

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3VAGG7IXBCFY7?ref_=wl_share

Chewy: https://www.chewy.com/g/sunny-acres-ranch-rescue_b151066423

Adopt: https://www.petfinder.com/member/us/ca/wildomar/sunny-acres-ranch-rescue-ca3136/

10/09/2026

Slowing down can feel like failing - especially in animal rescue. There’s a constant urge to do more and punish ourselves for the sake of saving a life.

So it was heart breaking when we learned last year that my sister, and our co-founder, needed to quit her 9-5 job due to her disability. After four surgeries, her doctor was convinced stress was exacerbating her disease. And the most recent imaging revealed she was right- and likely saved my sister’s life.

The approval process for federal disability benefits is extremely slow, and in the meantime, we cannot afford to take the risks we used to make to save lives. We’re barely getting by.

We haven’t asked for donations much lately because we wish we had more NEW rescues to share. For now, we can celebrate our happy foster dog, Bowser, and the work we’ve already done - like 22 cat and dog adoptions this year already from our tiny org 🎉 Please consider supporting our work by sending us some food or litter from the wishlist ❤️

Amazon Wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3VAGG7IXBCFY7?ref_=wl_share
Chewy wishlist: https://www.chewy.com/g/sunny-acres-ranch-rescue_b151066423
PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/jpendergrass13
Zelle: 5109100675 / Sunny Acres

31/07/2026

Lil Man had a BIG day! After spending a month in the high kill shelter, and then almost four months in foster, he finally has his happy ending 🏰 ✨ 💖 🐾