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9.19.11 - Gateway Pet Guardians Partners with Whole Foods Market for Community Support Day
Gateway Pet Guardians, a local nonprofit animal rescue, is partnering with Whole Foods Market in Brentwood and Town & Country to raise money for their effort to rescue, rehabilitate, and adopt homeless strays from East St. Louis, Illinois and the surrounding Metro East area. Five percent of all purchases made at either store on September 22 will be donated to the organization…… [Read More]
8.29.11 - Pooch-A-Palooza Benefits Local Animal Rescues
3.11.11 - Pasta for Pets, Pasta House Co. Enter Third Year of Partnership
2.6.11 – Rescue Organization Seeks New Legislation to End Stray Pet Overpopulation in Illinois
Gateways Pet Guardians’ mission is simple-rescue as many dogs and cats as possible and try to help control the stray problem in the St. Louis area, specifically in East St. Louis. But currently no person, including rescue organizations, can capture a stray dog or cat for the purposes of spayed /neuter and then release it as it constitutes “abandonment”…. [Read More]
Neither snow, nor rain, nor BLIZZARD shall keep her from her appointed rounds. No, she’s not the U.S. Postal Service, she’s P.J. Hightower, and even as St. Louis faces blizzard-like conditions, it’s business as usual for her…. [Read More]
The homeless dogs of East St. Louis have a friend in P.J. Hightower. In many cases, she is the only person they’ve ever known. They congregate on the streets across the river and patiently await her car to appear from around the corner, as it has every morning for the last nine years… [Read More]
Four months after receiving the Humanitarian Award during the Cinema St. Louis Film Festival, Gateway Guardians: A Documentary will advance to the St. Louis International Film Festival on November 18th. … [Read More]
After a previous failed attempt, two stray dogs who had long awaited their turn to be rescued by Gateway Pet Guardians finally had their day on the morning of Thursday, September 16. But less than 24 hours after being rescued, the two refugees called Bea and Aaron, had escaped through the fencing of their temporary home’s backyard … [Read More]
After 11 months of filming on the streets of East St. Louis, Gateway Guardians: A Documentary is ready for debut at the Tivoli on July 18th at noon. The documentary tells the story of the many homeless dogs that roam the streets in East St. Louis, and the volunteers who spend their time feeding… [Read More]
Gateway Pet Guardians’ latest fund raiser, the “Tees and Tails” Golf Tournament and “Wine and Wags” Wine Tasting event on Sunday, May 2nd, will raise money for the construction of a much-needed animal shelter in the St. Louis area. Both events will be held at the Clinton Hill Golf Course in Swansea, IL…. [Read More]
Gateway Pet Guardians’ second annual Pasta for Pets event will raise money toward the construction of a much-needed animal shelter in the St. Louis area. Eat at The Pasta House Co. in Fairview Heights any time Thursday, April 15, and a portion of the cost of your meal will go to Gateway Pet Guardians to benefit homeless animals….. [Read More]
During the first two weeks of January, Gateway Pet Guardians completed its largest rescue effort to date. It began with efforts to retrieve a pack of 15 neglected adult dogs and puppies from the cold streets of East St. Louis. The pack, originally consisting….. [Read More]
Schlafly Bottleworks in Maplewood is the destination for lovers of animals and art a like on Sunday, February 28 for Gateway Pet Guardians’ Mixed Breed Art Auction. ….. [Read More]
