This Quarter’s Rescue: Rags to Riches Animal Rescue

This quarter, $2 from every Salty Dog candle goes to Rags to Riches Animal Rescue, a foster-based rescue right here in Tampa. If you’ve bought a candle from us lately, this is where your $2 went. Thank you!

In Their Words

Here’s how Rags to Riches describes what they do:

“At Rags to Riches Animal Rescue in Tampa, Florida, we believe every animal deserves a chance at a happy, healthy life. Rags to Riches Animal Rescue Inc. is a foster-based rescue organization dedicated to helping medically needy and disabled animals find their forever homes. Our mission is to rescue, rehabilitate, and rehome animals in need throughout the Tampa Bay area, providing them with the medical care, love, and the attention they deserve while they await their forever families.”

Why We Chose Them

The animals Rags to Riches takes in are the ones in need of medical care first. That’s expensive, it’s slow, and it’s the kind of work most people never see. A foster-based rescue also means every animal lives in a home, not a kennel, while they wait. That’s exactly the kind of quiet, hard work this program was built to support.

What Your Candles Have Funded So Far

Every candle sold this quarter adds $2 to their total, and every wholesale candle adds $1. We’ll update this section as the quarter goes, so check back!

How to Help Rags to Riches Directly

Candles are one way. Here are the others:

Adopt or Foster

Visit their website to apply to foster or adopt.

Donate

Give straight to them through their website.

Follow Along

Follow them on Facebook and Instagram to see the animals they’re caring for right now.

Shop and Give Back

Every candle in the shop sends $2 to Rags to Riches this quarter, and Stay Stinky carries their name on the label. Light one for them! And if you run a rescue that should be next, we’d love to partner with you.