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Taft, Calif. —
Unity Thrift Animal Rescue gave the Sherrill family a present – a seven month old Dalmatian mix named Gidget.
But Gidget was undergoing treatment for a skin infection, and soon suffered a severe reaction to her medicine.
That meant she had to go to a veterinary hospital for treatment.
Unity Thrift is picking up the vet bills for the expensive hospital, and her new family wanted to help out and say thank you to the people who are paying for her care.
So they opened a lemonade stand on Thursday to raise money.
The Sherrill kids – Malaki, 12, Corie, 8, Chloe, 10, and Brady, 2, with some help from their friend Haiven Mitchell, 10, opened a lemonade stand on the 500 block of Kern Street.
“They wanted to figure a way to help out,” said their mother, Amy Sherrill. “They spent yesterday designing signs. Today we just did it. They squeezed 30 lemons themselves.”
By the end of the day, Suzy Baker of Unity Thrift said, they raised about $60.
The kids miss Gidget.
“She's really nice,” Chloe said. “She chews up a lot of things, though.”
“She's always hyper,” said Malaki.
“She's a real good dog,” chimed in Haiven.
The mother is very thankful for the support for Gidget from Unity Thrift, a nonprofit group made up of volunteers that work on animal rescue in the Taft area.
“A lot of people would have given up on a dog as sick as her but they stuck with her,” Amy Sherrill said.
If you want to help pay Gidget's bills and contribute to animal care on the Westside, go to www.unitythrift.org
Unity Thrift Animal Rescue gave the Sherrill family a present – a seven month old Dalmatian mix named Gidget.
But Gidget was undergoing treatment for a skin infection, and soon suffered a severe reaction to her medicine.
That meant she had to go to a veterinary hospital for treatment.
Unity Thrift is picking up the vet bills for the expensive hospital, and her new family wanted to help out and say thank you to the people who are paying for her care.
So they opened a lemonade stand on Thursday to raise money.
The Sherrill kids – Malaki, 12, Corie, 8, Chloe, 10, and Brady, 2, with some help from their friend Haiven Mitchell, 10, opened a lemonade stand on the 500 block of Kern Street.
“They wanted to figure a way to help out,” said their mother, Amy Sherrill. “They spent yesterday designing signs. Today we just did it. They squeezed 30 lemons themselves.”
By the end of the day, Suzy Baker of Unity Thrift said, they raised about $60.
The kids miss Gidget.
“She's really nice,” Chloe said. “She chews up a lot of things, though.”
“She's always hyper,” said Malaki.
“She's a real good dog,” chimed in Haiven.
The mother is very thankful for the support for Gidget from Unity Thrift, a nonprofit group made up of volunteers that work on animal rescue in the Taft area.
“A lot of people would have given up on a dog as sick as her but they stuck with her,” Amy Sherrill said.
If you want to help pay Gidget's bills and contribute to animal care on the Westside, go to www.unitythrift.org
