Three-time Grammy winner, AMC Award winner and country music legend Trisha Yearwood launched Dottie's Yard two years ago, a charity dedicated to helping rescues across the country in honor of Trisha's own dog, Dottie. Her career has spanned a wide area of talents, from singing to acting and even publishing her own cookbooks. But across all of her accomplishments, Dottie's Yard has got to be one of our favorites here at GH.
"I wanted to work with a company that gives back, so when we launched a pet line with Axis, it made sense that we find a way to give to animals, which are one of my passions," Trisha told GH. "We created Dottie’s Yard, an organization that seeks out rescues in need across the country. I’m proud of what we’ve been able to accomplish in two short years. We’ve given to all 50 states! My rescue Dottie, who lived to be the ripe old age of 14, was somewhat of a rescuer herself, bringing animals to me when they needed a home. I love that we are carrying on her legacy with Dottie’s Yard."
Over 6.5 million pets arrive at shelters across the country every year, but only 4.1 million shelter animals are adopted each year. Of this 2.4 million animal deficit, about 920,000 never make it out at all. Shelters are always hurting for essentials to care for this huge number of strays: food, cat litter, medical expenses and more. In response to this, Trisha created Dottie's Yard, a charity named for her own rescue, Dottie. Dottie's Yard provides the much needed financial support to shelters across the country so pets can have a second (or third, or fourth) chance at finding a forever home.
If you have the means to, we encourage you to donate to Dottie's Yard so they can continue their amazing work helping rescues across the country. To hear more about this amazing charity and Trisha's other passion projects, watch the video above.
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