Wait.. what?! A tier one automotive supplier and a dog rescue shelter…. together?! You’re probably wondering how we got here? Well, let’s go back to a few years ago. After my parents passed away, I obviously inherited everything and that included their dog, an adorable Cavalier King Charles Spaniel + Bichon Frise mix, named Toby.  Since I had no brothers or sisters, he was the little brother I never had. We had a wonderful few years together. When he turned 13, life was unfortunately getting a little tougher for him and I had to make a gut-wrenching decision, I still miss my best friend, my little brother.

I was heartbroken and floored for a couple weeks and finally gathered myself and realized I still had things like his toys, unopened food, and other supplies left over. At the time, I knew I wasn’t anywhere near ready for a new dog yet and I didn’t want these things to go to waste, I wanted to turn this sad experience into something positive, I decided to donate them. I was already following Detroit Dog Rescue on the social networks for quite some time and admired them for being Detroit’s first and only “no kill” dog shelter. So, I went to their website to find out how and most importantly where to drop off donations. Come to find out, DDR discourages dropping off donations to their main facility. Makes sense, they are obviously very busy at the main facility, taking care of the dogs and sifting and sorting through all of the donations. DDR actually encourages dropping off donations to any one of their volunteer satellite donation drop off sites. I called one of these companies and asked if they were still accepting donations and they were. A few days after dropping off these items, I started thinking…. why can’t Ancor Automotive be one of these volunteer satellite donation drop off sites?