{"id":1144,"date":"2013-07-01T20:11:23","date_gmt":"2013-07-02T03:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wheek.it\/blog\/?p=1144"},"modified":"2014-02-08T20:47:44","modified_gmt":"2014-02-09T04:47:44","slug":"texas-rustlers-guinea-pig-rescue-donation-wheek-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wheek.it\/blog\/texas-rustlers-guinea-pig-rescue-donation-wheek-it","title":{"rendered":"Donation Update: Texas Rustlers Guinea Pig Rescue"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1151\" style=\"width: 555px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1151\" src=\"http:\/\/wheek.it\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/texas-rustlers-guinea-pig-rescue-letter.jpg\" alt=\"Non profit donation letter sent to guinea pig shelter\" width=\"545\" height=\"276\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1151\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1151\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Donation Letter sent to TX Rustlers Guinea Pig Rescue<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As you may remember, we featured Texas Rustlers Guinea Pig Rescue as the <span class=\"wk\">wheek.it<\/span> <a href=\"\/rescue\" title=\"Featured Rescue\">Featured Rescue<\/a> for our beta testing period from October 2012 to March 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Since that time there have been a few changes around these parts: Texas Rustlers will continue to be a Featured Rescue, and joining them with <a href=\"\/rescue\" title=\"Featured Rescue status\">Featured status<\/a> is Orange County Cavy Haven in Orange County, California.<\/p>\n<p>Both rescues will each receive 50% of the money raised by <span class=\"wk\">wheek.it<\/span> users who shorten links to <a href=\"\/shops\" title=\"Participating Shops\">participating shops<\/a> from April 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Texas Rustlers GPR Donation Check<\/h2>\n<p>And we&#8217;re excited to just have sent off the first ever donation check to Texas Rustlers from <span class=\"wk\">wheek.it<\/span>! A big <em>&#8220;THANK YOU&#8221;<\/em> to the hundreds of <span class=\"wk\">wheek.it<\/span> users who shortened links to their favorite products and share them with their friends. The simple kindness of sharing what you love has raised a respectable <strong>$79.98<\/strong>, enough money to help out a few guinea pigs in need!<\/p>\n<p>Below is a photo of the letter and check that was sent to Texas Rustlers. A transcript also follows. (Apologies in advance for the poor photo!)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/tx-rustlers-guinea-pig-rescue-donation.jpg\" title=\"Donation letter sent to Texas Rustlers Guinea Pig Rescue\" alt=\"Guinea pig rescue donation letter\" width=\"545\"><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"\/images\/tx-rustlers-guinea-pig-rescue-donation.jpg\" title=\"larger image\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">larger image<\/a><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>June 30, 2013<\/p>\n<p>Dear rescue staff:<\/p>\n<p>As you may remember, your wheek.it Featured Rescue status ended March 31, 2013. During this time, Texas Rustlers earned a total of $79.78 (this includes an automatic $50 donation from wheek.it in addition to money raised by wheek.it users).<\/p>\n<p><u><strong>Please find a check enclosed for $79.78, your total earnings as a wheek.it Featured Rescue.<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n<p>But the money doesn&#8217;t stop here!<\/p>\n<p>Due to recent changes implemented by wheek.it staff, your rescue (along with Orange County Cavy Haven from Southern California) will continue to be a wheek.it Featured Rescue for the rest of the year!<\/p>\n<p>This means that will receive 50% of the money earned by wheek.it users until December 31, 2013. Plus, you will also receive an automatic donation of $50 from wheek.it staff.<\/p>\n<p><u><strong>How to earn more money:<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n<p>The more you promote wheek.it means the more money you&#8217;ll make by the end of the year!<\/p>\n<p>So how about sharing this good news with your Facebook friends and Twitter followers? Remember to mention wheek.it!<\/p>\n<p>We appreciate all the hard work your rescue does to help homeless guinea pigs in Texas. Thank you for making the world a better place!<\/p>\n<p>Kind regards,<\/p>\n<p>Brian<br \/>\nwheek.it webmaster<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Thanks again for your help in making our first fund raising effort a big success! It sure feels good to help guinea pigs sleep safer and more comfortable knowing that help is on the way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you may remember, we featured Texas Rustlers Guinea Pig Rescue as the wheek.it Featured Rescue for our beta testing period from October 2012 to March 2013. 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