Dale’s Connection to Pets will Benefit the Homeless

Thank you all so much for the ideas you submitted last week for names for the memorial fund that will be set up to benefit The Pet Connection’s animal sanctuary. The fund will be established in my late husband’s name.

All of the ideas were great! I so appreciate you taking the time to participate. It was hard narrowing it down. None of them quite had every component that I felt was necessary to honor both the pets and the bond Dale had with animals.

However, we did use ideas submitted to expand the name and narrowed the choices for our 5 person panel of people who knew Dale (and Melody from The Pet Connection).

The first idea was an expansion of one submitted by Susan Goll: “Paws for Dale Campbell Memorial Fund.” (We loved the play on “pause” with paws).

The second idea was sparked by Monica: “Dale Campbell’s Forever Pet Connection Memorial Fund.”

The vote was close, but we will now establish “Dale Campbell’s Forever Pet Connection Memorial Fund.”

 The judges liked this one because it linked Dale’s connection to animals, while also including the name of the rescue.

Because the vote was so close, both Monica and Susan Goll will win a paperback copy of “Living Large in Our Little House: Thriving in 480 Square Feet with Six Dogs, a Husband and One Remote”when it is released March 12. (Please use the contact button on this site to send me your full names and snail mail addresses).

The paperback will include a new memorial to Dale, as well as details about the fund established in his name.

I will launch a fundraiser for the fund from the Living Large Facebook page on February 8. I will also announce it here on the blog, with links for donations. The fundraiser in the Kansas City area is scheduled for Friday, February 15 at Unique Finds in Overland Park, Kansas. There will be a live and an online auction with lots of great items.

Stay tuned for more details.