August isn't slow around here

We've got a whole lot happening in the coming weeks, so here's our slate of events, all featuring some of our foster dogs. Come by and support our work, snuggle a dog, and possibly even take one home!

Saturday July 23rd, 11am--2pm
Sula Foundation Open House
Gallery Rinard, French Quarter

Saturday July 30th, 11am--4pm
Pitty Fairness with Ken Foster and Shorty Rossi
Louisville, KY

Saturday August 6th, 11am--4pm
A Cool and Clean Canine Event, with doggie baths and the NO Fleas Market
Pinkberry, Magazine Street, New Orleans

Tuesday August 9th, 5:30-7:30
Yappy Hour at Fetch Midcity
Join us for winetasting, dog baths and adoptable dogs

Hercules, Shorty and Me

This past Saturday I was invited as a guest at the American Pit Bull Foundation's

first annual summer benefit concert in Charlotte, NC. It was a great day, with a fair full of vendors and rescues throughout the afternoon, and five bands performing in the evening, including the "Pit Bull Blues" guy, John Shipe. But the big lure for all of us was the guest MC (or MCs): Shorty Rossi and Hercules from the Animal Planet show "Pit Boss." You never know how a celebrity will be when you meet them in person, but Shorty was totally cool, and devoted his day to signing autographs, taking pictures and making sure everyone knew that we were there to support adoption and spay/neuter, not breeding (which, as he said, may have pissed some people off.)

As you can see from this photo, someone forgot their sunblock. I was a little red after an afternoon signing books and selling Sula shirts in the sun, but it was worth it. Shorty and Hercules and I will be at it again on Saturday, July 30th in Louisville for the Pitty Fairness event organized by Saving Sunny. Come by if you are in the area! -- Ken Foster

Join our Summer Fundraiser and we'll thank you with our new bumper sticker

Summer can be a long dry stretch when it comes to fundraising and we usually plan to coast through to the fall with frugal spending. But instead of paring down the number of dogs in our foster program, we've actually taken on quite a few more. Chandler was found in downtown New Orleans near Mardi Gras World. Betty was wandering in the Bywater. Wilson was on the side of a road on the Westbank. And so we're asking everyone to chip in if you can. Any donation of more than $5 earns you a free bumper sticker.

Help us foster responsible adoptions

Here's a new flyer promoting our adoption program. We currently have nine great dogs looking for new homes, but our adoptions have been at an all time low. While there are no doubt a number of reasons why, we've become aware of the fact that some people would rather quickly grab a dog from a shelter or rescue that is grateful to be rid of it, rather than go through the home check process and adopt one of our foster dogs, who come with training and a list of all of their potential quirks. If you are looking to adopt, or are interested in helping promote our dogs through distributing flyers and planning events, please contact us at volunteer@sulafoundation.org or adopt@sulafoundation.org. We'll be featuring some of our foster dog stories on this blog in the coming weeks.

Pit Bulls for Peace shirts

Sizes (Unisex and Women's)

Fitted American Girl M Fitted American Girl L Fitted American Girl XL Standard Unisex M Standard Unisex L Standard Unisex XL Standard Unisex 2XL

Vaccination clinic March 26 from noon-3pm

Special offer for Sula supporters: see "My Dog Tulip" at a special price, courtesy of Chalmette Movies

For all of you who live in the New Orleans area, we have a special offer from the Chalmette movies. Print out this page and you and a guest can see the new animated film "My Dog Tulip" for $5.50. The movie opens exclusively at the Chalmette Theater, Friday March 11th through Thursday the 17th, with shows at 2:15 and 7:15.

Also, on Sunday afternoon, we'll be at the theater with an info table and a dog or two from 1-3pm. The theatre is located at 8700 Judge Perez Blvd, about six miles from the French Quarter.