Rescue.

We physically rescued over 60 pigs this year between animal control intakes, the Hartwell Hoarding case, and the closing of SCS-a semi-local pig rescue that lost its land and funding.

Making A Difference

• We helped find forever homes for 13 pigs this year between our networking pages and rescue network group.

• We spayed and neutered 55 pigs at our sanctuary.

• We found forever homes through our adoption program for 8 pigs.

• We assisted private owners with 5 pig spays and 8 pig neuters.

• We assisted other pig rescues/sanctuaries with 3 neuters this year.

• We made veterinary care possible for one pig, one sheep, and one horse in need of veterinary services in our community.

Infrastructure

• We paid off over $25,000 in sheds! Many of the pigs officially owned their homes and no longer had a monthly mortgage! Since that debt was alleviated, we were able to add more sheds to the property for more pig housing and begin paying those off.

• The goats got a new barn big enough for their whole herd to stay warm and dry on wet or winter-y days.

• The cow barn was completed to provide spacious coverage from the rain and we continue to work on making it the best cow barn possible. Cow boys: Yonah, Evan, Ezra, and Judah are so happy with the progress so far.
  

• We gained a Director of Community Outreach, Sarah, and a Marketing Director, Mandy! For the first time, we have a REGULAR newsletter schedule and are strengthening all aspects of the Outsiders infrastructure.

  
  

Growing Our Team.

• Board Member, Lori, went above and beyond to help get Outsiders' name and mission out into her community. We received so many in-kind donations of necessary supplies throughout the year and Lori has jumped right in to handling booths at community events for us to grow our support base.
  

• Board Member, Barbara, was able to recruit her husband Mike onto the maintenance team here at Outsiders. We've saved thousands of dollars in mechanical and electrical work thanks to Mike and his skills and him and Barbara's generosity covering so many materials.

  
  

• Volunteer Michelle has made multiple trips to pick up donated food and produce and has been doing so on a weekly basis. This has saved us so much money on supplementing the animals' diets!

  
  

• Our nonprofit partner, Dream Chasers 21, through its founder, Lorri Brown, has donated quite a lot of food for the animals.

Incredible Gifts.

We had a camper donated by Couch's RV Nation in Ohio! The camper has already been used and such a blessing as it provides on-site caregiver housing while we rebuild our personal home. Once our home construction is complete the camper will be used for volunteers and guests who'd like to visit the animals.

WE GOT A MEEP!

Through a generous, private donation specifically for this equipment, we were able to purchase a mini truck AKA the Meep to make farm work and resident care more efficient and to have a reliable piece of equipment.

PUMPKIN DRIVE SUCCESS.

We collected over 1200 pumpkins this pumpkin season!

We purchased a transport van for everyone but the big pigs and cows to ensure comfortable transport to the Animal Hospital. This also gave us another vehicle available for volunteers to pick up produce donations and/or in-kind donations. Tater Tot loved riding in style (AC) to UGA for his surgery!

From the bottom of our hearts, we thank you!

We saw this on Instagram recently, “Don’t wait for an animal sanctuary to call out an emergency to help them. Sponsorship of an animal, reoccurring giving and Patreon membership allow sanctuaries to understand their income to make decisions without having to come to the community every time. If you are willing to donate $100 to an emergency, please just set up a $10 monthly gift and both you and the sanctuary can focus on what’s important: the animals.” (IG: ninaandotis)

Truer words have never been spoken. Please consider helping us ring in 2023 stronger than ever with many more monthly supporters. Together we are accomplishing amazing things for so many wonderful, deserving animals.

Light and Love,
Dan, Corrine, and everyone at OFAS