Hi Mexivoof (and other wonderful people on this thread of course!)
I think that there are a lot of people that are weary about donating to an organization that is not in the states... but there are even more people that are willing to help out animals (You'll be surprised).
A few weeks ago I wrote on the regular Peanut thread about doing a raffle for a necklace and earring set from Lia Sophia. Well I'm happy to report that as of today I have sold 38 tickets!!! I didn't think I would sell that many... I printed 50 raffle tickets (which was my goal) so that I could donate enough for 1 kennel but a few days ago I decided to be adventurous and print out another 50... so that is my new goal to try to sell all 100 tickets. If it doesn't happen, then at least I have enough for 1 kennel, so that is awesome!.
I put a bulletin up at work and people that I don't know that well have bought tickets because they are animal lovers and they want to help out! I've been truly amazed at the great response here at work.
A bunch of people asked me how I became involved and I told them that I was planning a trip to Cancun, and found this forum... I started on the forum looking for places to eat, trips to take, etc. Then I found the peanut pet shelter and that was all I needed. I told them I met Andy at a gathering (peep meet) and saw this beautiful black dog there and that is all it took! (I didn't tell them that I didn't get a chance to actually talk to Andy... thats just between us!!)
I told them that I've kept up on the forum and when I found out about this project I just knew I had to help.
Once you tell someone the story of the dogs that Andy and Jen take in, and that some dogs have been beaten, tortured or hit by cars, that these wonderful people take them in, heal them and spay and neuter them and that once they are well they put them up for adoption, then people are willing to help out.
So my 2 cents would be. Never under estimate the heart of an animal lover!!