Long Valley Lemonade, Cookie Sale Gives Back To Pet Rescue

LONG VALLEY, NJ — Who can resist a cup of icy lemonade on a summer’s day, paired with fresh-baked cookies, especially when they’re for a good cause?

Two enterprising kids in Long Valley gave 50 percent of their lemonade and cookie proceeds over the past weekend to the Eleventh Hour Rescue, a northern New Jersey non-profit group that plucks dogs and cats “at the eleventh hour” from animal shelter death row sentences.

“It’s the little moments that have a huge effect,” Eleventh Hour Rescue wrote about the youngsters - only known as “Tobin and Sullivan of Long Valley" - for their generosity.

The rescue’s Facebook donation page for the lemonade and cookie fundraiser has raised $275 from Facebook and Instagram donors as of Monday, an Eleventh Hour spokesperson told Patch.

At the children’s lemonade and cookie stand, the two boys raised $50, Eleventh Hour Rescue said, with their parents matching the donation with another $50.

On the rescue's Facebook Page, people can donate to some of Eleventh Hour's specific fur babies waiting for their “fur-ever” homes, their compelling stories and progress shared on the rescue’s main Facebook Page. Eleventh Hour also accepts general donations via the blue “donate” button at the top of the page. People can additionally create Facebook fundraisers in honor of their birthdays, for the rescue.

They currently have a dedicated Facebook Page for the “EHR cats” and “EHR dogs” up for adoption, plus one for the Rockaway Mall Adoption Center, in addition to the rescue’s main Facebook Page and website.

Every month, the rescue spotlights a cat and dog of the month, with July’s Dog of the Month “Kylo Lonestar," an almost two-year-old pup rescued from a Texas shelter, where he was waiting on doggie death row with a broken jaw after taking a hit.

“Licorice” is the July Cat of the Month, a declawed senior girl, who is about 16 and is looking for a new family after she had been surrendered in her golden years.

More Eleventh Hour Fundraisers And Upcoming Events

• Eleventh Hour has a “High Dollar” 50/50 Raffle happening now, for $10 per ticket, with the drawing for up to $15,000 if 3,000 tickets are sold by the drawing date of Sunday, Oct. 3. Click here for tickets, then complete and mail the order form with payment to: Eleventh Hour Rescue, c/o Terry Adriano, 12 Byram Ave, Dover, NJ 07801. Tickets can be purchased at the Roxbury Adoption Center & Thrift Store - the location where the drawing will be held on 275 Route 10 East in Succasunna - Wednesdays through Sundays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets are additionally for sale at the Rockaway Mall Adoption Center during mall hours. They will also be available at adoption and ambassador events prior to the drawing. Email Raffles@ehrdogs.org for more information.
• Annual Ice Cream Social at Horseshoe Lake in Succasunna is happening in August with tickets $5 each and $15 per family, on Saturday, Aug. 8, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., rain or shine. Click here for more details.
• The 14th Annual Eleventh Hour Rescue Golf Outing at the Flanders Valley Golf Course is planned for Saturday, Sept. 14, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Save the date and find out more about it here.
• Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Fall Festival, Car Show & Adoption Event at 508 Green Pond Road in Rockaway is scheduled on Saturday, Sept. 25 from noon until 5 p.m. Learn more here.

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