Suncoast Basset Rescue
OVER 25 YEARS OF RESCUING BASSETS
SBR Heads Back to the Races for NASCAR Fundraiser
Mark your calendars now for this fun NASCAR fundraiser on May 14 & 15. The fundraiser offers plenty of opportunities to raise much-needed funds for SBR, and maybe win a few cool NASCAR incentives for yourself in the process (helmets, t-shirts, coins)!
How it Works: On May 15, there are hourly donation matching opportunities underwritten by various sponsors. Each hour, the total match amounts range from $10,000 to $15,000. Matches are typically used up in the first 5 minutes of each hour, so the trick is to spread out SBR donors so that a few donors are giving early each hour of the challenge to take advantage of the matches. Bonus grants are also offered every hour in addition to the matching gifts.
Stay tuned for more information. In the meantime, you can check out the SBR team page and get ready to start your fundraising engines!
SBR Awarded $5,000 Grant!
Basset hounds in Sarasota, Manatee, Charlotte, and DeSoto counties have something sweet to howl about, thanks to SBR and the Community Foundation of Sarasota County. SBR is one of several nonprofits recently awarded a grant to improve animal welfare in the four-county area. That means that more abused, neglected, and abandoned basset hounds will get the medical care they need to be ready for their second chance at life.
The basset hounds that SBR saves from municipal shelters or other difficult situations are often in poor condition with underlying medical lconditions and health concerns due to abuse or neglect. In fact, SBR’s largest annual expense is medical care (including urgent dentals) for their rescue dogs. The average medical cost per hound from intake to adoption in 2023 was $1,600; the projected cost in 2024 is $1,750. On average, 90% of medical costs are for urgent, emergency, and responsive veterinary care.
“This grant will help us give dogs like 4-year-old Ralph
(pictured: at initial intake, with foster mom Cathy Cebrick,
celebrating his successful surgery, and lounging at his
forever home) a second chance at life,” said Board President
Barb Weber. “Suncoast Basset Rescue was able to literally
save his life when he herniated a disc in his back, and his
owner could not afford the expensive surgery. Ralph was
surrendered in Sarasota County, fostered in Charlotte County,
and adopted in Sarasota County. Thanks to the generosity of organizations like the Community Foundation of Sarasota County, Ralph is healthy, walking, and has found his forever home. This grant will help us save more precious lives like Ralph’s!”
Suncoast Basset Rescue’s
goal is to rescue,
rehabilitate, and find a
forever home for any
basset hound in Florida
who needs us – stray, abandoned, sheltered, owner surrender – just for the love of the breed. In doing this, we bring health and happiness to the both the hound and to the humans who give a basset a home. Our organization gives bassets a second chance to live as they were intended – as someone’s best friend.
GIVE TODAY
Basset Hounds in need rely on your generosity for rescue, rehabilitation,
and shelter -- because of you, we don’t hesitate to come to the aid of a basset in
need. Make a difference and donate today. Your support saves basset lives and
gives them a second chance at life.
We make a difference in the lives of these wonderful dogs because of our incredible foster homes.
ADOPT
When you adopt a
dog, you save a life.
SBR puts in a lot of
time and effort into each of our bassets because the goal of our rescue is to place every one of our hounds in their final and forever home. There’s a perfect match for everyone and every family. And, fortunately, we have found wonderful basset homes all over Florida.
FOSTER
Do you have it your heart to love and help a basset?
Then you may be a good
foster home. We have a need, RIGHT NOW, for more foster homes. Fostering a basset hound will be one of the most rewarding experiences you can have. A foster takes in a stray, unwanted, or neglected basset, provides it a safe and loving home and gives the hound the time needed to be ready for adoption.
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By providing a forever foster home, SBR also comes to aid of bassets diagnosed with a serious illness or a behavioral issue like sever anxiety. Our forever foster bassets will remain with SBR to live out their final days with medical care, comfort and love from their foster family. Please consider becoming a monthly donor as A Forever Foster Guardian by virtually adopting your forever foster. Your commitment will help support the care of this wonderful basset.
