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Thursday, August 23, 2012

Jeweler Sponsors 'Diamond in the Ruff' to Benefit Mutts Matter

The Boone & Sons event includes the raffle of a $1,250 diamond necklace, with all proceeds going to Mutts Matter.

Businesses of all shapes and sizes donate to charity, often giving to large, name-brand organizations with big marketing budgets. Everyone can rally around the fight to cure cancer, help kids in need or support victims of natural disasters, and all of these things are very worthy and important causes. What’s not as common, however, is to see prominent businesses get behind local dog rescue. Rescue groups like Mutts Matter get most of their corporate sponsorships from companies in the pet industry that understand the importance of rescue and know the hard, sad facts—that five to seven million animals enter the shelter system each year, and over four million don’t make it out.    As an all-volunteer, nonprofit rescue, Mutts Matter is …

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