Shaw Pit Bull Rescue, Inc. announced that the organization has been awarded over $1,700 from The Mississippi Craft Show recently held in Jackson, MS.

From the Mississippi Craft Show FB Page:

"When the MS Craft Show was first conceived the dream was to not only have a successful show, but to donate proceeds from the entry fee to local charities. The plan from day one was to help more charities each year as the show grew. In 2012 after the success of the first Show, the committee pledged to assist 2 no-kill animal shelters the following year. This year we set about to achieve that goal by inviting more than one shelter to be our guest at the 2013 show. However, the other shelter we invited informed us they were unwilling to participate in an event shared with their "competitors'. We honestly did not realize that inviting 2 shelters to benefit from our show would in any way be seen as an insult and we quickly had to rethink our plan. In order to still be able to make good on our pledge, the committee decided that we would host only one guest shelter at the event, and we would simply hold back a small percentage of the net proceeds to donate to a second shelter after the show.

The Mississippi Craft Show invited Animal Rescue Fund of Mississippi to be our guest at the 2013 Mississippi Craft Show. They had been aware that we were inviting another group as well, but we then had to explain that our original plan to host two guest shelters was no longer viable. Therefore in order to make good on the promise we made we would now simply choose a second beneficiary at a later date to make a surprise donation. The folks from ARF made a suggestion regarding a shelter we could choose for the surprise donation, and whilst we took their nomination on-board, we did explain that we would not be selecting the second beneficiary until much later in the year, possibly even after the show, and we would keep our selection a secret until it was time to make the donation. 

The amount of the donation to the second beneficiary was to be determined by the success of the show. The greater the net proceeds, the greater the percentage we would be able to donate to our second charity.Between 10-20% of net proceeds, after taxes and outstanding invoices, of course. 

It is our pleasure to let you all know that the committee voted unanimously to donate these funds to Shaw Pit Bull Rescue and we presented them with a donation of $1770.66 earlier today. We know that SHAW PIT BULL RESCUE will put this money to good use and we are thrilled to be able to provide them with this donation to assist them with their important mission.

On Thursday, September 26th we were able to present ARF with a donation in the sum of $10,033.74. The grand total of donations from the 2013 Mississippi Craft Show totaled $11,804.40. 

From all of us at the MS Craft Show, we would like to thank everyone who attended the 2013 MS Craft Show for having a hand in the huge success of the show, culminating in our ability to make these significant donations. This is what can be achieved when we work together for the community. 

We would like to thank our sponsors for their support and helping us to create such a wonderful event. We hope that everyone who was involved in any way had an enjoyable experience! We look forward to seeing you all again next year for an even bigger and better show in 2014."

We at Shaw PBR would like to add that if you were not able to attend the craft show, please go ahead and make plans for next year!!  It will be August 23-24 and (if possible), bigger and better!!  Shaw PBR will be there, among other extremely talented crafts people and pet lovers.  Ya'll come see us!