Starrlight Jewelry & Designs was founded as to help my family finance the orphan, stray, feral and sick felines and other animals that we care for. Right now my husband and I are providing long term placement for cats, fish, amphibians, and wild birds. We are also foster parents for cats, kittens and birds. We are not a 'registered 501c' but work closely with and volunteer our time, home and resources for many that are.
Starrlight Sanctuary: All the cats here have a story. Many of them were physically or mentally abused by previous owners. Some were poisoned as kittens by people, some are blind, deaf or have Epilepsy. Some of them just could not pass the 'adoption ready test' at the local shelters. Regardless of their background, condition, age or shyness, they have all found a loving and forever home here with me and my family at my Sanctuary.
While I myself am not a non profit organization, I work closely with many that are.
I do full time orphaned kitten fostering, feral cat care, and care for many elderly and disabled cats and kittens as well as fostering, rehab and providing life time care for cats and other animals in need. I also work in TNR and have over 250 cats locally micro-chipped to my name.
What turned into aid also turned into passion.
In the following years I have found great satisfaction in using my beading skills to not only help the animals we care for but many others world wide. I donate jewelry, shop gift certificates, home decor items and more to aid animal charities and children's cancer research centers every year.
~* We are currently running a monthly donation split to help animal shelters in need. If you are or know of a animal shelter in dire need of funding support please see:
http://www.starrlightjewelry.com/donations.htm
Every year I create and donate 1,000's -literally- of pieces of my stock to no kill animal sanctuaries, raffles, and fund raisers. I also assign a number of my listings, or my entire store for months at a time, every year, to donate to shelters, rehabilitation centers, animal rights, and more.
Currently I am running a promo every other month to donate 50% of shop sales placed through my web-store to animal sanctuaries in need, both local and worldwide and I have also started tabling local craft fairs and vender events to sell jewelry so that a portion of the sales can be donated to a specific no kill non profit animal shelter or non profit rehabilitation center.
Caring for animals and helping those who care for animals is the purpose of Starrlight Jewelry -&- Designs.
If I could get beads for free I would work strictly doing donations.
Shop with pride. Not only do ALL of my product sales help animals, they are also sourced to help people. As a compassionate woman I try to source all my beads, charms and findings from companies that have humane standards for their workers. I do not buy from slave labor factories at all.
