Hi Everyone, 

It’s not everyday you have a chance to make a huge difference in the life
of hundreds, and potentially thousands of domesticated special needs and
terminally ill animals, numerous pet loving organizations and individuals
and one true angel named Susan Marino…..and you can do it in 5 minutes
and for the price of a stamp.   I’M NOT KIDDING!!!! 
A small group of folks are organizing a huge effort to get the very
deserving Angels Gate an Extreme Home Makeover, and we are counting on YOU,
yes YOU to help us ignite a flare that can’t be missed by ABC
executives! 

Here’s YOUR mission, if you choose to accept it……   On
Tuesday, August 12TH we hope to have thousands of letters (yes,
snail mail letters) hitting the mailboxes simultaneously heading for
ABC.  What is in your letter does not have to be full of
content.  One sincere line about why Angels Gate is so deserving or
what they need is enough….remember the big impact is that literally
thousands of letters will be hitting ABC all at once requesting Angels Gate
receive a home makeover.  And YOU will be able to know in your heart
that you helped many deserving animals live out their last days in a
loving, peaceful environment.

Susan is certainly doing her part to make that happen as she
tirelessly gives her heart and soul to these animals everyday, but her
limitations are around creating the environment.  She has recently
purchased 100 acres in Delhi New York where she currently houses 200
terminally ill or disabled animals. She is in the process of moving from
their original location in Fort Salonga, New York and will be moving the
200 terminally ill animals who live there out to the Delhi
location.  That will be 400 animals with special needs and in hospice
care, who need a home environment suitable to their situation.   Check
out her website, www.angelsgate.org  and be ready to fall in love with
this lady and her mission.  She and her significant other have been
doing this for years by themselves, organizing dozens of regular volunteers
and steering the ship. 

On April 28th of this year, Angels Gate was featured on Oprah which really
helped get this worthy cause some much needed attention.  Not to
mention the substantial donation that Oprah herself made which helped
secure the 100 acres in Delhi.    It’s been an exciting journey
for them, but an exhausting one as well.  They need a shot in the arm
right now and with the upgrades requested below it will be just what the
doctor ordered!!!!   Below is part of an email that I cut and pasted
in here to give you some ideas of what to jot down in the letter (remember
content of the letter is not as important as just getting that letter in
the mail Tuesday, August 12TH!)

This is from a woman named Kim who has been instrumental in getting the
application in ABC’s hands.    FROM THEIR APPLICATION:
1)  Summarize briefly what makes Susan Marino so deserving?
What makes her situation unique.
2)  Why does her home need a makeover?  List 5 top
repairs:   You don’t necessarily have to answer this question because
not everyone has been there but it also doesn’t take a rocket scientist to
know she needs help. 
a)  comfortable large structures in which the animals need to
live both dogs and cats (as right now, they are in Susan’s own personal
space – this includes additional cat houses.
b)  Make each and every structure efficient; running water, air
conditioning, appropriate heating, a way to clean these structures in a
manner that is the least disruptive to the animals.  Appropriate
storage of food.  All of the above, at the present time this is being
done by running back and forth to the main house where these supplies
presently reside and the house is more than several hundreds of yards
away. 
c)  The birds are located in Fort Salonga. A structure needs to
be built with cathedral ceilings so some of the birds can be in flight. 
Susan wants the birds in Delhi.  This cannot be done without the
structure being built.
d)  Separate areas:  create separate areas for the dogs to
be outside (a playing area) and perhaps outside porches for the cats. also
– animals in true hospice mode – a peaceful area where they can live out
their last days or hours.
e)  Finally and probably the most important so Susan can be
rejuvenated for without her, there is no Angels Gate.  A place for her
to be, to relax, to do business, to have quiet time with her animals not
too far away.    If nothing else – push manpower and
construction.  

For the most part – this is what she needs and doing it in the right
way.  She has 100 acres now to do as she wishes.  As far as
Extreme Homes is concerned, I just hope they take the bite with all the
letters, video and the packet- if they do – these guys are all engineers
and architects – they have the ability to make all her dreams come true for
the benefit of the animals and they can supply a little sanctuary just for
herself.  They know EXACTLY what their doing and how to do it.  
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Remember!  Please don’t labor over the content of the letter.  A
simple line that you would love to see Susan Marino of Angel’s Gate receive
an Extreme Home Makeover so that she can better care for these terminally
ill animals would be sufficient.  The power will come in your ability
to throw that line on a piece of paper stick it in a stamped envelope with
the address below and put it in your mailbox on exactly Tuesday, August 12TH!

Thanks Everyone for the very important role YOU will be playing in helping
to get the attention of the ABC Extreme Home Makeover Executives!!!!!
Send your letters to this address:  

Lock & Key Productions
C/O Family Casting
P.O.Box 38670
Los Angeles, CA 90038 

Thanks, Tammy Wynn tammy@successradio.com   P.S….If you want
to do more?  PLEASE simply forward this request to people you know who
would be thrilled to play a role in seeing what Extreme Home Makeover could
do for a worthy cause like Angel’s Gate.