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Melissa's Loving Care Pet Service, Bellmore, NY (2024)

07/28/2023

I just received confirmation that all of the puppies and kittens that were at the Bideawee mobile adoption event in Melissa's honor were adopted into loving homes.❤🐈🐕‍🦺

06/15/2023

Here are some of the adorable adoptables for our event! Please make sure to read the adoption requirements.

❤️🐶Meet our cuties on June 17th!😺❤️

Come visit our mobile adoption event that will be held right on the Bideawee Wantagh Campus!

Mobile Adoption Event Details:
Date:
Saturday, June 17th
Time:
11:00am - 2:00pm
Location:
Bideawee Wantagh Campus
3300 Beltagh Avenue
Wantagh, NY 11793

Just folllow the blue Bideawee signage that will lead you to the event site and to the mobile adoption truck!

Please read our adoption requirements at https://www.bideawee.org/programs/adoption/adoption-process/ so that you’re prepared to complete the adoption process and will be able to bring home your new bestie! 🌈‼️

06/12/2023

Please share its this coming Saturday 🐾💕

06/04/2023

Please share in memory and honor of Melissa. Our goal is to get all animals adopted. Even if you are not adopting - and we hope you will - please come by and give our family a hug and join us to celebrate Melissa’s life 🐾💕

EVENT IS POSTED! PLEASE SHARE!
Saturday, June 17, 2023, 11 am to 2pm at Bideawee
3300 Beltagh Ave, Wantagh, NY 11793

Bideawee Mobile Adoption Event in Honor of Melissa O’Hara and all the loving care she gave to every creature she encountered.

Event is rain or shine. Even if you are not adopting – and we hope you will! - please join us to celebrate Melissa’s life.

Among many other wonderful things, Melissa was an avid lover of all creatures great and small; a cat mom to Whiskey, Blue, Skye and Dakota. She had a special gift with animals, particularly those who were disadvantaged. Melissa would never have perceived them as disabled, only creatures requiring extra love. She would pull over to the side of the road to rescue various injured animals and bring them to safety. She even had to get rabies shots from being bitten by a stray! She had an amazing capacity for love and was the embodiment of compassion. Her sister lovingly called her "St. Missy of Assisi". Doctor Doolittle had nothing on her! She dedicated her career to the loving care of animals. She started by working in shelters, later became a vet tech, working in animal hospitals, was certified in animal first aid and CPR and ultimately had her own pet sitting business. Her clients, both human and furry loved her dearly.

I love this poem by Nicolette Sowder as this is my Melissa, the child that made me a mom, the beautiful child that I raised:

"May we raise children
who love the unloved
things – the dandelion, the
worms and spiderlings.
Children who sense
the rose needs the thorn
& run into rainswept days
the same way they
turn towards sun…
And when they’re grown &
someone has to speak for those
who have no voice
may they draw upon that
wilder bond, those days of
tending tender things
and be the ones”

06/02/2023

Please keep sharing. This event is so important to our family in memory and honor of our sweet Melissa.🐾💕

Please share 🐾💕

05/22/2023

It's getting closer! Please share!🐾💕

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04/30/2023

Please share 🐾💕

04/15/2023

EVENT IS POSTED! PLEASE SHARE!
Saturday, June 17, 2023, 11 am to 2pm at Bideawee
3300 Beltagh Ave, Wantagh, NY 11793

Bideawee Mobile Adoption Event in Honor of Melissa O’Hara and all the loving care she gave to every creature she encountered.

Event is rain or shine. Even if you are not adopting – and we hope you will! - please join us to celebrate Melissa’s life.

Among many other wonderful things, Melissa was an avid lover of all creatures great and small; a cat mom to Whiskey, Blue, Skye and Dakota. She had a special gift with animals, particularly those who were disadvantaged. Melissa would never have perceived them as disabled, only creatures requiring extra love. She would pull over to the side of the road to rescue various injured animals and bring them to safety. She even had to get rabies shots from being bitten by a stray! She had an amazing capacity for love and was the embodiment of compassion. Her sister lovingly called her "St. Missy of Assisi". Doctor Doolittle had nothing on her! She dedicated her career to the loving care of animals. She started by working in shelters, later became a vet tech, working in animal hospitals, was certified in animal first aid and CPR and ultimately had her own pet sitting business. Her clients, both human and furry loved her dearly.

I love this poem by Nicolette Sowder as this is my Melissa, the child that made me a mom, the beautiful child that I raised:

"May we raise children
who love the unloved
things – the dandelion, the
worms and spiderlings.
Children who sense
the rose needs the thorn
& run into rainswept days
the same way they
turn towards sun…
And when they’re grown &
someone has to speak for those
who have no voice
may they draw upon that
wilder bond, those days of
tending tender things
and be the ones”

03/22/2023

Sweet Dakota has gone over the Rainbow Bridge to be with his mommy, Melissa. His daddy Patrick and our entire family will miss him dearly. He will be buried at Bideawee with our babies who went before him. Rest in peace precious boy and give lots of kisses to your mommy.🐾🙏💕

03/03/2023

Update! Shooting for June 17, just waiting for formal confirmation. Please pencil in for now until full details arrive.😼😽🐰🐝🐠🐿🐇🦝🐶🐹

03/01/2023

Hi Everyone! I hope to have a date by tomorrow for the Bideawee mobile adoption event in Melissa's honor which will be sometime in April. If anyone wants to contribute to the flyer, please provide a short story about Melissa's loving care of your pet and a photo if you wish.🐶🐱

Much love,

Melissa's mom, Sharon

02/14/2023

This was so Melissa ❤️

May We Raise Children Who Love The Unloved Things...
🐌 🐸 🦗 🦎 🐞 🐛 🦋 🐢 🐝 🐍 🕷️
May we raise children
who love the unloved things – the dandelion, the
worms & spiderlings.
Children who sense
the rose needs the thorn
& run into rainswept days
the same way they turn towards the sun…

And when they’re grown &
someone has to speak for those
who have no voice
may they draw upon that
wilder bond, those days of
tending tender things
and be the ones...

By Nicolette Sowder
Artist Kari-Lise Alexander

01/10/2023

Happy 42nd birthday Melissa. You are deeply missed and so very loved.

01/06/2023

Hi Everyone! I haven't forgotten you. Please feel free to post pet-related things on this page. Melissa's birthday is January 10 and I'm sure she would love that. 🐾❤

10/20/2022

Even though the Bideawee event is several months away (we have requested April) I am going to start working on a flyer/booklet and am thinking of including tribute stories from people whose lives my beloved daughter Melissa touched in connection with the loving care of their pets. If you would like to participate, please either post your story here on Facebook, message or email me. I will post a cut-off date for submissions once we receive the date for the event. Over the years, many of you have provided wonderful reviews but for this purpose I am requesting that submissions contain a paragraph or two in story format telling how Melissa touched your and your pet’s life, whether it be something heartfelt or just a funny story that made you laugh or smile. I will include first names and last initials. Please send me a photo of your pet as well - if possible, one that Melissa took or one that includes her. I am not sure if I will have room to include photos but I will do my best. In any event, I would love to see them.

In addition to personal stories, I hope to include stories of the many “roadside” rescues Melissa made (such as when I had to bring her for rabies shots after she was badly bitten by a stray kitten!) so please feel free to share those as well. I am sure that I will recognize a lot of the stories as she always shared them with me at the end of each day. I know most of you by the names of your pets! Melissa loved her work and was dedicated to each and every animal she encountered which was a great source of pride and healing. My wish for this event is to capture Melissa’s essence – her beautiful loving heart - and honor her by remembering and reflecting all the good and light about her and all the loving care that she gave. Planning this event is providing me with a much-needed sense of purpose and is allowing me to carry on all her good works. Thank you all for coming along on my journey.

Melissa’s mom.

BREAKING NEWS! Bideawee has agreed to allow us to host an adoption event with their mobile adoption van at the Wantagh location next Spring in honor of Melissa! Stay tuned. Will provide details as soon as we have them. 🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

10/17/2022

BREAKING NEWS! Bideawee has agreed to allow us to host an adoption event with their mobile adoption van at the Wantagh location next Spring in honor of Melissa! Stay tuned. Will provide details as soon as we have them. 🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

09/20/2022

Good morning everyone. I know it's been a while. I wanted to share with you that Melissa's good works are being continued. A few days ago we made a very large donation of towels and bedding to Plainview Animal Hospital. We are going to continue to honor Melissa by providing loving care to animals; especially providing for those who are disabled or underserved. There are many services that can be provided to animal shelters and hospitals that don't cost any money; i.e., donating time, bedding and cleaning supplies. As I know many of you already do these things, please help us honor Melissa by thinking of her when you do so or by doing so in her name. I would be interested to know if anyone knows of a disabled person or family with a disabled child that is interested in adopting. As pet lovers we know how healing they can be as they certainly were to Melissa. You can PM me with details. I am still working on an appropriate memorial and will provide details when I have them. I would like to keep this page going and hear from all of you as I know how special you and your pets were to my daughter and how special she was to all of you. I am forever grateful for these wonderful connections. Much love, Melissa's mom.

08/11/2022

Sweet Skye has gone over the Rainbow Bridge to be with her mommy Melissa. Her daddy Patrick and our entire family will miss her dearly. She will be buried at Bideawee with our babies who went before her. So grateful to all of our family and friends who donated to Bideawee in Melissa's memory. Rest in peace precious girl and give lots of kisses to your mommy.🐾🙏💕

07/09/2022

For anyone who wishes to honor my beautiful daughter Melissa and her great love and care of animals donations to Bideawee would be great. Her kitties are buried there. If anyone needs any information you can message the inbox on this site.

07/08/2022

When a human being dies, there is a bridge they must cross to enter into Heaven. At the head of the bridge waits every animal that human encountered during their lifetime. The animals, based on how that person treated them, decide which humans may cross the bridge… and which are turned away. Sweet Melissa, there is no doubt you crossed the bridge. You are so very loved.

07/08/2022

To all of Melissa's loving clients, we are so sorry to let you know that Melissa has gone over the human rainbow bridge. May she frolic with the animals for eternity. We love her so much.