07/08/2025
July 8, 2025
Today is the first day of the Cumberland County Fair, our largest volunteer event every year.
Today also marks exactly 6 months since the fire that changed our lives.
We still are overwhelmed with gratitude for the outpouring of support we received after the fire.
Words can’t express how much your kindness, donations, messages, and helping hands meant to us during that incredibly difficult time.
Sadly, we not only experienced the heartbreaking loss of our home and more than 3/4 of our belongings, but also, some of our beloved animals in the fire. They were more than just ambassadors or even pets—they were family—and their absence is deeply felt every single day.
Thank you to everyone who has shown up for us with love, compassion, and strength. Your support is still helping us take one step at a time as we rebuild our lives.
It’s not an easy topic for us to talk about, but please know that we are doing our best to keep it together for each other and the critters that are still with us 💜
We hope to see you at the fair, it won’t be as amazing looking as in previous years as many of our supplies were lost in the fire, but our message of love and learning will always be at the forefront of our program. We are excited to see new and familiar faces over the next several days.
We will be doing paid encounters, accepting donations and will have our crafts for sale, but it’s always free to come look and learn about these amazing creatures 💛
From the bottom of our hearts, thank you.
- Tori, Joe & the Critters 🩷