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The Sweet Sanctuary is currently home to 40 animals and growing.

Creating a safe and peaceful refuge for horses and farmed animals in need.

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We believe in kindness and compassion for all animals

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The Sweet Sanctuary is now a registered Canadian Charity!

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Join us in our mission for all animals

Donate farm supplies, medical funds, or help us fill up the hayloft.

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Funds go towards feed our regular animal care expenses, enrichment toys and treats.

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Purchase a printed portrait by Van Tran Photography to support our work.

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Join us in our mission for as little as $2/month. You’ll be first to hear about visitor days!

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Our Mission & Vision

Providing life-long sanctuary to horses and farm animals suffering neglect, abuse, or abandonment.

Together we can create a safe and peaceful refuge for animals in need, showing kindness and compassion for all animals.

A look back at our virtual benefit for the animals in 2020. Tune in for an update from the founders, a virtual tour, and an important update from our Board of Directors.

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“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.”

― Mahatma Gandhi

It’s a beautiful thing! You may remember Jake wh

It’s a beautiful thing! You may remember Jake who has volunteered for the sanctuary since last spring! He is the reason we have a veggie garden for the animals (and stairs to our hay loft 😅). He built the garden boxes and takes care of anything and everything our veggie garden needs. Jake is the best.

Here is the garden after he got us all organized again this year - swipe to see the before 😳

We will have greens, tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, melons, pumpkins, and more #fortheanimals ♥️♥️

Thank you Jake!!!

WORK AT THE SANCTUARY! Calling all Animal Lovers!

WORK AT THE SANCTUARY!

Calling all Animal Lovers! The Sweet Sanctuary is pleased to offer three unique employment opportunities this summer, funded in collaboration with Canada Summer Jobs. To apply, you must be between the ages of 16-30 years old and live in the Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston constituency. We are looking for team members that believe in our mission, have strong attention to detail, are responsible, trustworthy, and eager to work hard for the animals while gaining valuable skills and experience.

Note: due to the ongoing pandemic, start dates are flexible and covid protocols will be in place. Interviews will be conducted virtually.

Landscape labourer: Excited about working outside in nature everyday, you will be responsible for property maintenance, groundskeeping, fencing, and assisting in construction projects for the animals. Apply by June 16.

Stable Hand (Animal Caregiver): Dedicated to providing hands-on care for a variety of animals, you will be responsible for the daily feeding, cleaning, and providing exceptional care to the residents. Apply by June 23.

Marketing Coordinator (remote-based): Passionate about creating a kinder world through story-telling, you will be responsible for writing engaging content, managing social media, coordinating fundraising, and assisting in all other digital communication projects. Apply by June 30.

Visit our website for full job postings! Link in bio 🐷💗

Just look at this happy face 🐷 Arnie is feeling

Just look at this happy face 🐷 Arnie is feeling so pleased about his various mud wallows this summer!

Last year when arnie arrived, he was so weak that during his challenging (and miraculous!) recover with us he was not allowed to have any mud. We could help him stay cool with water, fans, and shade, but with his severe mobility issues, and weighing somewhere in the 800lbs+ neighborhood, it was way too risky to let his feet sink into any mud.

Well, Arnie, we are certainly going to make sure all your spa dreams come true this year!!

#friendsnotfood #animalrescue #farmsanctuary #fortheanimals

This past week has been a hard one with a few of t

This past week has been a hard one with a few of the animals having medical emergencies plus regular vetting appointments, and I’m sorry for not posting more often. The various ways in which you all support us is uplifting and energizing, and at a time when we need it most I am really honoured to share these two amazing supporters with you all who spent their entire day Saturday (since 6am!) hosting a book sale for the animals. Liz and Craig are so dedicated to helping animals and are incredibly compassionate people. We are so grateful for their endless support, friendship, volunteer hours and kindness. On Saturday the @secondhandstories_ book sale raised over $1200 which is going directly to our recent medical bills for Cruz, Roxy, and Arnie! Jill from @sweetsanctuarycookies made her famous cookies and sold about 130 of them, and our charity partner @animated.coffee donated coffees for the day! So incredible! ♥️♥️♥️

@secondhandstories_ has collected around 2,000 donated books and have decided to host a second sale again on Saturday! All the info going up in the story now 🙏

Thank you Liz & Craig 😇😇 #compassion #community #fortheanimals

Truman has made himself a perfect and peaceful lit

Truman has made himself a perfect and peaceful little nest out in pig paradise 🥰😇 #sweetdreams #sweetsanctuary #animalrescue #farmsanctuary #fortheanimals

Sending a big thank you to @animated.coffee for he

Sending a big thank you to @animated.coffee for helping us purchase new farm gates this year! Through the sale of their coffee 25% of proceeds are donated to animal rescue partners, and we are proud to be a partner again this year!

Thank you for your generosity and choosing to help us with our fencing projects! Sadly I missed capturing the gates going up in the new paddock and what you’re seeing here is temporary (we have to replace with a bigger post & re-stretch fence 😅), but it’s fun to see Steve move so fast nonetheless!

You can shop for @animated.coffee online, or visit our friends @blondebaking who serve their coffee everyday #fortheanimals ♥️🙏 I’m sure you will LOVE everything about Animated Coffee. Thank you sweet friends!!

#community #sweetfam #goodcoffeeforgood #animatedcoffee #animalrescue #farmsanctuary #sweetsanctuary

Happy Mother’s Day to our queen Mamma Bear and a

Happy Mother’s Day to our queen Mamma Bear and all the beautiful, inspiring, compassionate Mammas and mother figures out there ❤️❤️❤️

Now that is a nice road 🙏 Thank you so much fo

Now that is a nice road 🙏

Thank you so much for helping us resolve our mud issues this spring! I can’t tell you what a difference this has made in our day-to-day chores. We have just a bit of gravel (2 loads 😅) to finish spreading. The area to the right in this video has all been reseeded for a quiet/special needs senior goat paddock.

Our next project coming up is something special just for Arnie ♥️🐖

#animalrescue #farmsanctuary #community #compassion #grateful

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