NEWS

Glitter and Glam 2010: 2nd Annual Wine Tasting and Fashion Show for the Animals

Join us on Sunday, April 18, 2010, when Agape Animal Rescue will host our 2nd annual Glitter and Glam event, an extraordinary fashion show, silent auction, and wine tasting at the incredible Loews Vanderbilt Hotel from 5-8 pm. This is a great chance to enjoy wine, fashion, food, darling furry friends on the runway and save rescue dogs' lives — all in one night! You will want to be part of this festive evening! (read more)

Luv My Dog Day: TAKE TWO!

Last year's Luv My Dog Day was a huge success! And it's sure to be another great event for you and your dog … again! We're proud to announce the second annual 2010 Luv My Dog Day offered by Harmony Designs Photography on February 12th and 13th, where for a $35 donation to Agape, you'll receive a private photo shoot of your favorite pooch. So spruce up your special Valentine canine! It's professional photo time … coming soon! (read more)

Become A Foster Parent for Agape!

We need YOU to help save more dogs' lives! Attend an Agape Foster Parent Seminar in the upcoming weeks and make the decision to join our foster team, a decision you will never regret. Become a foster parent for Agape Animal Rescue and find out just how amazing you'll feel about the dog you save ... and yourself. Join us for an informal, one-hour seminar to learn all about the wonderful world of fostering. (read more)

Holiday Fundraisers A Huge Success

Agape was very blessed during the 2009 holiday season with several successful fundraisers. Collectively, these fundraisers raised more than $3,000 in monetary and in-kind donations! Wow, that makes for an awesome holiday season, and better yet, for many good things to come for our rescued animals … (read more)

$1,000 Grant Awarded to Agape Animal Rescue by The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee

The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee has distributed more than $900,000 in grants to 198 non-profit organizations in 30 Middle Tennessee counties as part of The Foundationís annual grant-making process. Agape is happy to announce that it applied for, and received, a $1000 grant! (read more)

Local Film Crew Donates Movie to Agape

Read Ridley, known as "Bear" to his students, friends and colleagues, is the Director of Film Crew Technology at Columbia State Community College in Franklin, TN. Every year, Bear picks a new non-profit for his students as a class project, and this year Agape was the Bear's choice (read more)

Mutts Strutt by for Dog Day Festival 2009

They came in all colors, shapes and sizes — mutts and their mutt-meisters — for the 2009 Nashville Humane Association Dog Day Festival and Music City Mutt Strutt at Centennial Park. And this year's Dog Day Festival offered a new sizzle at the Agape booth: a real-life movie crew filming some reality shots of our rescue. (read more)

Agape Attends Commodores in the Community Service Fair

Agape took part in Vanderbilt's Commodores in the Community Service Fair on August 25, 2009, where nearly 1500 freshmen visited booths to learn about volunteer opportunities in the community. (read more)

Summer Series of Dog and Car Washes Fun, Successful

The dog days of summer were much more fun ... and cleaner ... on three Saturdays this year at the Hermitage McDonald's parking lot where dozens of Agape volunteers sweated away the hours to raise money for their favorite charity (read more)

Agape Wins Best Animal Rescue for 2009!

Thank you to everyone who voted for us in the 2009 Nashville Paw Magazine readers' choice poll! (read more)

Glitter and Glam: A Night to Remember

On July 9th, 2009, Agape celebrated its 5-year anniversary at Hotel Preston in grandiose style, with models strutting their stuff in beautiful fashions from local designer Olia Zavozina, accompanied by four-legged pooches donning their own glamorous digs. Glitter and Glam was truly a night to remember ... (read more)

Music City Muttfest a Huge Hit at Loews Vanderbilt

The Music City Muttfest crowd just kept on growing on June 28, 2009 as people and their dogs came out in droves to support Lowes Vanderbilt Hotel's first indoor dog festival and all it had to offer. (read more)

Droopy Takes Third Place in Top Dog Competition

Agape's Droopy, our handsome Lemon Beagle, raised $1,365 and placed third in the 2009 Brown Dog Foundation Top Dog Competition! (read more)

(Photo by Adrian Hitt Photography)

Goodlettsville's Dog Day in May a Hit

Originally scheduled for earlier in May but cancelled due to weather, Goodlettsville's inaugural Dog Day in May was held inside Moss-Wright Park on its rescheduled day of May 30th. (read more)

Agape Helps Kick Off "A Million Ways We Careî Campaign"

Agape participated in the kick-off of CVS/Caremark's "A Million Ways We Care" campaign which officially started on May 5th at the Nashville Metro Center location. (read more)

Puppy Playday at Vanderbilt a Great Event ... Again

Agape was invited to the Vanderbilt Loves Animals Puppy Playday on Saturday, April 26th and we were happy to attend along with three other local rescues. (read more)

Agape Attends Ensworth High School Social Issues Day

For the third straight year, Agape attended Ensworth High School's Social Issues Day Service Fair, held this year on Monday April 20, 2009. (read more)

Luv My Dog Pet Portraits a Huge Hit

When local photographer April Hollingsworth offered to shoot professional pet portraits and donate the $25 sitting fee to Agape Animal Rescue, a fundraising idea was born.

For our inaugural Luv My Dog Pet Portraits event, nearly 40 dogs (and their owners) came for their professional doggy portraits. (read more)

Love Abounds at the Black and White Tie Adoption Day Event

At our annual Black and White Tie Adoption Day, held this year at the Murfreesboro Petsmart on February 14th, Levi, Cotton and JD drew quite a crowd, as people came in droves to see the darling adoptable dogs in their black and white bow ties. (read more)

My Name is Sam
We hear the term "spay/neuter" often, so often we can forget that behind this cause are animals with real names and real life stories. Author Chris Benton poignantly writes a story about a dog who touches her heart and makes her understand the importance of spaying and neutering. (read story)

Jewel Finds Her Forever Home
Sweet, sweet Jewel! We are happy to report that Jewel is now in her forever home! Read her story, and find out more about her incredible rescue.

Faith is Home
Once in awhile we have a success story that goes beyond our wildest expectation and Faith is one of those stories... (read about Faith's recent adoption and a tribute to her incredible personality)

Agape Featured in Nashville Lifestyles Magazine
The May 2006 issue of Nashville Lifestyles Magazine featured an article about Agape Animal Rescue! Please click here for a sneak peak or get a copy today for the full story!

Fundraiser: Check it Out
Agape is proud to be working with Checks Your Way for a great new fundraiser!  Check out how you can be part of this! (click here for details)