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The Ten Lives Club cat rescue organization has now raised greater than $100,000 — all in help of Buffalo Bills kicker Tyler Bass.
Bass turned the topic of damaging feedback after lacking the game-tying discipline objective within the divisional spherical sport placing the Bills towards the Kansas City Chiefs.
Members of the Bills Mafia wished to show that negativity round.
take a step into the Ten Lives Clubhouse in Blasdell, Erie County, and also you’ll be greeted by a photograph of Tyler Bass.
“Show Your Soft Side is a non-profit organization that teams up with celebrities and athletes to prevent animal abuse by showing that you can still be tough and be kind to animals. So Show Your Soft Side had a connection with Tyler Bass and he wanted to help rescue cats, and Tyler took photos with our rescue cats and we were so excited. It’s not every day that a Bills player helps our cats, so we were so grateful to Tyler,” stated Kimberly LaRussa, public relations supervisor for Ten Lives.
After his missed discipline objective in Sunday’s playoff sport towards the Chiefs, Tyler’s fellow cat individuals felt referred to as to his protection.
“Our phones before that, before we even heard about all this, were ringing off the hook. They said ‘hey. how can we support your organization in Tyler Bass’s name?’ so they decided to donate 22 dollars to Ten Lives Club, and it’s just blown up. We are just overwhelmed by the generosity right now,” LaRussa stated.
The donations are coming in from Western New York, in addition to cat lovers in Chiefs nation, and past.
“We help 3,000 cats a year, and we’re only able to do that with the community support, so this doesn’t happen every day and Ten Lives Club has to do a lot of small events throughout the months to receive donations, so this is like huge for our rescue right now,” LaRussa stated.
Throughout its 23-year historical past, Ten Lives has by no means raised this a lot money in such a short while earlier than.
“We do wish it was under better circumstances — you know we never want to hear that, you know, someone is bullied, I mean I don’t care that you’re a celebrity or a football player. It’s not right to throw that kind of hate at someone. He’s a human and he’s a person, and we all need to be kinder to each other,” LaRussa stated. “So wish it was under better circumstances, but I hope that he’s watching and he sees the impact he’s made and how much he’s helping our rescue cats, and I hope it brings him and his fiancee a smile.”
