Lisa Lisa - The Doggie Diva

UPDATE - 4/5/05

Lisa Lisa's new DJ website is up and running.  You can visit her site through this link:  Lisa Lisa's Website.

And we refuse to break the tradition!  Meet Lisa Lisa the Doggie Diva's Doggie of the week:

MONTERO!!!!

Montero is a wonderful adult Husky.  He's about 4 years old and exceptionally sweet.  Montero is at Sanilac County Animal Control Shelter which is very full.  He needs your help to get a new home!

Champ found a great forever home!!!

'DRQ 93.1 fm, Lisa Lisa and Jethro's Place UPDATE

We are deeply saddened to announce that our wonderful partnership with 93.1 fm has ended. 

For 5 years, DRQ’s Doggie Diva, Lisa Lisa has helped hundreds of older dogs find homes.  On Friday, April 1st, the suits from ABC Radio (owned by Disney) descended upon the station and fired the entire staff, with the exception of morning host Jay Tower.  The ‘DRQ website was taken down and replaced by DOUG.  It seems the corporate types decided that preformatted automated radio is what they want for the Detroit market.  A very sad reflection of the times in which we live.

 

We extend our gratitude and thanks to ‘DRQ for helping us save lives.  Especially, Alex Tear, the programming director who was known to foster a shelter dog in an emergency and Julie Law the promotions director for making our Find a Furry Friend in Ferndale events a success.  We cannot begin to express our gratitude to Lisa Lisa for her tireless work on behalf of homeless animals.  Every day she is on the air, she pleads and pitches to save the lives of shelter dogs.  There isn’t another station in Detroit that has given so much airtime to our cause.  The success of the effort was felt all the way to Standish Michigan, where the vast majority of Arenac County Animal Control Shelter’s adoptions came from Lisa Lisa’s show.  We wish the entire staff only the best for their future and know that each of them will go on to great things.

 

We are reassessing our options and quite frankly will be adversely impacted by ‘DRQ’s demise.  Most of our website traffic, donations and adopters came from ‘DRQ.  While a big multi million-dollar organization could carry on with little impact, for a tiny organization, this is a significant mountain to climb.  Our Ferndale events will be on hold while we take a hard look at our options.  We genuinely believe that our work is valuable, that promoting cooperation between organizations is a key to ending the killing of homeless pets.  We will need the help of our supporters now, more than ever before, if we are to continue.

 

How you can help:

Link to our adopt a senior pet page http://www.jethrosplace.org/seniors.htm if you or your company have a website.  Older pets are adoptable, but only if someone knows they are at a shelter or in a rescue.  Our webpage lists senior dogs and cats for rescues across Michigan.  If even one potential adopter is reached through your site link, it is worth the effort.

 

Renew your Jethro’s Place membership or donate to help us keep helping animals.  Frankly, we’ve always teetered on the brink of financial disaster, but this may push us over the edge.  If you haven’t signed up for a membership, please do quickly.  It’s only $25 a year and it’s the main way we support ourselves.  Sign up for memberships through this link: http://www.jethrosplace.org/memberships.htm.  To donate, visit http://www.jethrosplace.org/donations.htm  We’d like to thank you in advance for your support in our time of need.

 

Finally, if you want to acknowledge the great work Lisa Lisa has done for homeless pets, please drop her a note to info@jethrosplace.org and we’ll make certain she gets it.  We know she’ll be back on the air soon, working for a station that recognizes not only her talent, but her compassion and ability to make a positive impact in the community.  We look forward to getting the Doggie Diva back on the air and wish her only the best.

SOME OF THE LIVES SAVED BY DRQ & LISA LISA