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Bishop Plumbing has been offering quality plumbing service for over 90 years and as the company continues to bring top service to their clients, Bishop Plumbing has embarked on a new mission that has a strong place in the hearts and minds of the owner and employees at Bishop – to find safe and loving families for dogs in need of a home.
About a year ago, Bishop Plumbing's managers, Kristina Curran and Brian Wilk bought Bob a chocolate lab that he named Oakum. After several months with Oakum Bob felt that he wanted to adopt another dog to add to the Bishop family. In his plight to find a dog to adopt, Bob became very affected by the amount of dogs that were in the adoption programs due to abandonment. Bob eventually adopted Buster, but his heart still ached at the idea of all those dogs out there that needed good homes.
Just the other week, Kristina Curran was contacted regarding a couple of dogs that were in danger of being put down at a pound in Jacksonville, Illinois. Kristina discussed this with Bob and they made the decision to rescue these dogs and place them in good homes. They quickly developed a list of foster homes from Bishop employees and sent then sent a Bishop truck to Jacksonville to pick up these three dogs. By that afternoon when the two black labs and one white shepherd were brought back to Bishop's office, Kristina had found them all homes. The white shepherd was actually adopted by one of Bishop's employees and they couldn't be happier with the dogs!
Bishop Plumbing is now starting an initiative to inform their community of clients about the need for safe homes for dogs who are currently roaming the streets or housed in pounds until the time comes for them to be put down. If you are interested in either adopting or fostering one of these dogs and rescuing them from these fatal possibilities, please contact Kristina Curran at Bishop Plumbing by calling her at 847-824-1800.