Wolfgang’s Pet Stop
Fundraising campaign by
Beth Ruppel
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US$11,812raised of $35,000.00 goal goal
No more donations are being accepted at this time. Please contact the campaign owner if you would like to discuss further funding opportunities
Wolfgang’s Pet Stop is a family-owned, neighborhood business serving the dog and cat community. Over the last 10 years we have grown a strong and loyal following of clients and pets that we care for and love very much. With the best groom team and pet staff in St. Louis, our pet care professionals use their knowledge, experience and compassion to make our company stand out from the crowd!
In short, despite our strengths, we’ve endured great losses and taken on more debt than we can manage. As we concluded 2014, we faced two choices: declare bankruptcy and close our doors forever or find another way! With a great team and wonderful client-base, we felt sure there must be another way!
The company’s founder enlisted the support and guidance of the Small Business Administration through their Emerging Leaders Program and gained a wealth of strategic analysis and insight from the instructors, counselors and experts from the program. Now armed with a strategic growth plan, the company needs only to manage and consolidate its debts with reasonable terms. Unfortunately the very banks that were bailed out when this debt-cycle began, were and remain unwilling to refinance for a small struggling company. So we are reaching out to our friends, family, clients and community to ask for help.
We’ve made terrific strides and sales are back to pre-recession levels (and beyond)! But the debt-monkey remains on our back and the bottom line is that without help, we will be forced to close our doors.
Please consider helping us get back on our feet so we can continue to do what we do best... take care of pets and their people!
Organizer
- Beth Ruppel
Donors
- Shula Neuman
- Donated on Apr 13, 2015
Love this store.
- Jane Burton
- Donated on Mar 27, 2015
Wolfgang's and its owners have been an outstanding asset to our community. Kind and loving of all their animals and the same treatment of their customers. Always helpful, sometimes beyond the call of duty! They have added to the quality of life here in spite of the increase in crummy restaurants and bars. I've known them for about 10 years. I'd be so sad to see them go.
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Donors & Comments
- Guest
- Donated on Apr 29, 2015
In honor of Lola Webb. Wolfgang's Pet Stop grooming regular for many years. Thanks for always taking such good care of our girl. :-)
- Shula Neuman
- Donated on Apr 13, 2015
Love this store.
- Jane Burton
- Donated on Mar 27, 2015
Wolfgang's and its owners have been an outstanding asset to our community. Kind and loving of all their animals and the same treatment of their customers. Always helpful, sometimes beyond the call of duty! They have added to the quality of life here in spite of the increase in crummy restaurants and bars. I've known them for about 10 years. I'd be so sad to see them go.
- Merlin Vossmeyer-Sandberg
- Donated on Mar 17, 2015
- Guest
- Donated on Mar 05, 2015
- Ruby
- Donated on Mar 02, 2015
You know you love this pet stop! We'd be lost without Wolfgang's. We'd be sentenced to...the mall. Please support Wolfgang's!
- Schnucks
- Donated on Feb 24, 2015
- marianne montgomery
- Donated on Feb 20, 2015
- Donna and Malcolm
- Donated on Feb 17, 2015
Best of luck!
- Woodford and Bodie
- Donated on Feb 08, 2015
Good luck!
In honor of Lola Webb. Wolfgang's Pet Stop grooming regular for many years. Thanks for always taking such good care of our girl. :-)