Old Fella Burke County Animal Rescue Inc.

Old Fella has a vibrant humane education program committed to providing quality character education to the children in Burke County in both the public and private school systems.

Old Fella rescues abandoned companion animals, providing for medical care, temporary housing and daily care in foster homes, obedience training and permanent placement via adoption.

Burke is a rural county. There are not many people that live here. Therefore, it is very difficult to find these forever homes within the county line. Because of this, we partner with other rescue organizations located in denser population centers to help us find forever homes for our Old Fella rescues. These organizations take in our Old Fella’s and adopt them out in the metro Atlanta area as well as in New England.

Old Fella’s success is because of a small, but determined group of volunteers who spend countless hours for the homeless animals of Burke County. These volunteers dream of a facility to provide a safe haven for those in need as well as an adoption and education facility that will help to make our mission a little easier.Old Fella, with a generous land donation, is ready to build. With an outpouring of public support we have acquired architectural plans, building permits, driveway, and well.Labor and materials have also been donated: construction foreman services, sheetrock, electrical and plumbing labor as well as plumbing and electrical materials. 
Local grassroots fundraising efforts have been underway. Car washes, bake sales, garage sales, concessions at local events and an army of coin jars at local establishments have slowly increased our building fund, but it is now time to break ground and we need more help to accomplish our vision.