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A Romanian Truck Driver's Love of Underdogs

A Romanian Truck Driver's Love of Underdogs

Jun 20, 2013-- Truck driver Tamara Raab has made a couple of 2,000 mile round trip journeys to drive a massive load of donated dog and cat food, veterinary supplies and pet beds to animal shelters in Romania -- a global hot spot for animal cruelty and neglect. But this time she didn't have the 3,500 Euros required to pay the fuel. So she sought support from a nonprofit that sponsors major animal protection efforts around the world, to ask for help. She was not optimistic. So when she received a reply within the hour with just one question, "How can we make this project much, much bigger?," Tamara lowered her face into the palms of her hands as the tears began to warm her cheeks. A real world story of an everyday hero committed to serving the unsheltered. (29263 reads)


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