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Originally, Incredible Edible Trees were gifts for good friends and clients who had dogs. As the recipients began incorporating the trees into whatever décor they had, more friends and clients started asking where they could buy one. The following holiday season, we started making a few of the trees to sell. We could not make enough to meet the demand and developed the smaller, very affordable version.
Then Hurricane Katrina roared into the Gulf Coast on Monday morning, August 29, 2005. Along with millions of Americans, we watched the devastation, and people and pets suffering in ways we could not imagine. So many had lost homes and had no place to go, and as both people and animals struggled to survive, Maverick Creative began raising funds to help with the relief effort.
During the 2005 holiday season, we employed survivors of Hurricane Katrina to put together the Incredible Edible Trees and gave the profits back to help shelters that took in Katrina animals. Now, people from the Goodwill Training Program put together the trees.
In late October 2007, the wildfires in Southern California left scores of animals, yet again, homeless. It takes disasters of an overwhelming scale to bring national attention to the never-ending problem of animal rescue in all forms. The goal of BarkBarkWoof.com and Maverick Creative is to raise and maintain awareness of the constant support needed for communities and shelters throughout the United States, and to contribute directly to those efforts.
BarkBarkWoof.com was born as an easy way for customers to order the Incredible Edible Tree and other items to make your dog know he or she is truly a member of the family.
Trish Kiesewetter
Founder & President
Maverick Creative Inc
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