Ruby Slipper Goat Rescue

Goal: $10,000.00

Specific Need

This is the 10 year anniversary of Ruby Slipper Goat Rescue! Your generous support during the past five years of the Hiawatha Community Foundation Match Day fundraisers has made a meaningful difference in so many lives. Because of you, not only have rescued goats received the care they desperately needed, but their stories of resilience have also inspired people of all ages who see reflections of their own challenges in these remarkable animals.

Your donations have helped provide essential resources such as shelters, wheelchairs, prosthetics, and security measures to keep the goats safe. They have also made it possible to cover routine and emergency veterinary care, medications, and the daily needs required to give these animals a comfortable and dignified life.

In 2026, your continued support will ensure that Ruby Slipper Goat Rescue can provide ongoing care for our disabled goats. Donations directly support veterinary expenses, medications, mobility equipment, hay, feed, minerals, milk replacer, bedding, fencing, and shelter.

Many of the goats in our care live with disabilities caused by injury, congenital conditions, or neglect. Their daily and emergency care is extensive, and we rely on your generosity to meet these needs.

Thank you for being part of their journey and for making this lifesaving work possible.

Mission

Ruby Slipper Goat Rescue is dedicated to providing lifelong sanctuary, specialized care, and unconditional love to disabled and vulnerable goats. Their journeys of overcoming adversity inspire people of all ages who connect with their stories, reminding us that differences are not limitations—they are a source of strength.

Photos & Videos

Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Rose-rescued January 2025. Born missing her back lower legs she was going to be thrown to dogs.
Rose-rescued January 2025. Born missing her back lower legs she was going to be thrown to dogs.
Poppy rescued in Sept. 2024. Born without part of her right femur and right hip.
Poppy rescued in Sept. 2024. Born without part of her right femur and right hip.
Poppy and Betty. Betty has a mass in her right femur. She gets two medications daily.
Poppy and Betty. Betty has a mass in her right femur. She gets two medications daily.
Pixie received two custom made prosthetic back legs from the funds raised in 2023.
Pixie received two custom made prosthetic back legs from the funds raised in 2023.
Betty was rescued in 2023 near Hiawatha. She was very sick, injured and unable to walk.
Betty was rescued in 2023 near Hiawatha. She was very sick, injured and unable to walk.
Pixie was rescued in 2022 after her back legs were eaten off by rats.
Pixie was rescued in 2022 after her back legs were eaten off by rats.
The 2022 donations went toward this new shelter and pen for Holly and Mateo.
The 2022 donations went toward this new shelter and pen for Holly and Mateo.
The funds raised from the match days last year in 2021, paid for a portion of this special goat barn
The funds raised from the match days last year in 2021, paid for a portion of this special goat barn
Holly was rescued after being run over by a car and left for four months.
Holly was rescued after being run over by a car and left for four months.
Mona-she was severely injured and neglected at a farm in northeast Kansas .
Mona-she was severely injured and neglected at a farm in northeast Kansas .
Patrick-paralyzed as a newborn after being injured by a pig at a farm in southern Missouri.
Patrick-paralyzed as a newborn after being injured by a pig at a farm in southern Missouri.
Maddie-Paralyzed by a donkey as a newborn at a farm in Missouri.
Maddie-Paralyzed by a donkey as a newborn at a farm in Missouri.
Dorothy-Born with genetic deformities in all of her legs. She had major surgery at K-State in 2020.
Dorothy-Born with genetic deformities in all of her legs. She had major surgery at K-State in 2020.
Pearl came to the rescue from Indianapolis. She had an illness that she could not survive.
Pearl came to the rescue from Indianapolis. She had an illness that she could not survive.
Molly was brought to the rescue from a local farm. She was born with neurological issues.
Molly was brought to the rescue from a local farm. She was born with neurological issues.
Holly with new rescued baby goat, Mateo. Mateo is also completely paralyzed from injury.
Holly with new rescued baby goat, Mateo. Mateo is also completely paralyzed from injury.
Mateo was rescued from Augusta, Kansas and is paralyzed.
Mateo was rescued from Augusta, Kansas and is paralyzed.
Patrick and Andy. Both are paralyzed from injury. Andy was rescued from St. Louis in 2022.
Patrick and Andy. Both are paralyzed from injury. Andy was rescued from St. Louis in 2022.
Rescued goat, Andy and grandbaby Paxton in front of the new handicapped goat barn.
Rescued goat, Andy and grandbaby Paxton in front of the new handicapped goat barn.
$6,848.35 received
in 37 gifts
68.48%  of  $10,000.00 Goal

Contact

1583 280th St; PO Box 60
Hiawatha, KS 66434
Phone: (785) 741-3362

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