10/30/2026
❤️🐾 WHEN THE GOING GETS ROUGH, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER WAY TO KEEP GOING. 🐾
We need to be honest with our Sophie’s Circle family. Things are very, very difficult right now. 😞🥺
The truth is, Sophie’s Circle is struggling. And we are reaching a point where we have to get creative and find additional ways to generate the funds necessary to keep this rescue going.
The number of dogs needing help continues to climb. Surrenders are coming in faster than we can keep up with, the need is relentless, and the financial burden of caring for so many animals continues to grow. Behind every dog is a life that needs saving, medical care, food, shelter, and a safe place to land. And those expenses don’t stop just because donations slow down.
Our founder, Kathy Blackman, is not one to sit back and watch the rescue she’s poured her heart and soul into struggle without doing everything in her power to help.
Many people may not know that Kathy owned her own bakery years ago. Out of NECESSITY, she is returning to something she knows and loves: baking.
Kathy has taken on an entirely new venture, Tropical Rum Cakes of New Smyrna Beach.
And we want people to understand what this really means.
On top of the already overwhelming demands of running a rescue, coordinating care, handling surrenders, saving dogs, and making sure the animals already in our care have everything they need, Kathy is now taking on the additional work of baking.
Think about that for a moment. While the demands of the rescue continue to grow, she is putting in even more hours, effort, and energy into something entirely separate, not for personal gain, but because she is trying to find another way to keep Sophie’s Circle above water.
This isn’t a frivolous business venture or simply a new hobby. It’s a NECESSITY. It’s another way to generate much-needed income to help keep the rescue operating, pay the bills, care for the dogs, and continue saying YES to those who desperately need us.
Kathy will be bringing smaller Bundtlet cakes to sell at our upcoming events. Cakes will also be available to order online, with shipping available for those outside our local area. (Keep an eye on the Tropical Rum Cake page for updates on the events that she will have the cakes at.)
NOW, WE NEED OUR COMMUNITY.
We are asking everyone who cares about Sophie’s Circle to please take a moment to visit and FOLLOW the new Tropical Rum Cakes of New Smyrna Beach page.
🔗 https://www.facebook.com/TropicalRumCake
Please LIKE the Tropical Rum Cakes page. SHARE it. Tell your friends, family, coworkers, and neighbors. Help us get the word out beyond our immediate rescue community.
➡️ Please SHARE THIS POST! The more people who see it, the greater the difference we can make. Don’t just scroll past it — SHARE IT! Let’s reach people we haven’t reached before, expand our circle, and make this post go VIRAL! Every share matters! ❤️🐾
If you have an occasion coming up, consider placing an order. If you can’t order, sharing the page costs nothing but could help us reach someone who can.
We don’t make this request lightly. We know everyone has their own financial struggles, and we know there are countless organizations asking for help. But we also need you to understand just how serious things have become.
Kathy is already giving so much of herself to the dogs. Now she’s giving even more of her time to try to save the rescue itself.
We have dogs depending on us. We have lives already in our care. We have dogs still waiting for someone to say yes to them.
We cannot do this without the support of our village.
Please help us get behind Kathy’s new venture. Help us spread the word. Help us turn this effort into something that can make a real difference for the rescue.
Because the goal isn’t simply to sell rum cakes. The goal is to make sure Sophie’s Circle IS STILL HERE TOMORROW to save another life. 🐾
With gratitude to everyone who continues to stand beside us. ❤️
🐾 IT TAKES A CIRCLE. IT TAKES A VILLAGE. AND RIGHT NOW, WE NEED OUR VILLAGE MORE THAN EVER.
