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Crossroads Pet Rescue group excited about lighted Christmas parade, nonprofit's exposure

Members of the nonprofit group Crossroad Pet Rescues talk about their debut in the Victoria Lighted Christmas Parade.
  • J.R. Ortega •
  • Originally published December 2, 2010 at 8:21 p.m., updated December 3, 2010 at 4:45 p.m.

  • IF YOU GO WHAT: Victoria's annual holiday lighted parade.

    WHERE: In front of the community center at 2905 E. North St.

    WHEN: 6 p.m. Saturday

    FOR MORE INFORMATION ...... on Crossroads Pet Rescue, call Chyanne Lakey at 361-935-0751 or ...

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    • IF YOU GO WHAT: Victoria's annual holiday lighted parade.

    WHERE: In front of the community center at 2905 E. North St.

    WHEN: 6 p.m. Saturday

    FOR MORE INFORMATION ...... on Crossroads Pet Rescue, call Chyanne Lakey at 361-935-0751 or visit their Facebook page by searching Crossroads Pet Rescue.

    cHRISTMAS PARADE ParticipantsMarine Corps League Victoria Fire Department

    East/West AFJROTC

    B-Town Bikers

    Victoria Volunteer Fire Dept. and the American Red Cross

    Memory Walk of Victoria

    Victoria Association of Citizens with Disabilities

    Victoria County Sheriff's Office

    Twin Pines Nursing & Rehab.

    Dorothy H. O'Connor Pet Adoption Center

    Crossroads Veterinary Clinic

    Victoria A's Model A Ford Club

    P.A.W.S. (Pets Are Worth Saving)

    Victoria Treasure's Dance Team

    CPR- Crossroads Pet Rescues

    Howell Middle School Wildcat Cheerleaders

    Howell Wildcat Band

    Victoria Pan America Golf Association

    The Texas Zoo

    The 2010 Miss Victoria Court

    Crossroads Most Beautiful Baby

    Stroman Middle School Band

    Stroman Middle School Pom Squad

    St. Joseph High School Starlighter Drill Team

    Chuck E Cheeses

    Patti Welder Middle School Dance & Drill Team

    Patti Welder Middle School Band

    VEHS Hip Hop Team

    Victoria Stutters from the Debbie Bennett Green School of Dance

    Smith Magnet School Cheerleaders

    Cade Middle School Bulldog Band

    F.W. Gross Student Council

    The Legacy Dance Team

    Victoria West High School Band

    Victoria East High School Band

    Crossroads Cruisers Club

    Klean Cut Kustom's

    Victoria Shrine Club- Fire Patrol

    Ganem's Garage

    Warrior's Weekend

    Texas Stars Dance/Drill Team

    Stroman Vipers Cheerleading

    First Victoria National Bank

    Retama Manor South

    Floresville Peanut Festival Association

    Lazy Longhorn RV Park

    Cuero Chamber of Commerce

    Hopkins Academy Pep Squad

    Christ the Victor Lutheran Church

    Victoria Livestock Show Queen Victoria Court

    Sonic of Victoria

    Halletsville Royal Court

    Colortyme Rent to Own

    St. Mark's United Methodist Church

    Second Baptist Church

    Golden Crescent Region of the Antique Automobile Club of America

    HEB Grocery Co.

    Howell Middle School Hip Hop & Year Book Club

    DeTar Healthy Woman

    Dales Fun Center

    The Victoria Police Officers Association

    Sport Clips

    Our Lady of Sorrows Lifeteen

    Kellar Dance Dynamics

    Victoria Jaycees

    Victoria Mixed Martial Arts

    Patti Welder PACT Club

    Student Council - Vickers Elementary

    Vickers Elementary Cub Scout Pack 104 and Boy Scout Troop 104

    Stroman Middle School Hip-Hop Team

    Cub Scout Pack 364

    Verizon Wireless

    Outreach Academy

    Art Factory Skateshop

    Dairy Queen

    Texas Nuts and Stuff

    Mid Coast Chapter CCA

    Cub Scout Pack 366

    Garcia and Flores Automotive

    Berry Plastics

    Yoakum Chamber of Commerce

    Popeyes Fried Chicken

    American Electric & Power (AEP)

    Crossroads Home Health

    The General Zaragoza Society

    Palacios Chamber of Commerce

    Bloomington Elementary School

    TDECU- Your Credit Union

    Victoria Select Baseball Club 10U Gernerals Blue Team

    Victoria Select Baseball Club 10U Gernerals Red Team

    Uncle Mikes Rent to Own

    Victoria Gymagic, Inc.

    AVID

    Our Lady of Sorrows Ballet Folklorico

    Cade Middle School Cheerleaders

    Victoria East High School Golden Saber Dance Team, Choir & Saberettes

    Victoria Karate Academy

    Texan Nursing & Rehab East

    CYFL Junior Titans

    Prosperity Movers, Inc.

    Home Depot

    Texas Army National Guard

    Man to Man Ministries

    Wagner Painting

    Rubens Professional Painting

    United Campus Ministry

    Bruce E. Woods State Farm Insurance

    2-M Services LLC

    C.O. Chandler ABA Class

    Victoria East HS AVID

    Victoria College Latin American Student Organization

    Old Land Mark Committee

    Hardy McKenzie Law

    Zimmermann Pumping & Janysek Brothers

    KWVA

    Roger's Home Medical & Pharmacy

    South Texas Blood & Tissue Center

    Rent-A-Center

    Art Car Museum

A metal trailer sat naked, illuminated by a piercing, white light with its cardboard sleigh wall cutouts attached to one of its sides and a box of readied supplies next to it Thursday night.

"This is top secret," said Chyanne Lakey, who couldn't wait for her and other members of her organization, Crossroads Pet Rescue, to begin preparing two floats for Saturday night's holiday lighted parade.

The nonprofit is one of 120 entries in the parade slaving to make their float idea into a reality.

This will be the first time the organization parades down North Street, as they have only been an official group for about a year, Lakey said.

Lakey wasn't ready to reveal their prized idea, but it does involve a very large dog, several smaller dogs, lights, snow and a message.

"We want to stand out to Victoria and the community," she said. "Blood, sweat and tears. I have a feeling that's what it's going to come down to."

Crossroads Pet Rescue began when she and a friend went to visit a pound and saw the number of dogs and cats without homes.

When she went later the next day, some of those animals were gone.

And they weren't adopted.

"We give these pets a second chance at life - this is what we do," she said.

Members of the group work in taking the animals in.

While fostering them, they will rehabilitate, house train and pay for the administration of shots and the cost of spaying and neutering, she added.

Adoption prices vary, but they are at a low cost.

The organization also gears their adoption efforts toward low-income families and the elderly.

Lakey's daughter, Kayla Lakey, 13, works with grooming the dogs.

"I'm going to be an animal groomer when I grow up," the Cade Middle School student said.

Kayla is inspired by her mother, who works with the grooming and hygiene of animals at Northside Pampered Pets.

The nonprofit has been trying to get the organization's name out there through various fundraiser events, such as a recent dog wash, where they bathed other people's animals, said Julie Flores, the organization's secretary.

Flores has her own pets and isn't fostering any at the moment, but several of the groups members and volunteers are.

"We're going to do that until we can raise enough money to get a facility," she said, smiling hopefully.

Local businesses, like Victory, have helped the organization. The car dealership donated a truck to help finish their float idea.

More people began to pour in to get ready to prepare the float.

Their efforts will go well into Friday and Saturday, Lakey said.

"We're the new kids on the block," Lakey said. "They're all pumped up and ready to work this trailer. We're wanting to get out their with our first float."