As some of you may know, last year the Dept. of Agriculture came at us hard with many citations involving our shelter... threatening to close us down for good. Lucky for us, most of the citations were cosmetic, and were easily fixed. We were able to replace an exhaust fan in the kennels so the dogs could have better circulated air, fix the tile in our cat rooms and much more with the donations of our kind Facebook followers. We raised over $1000 in just a week during this crisis to help keep our doors open.
With that donated money, we fixed everything. We were practically DARING the Dept. of Agriculture to come back and see what we've done.
Well, they did just that. And we passed the inspection with FLYING COLORS!!
We still have many more improvements to make, and the first one on our list is adding a quarantine area for new dogs and cats to stay until they are deemed healthy and ready for adoption. A quarantine area would prevent our healthy and adoptable dogs from becoming ill, and would also keep any diseases from spreading among the other animals.
Of course, these projects take MONEY. Something that is very scarce among our shelter all the time. We run entirely on donations provided through the public and we often come very close to shutting down for good due to lack of income. If you're in the Missouri area, please plan to attend our meeting this Sunday at the Days Inn & Suites in St. James. The meeting will begin at 5PM and should last no longer than an hour or so. We will be discussing 2012 fundraisers - and would appreciate everybody's wonderful and creative ideas.
If you're unable to attend, feel free to comment below with any ideas you may have! :)
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