Friday, November 14, 2008
The Lawrence Humane Society needs money and now an opportunity is available. The Animal Rescue Site is offering a grand prize of $25,000 to the humane society that is voted the best on its Web site. Voting began at the beginning of this month and ends Dec. 14. Participants can visit the site every day and type in which humane society they think is the best.
Midge Grinstead, Lawrence Humane Society executive director, said the money could be put to good use, especially at this time.
The Lawrence Humane Society, 1805 E. 19th Street, could win a $25,000 grant to supply animals with food and better care. People can vote for their favorite humane society everyday on the Animal Rescue Site.= through Dec. 14.
“We are going to be out of money by the end of this month,” she said. “I don’t know what we’re going to do. We’ll have to try and get through it.”
Grinstead said money was always needed because it was a nonprofit organization and the budget had been cut for the last two years.
A lot of money goes to water bills, not only to provide the 650 animals currently there with water, but also for cleaning several times a day, everyday.
A puppy named Savanna stands up in her cage at The Lawrence Humane Society. Lawrence Humane Society executive director Midge Grinstead said the center could use the money because it may run out of operational funds at the end of the month.
“It’s a 25,000 square-foot facility,” Grinstead said. “Our bills have always been high, but they’ve doubled this year compared to last year.”
Jackie Bunnell, president of the Lawrence Humane Society Board of Directors, said the humane society was always struggling to make ends meet.
“The shelter gets only minimal support from the county and must constantly look for ways to cut costs, in a time when costs keep going up,” she said.
Bunnell said employees at the humane society went far to cut costs.
“We go to the extent of heating the shelter only to a temperature that will ensure the health of the pets. The staff often wear coats and gloves inside the shelter, rather than turn up the heat.”
She said if the Lawrence Humane Society won the money, it would go to paying off the loan it had to take out to make state-mandated repairs to the old building.
Aside from the money for the shelter, Bunnell said it was important to adopt pets. She has four pets — two dogs, Oscar and Asha, and two cats named Calvin and Hobbs.
Becca Sparling, Burnsville, Minn. Senior, has volunteered at the humane society for one year and adopted her first pet from there two weeks ago.
Sparling said she had visited the humane society every Friday for a month in her search for a dog. She found, Tucker, a two-year-old terrier mix after he became available for adoption.
“If it weren’t for the humane society, I wouldn’t have been able to have adopted my best friend,” Sparling said. “That’s why raising money for the humane society is a must.”
She said volunteering and applying for a pet at the humane society is a simple process.
“Raising money is just as important,” Sparling said. She also said students spending time with the animals also helped student morals.
Grinstead said as long as students don’t lie on their applications for adopting a pet, it’s easy.
“We encourage students to come and volunteer, too,” she said. “We are very fortunate to have the University here to help support us.”
— — Edited by Brieun Scott
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Humane society seeks funds through site contest
I really love this fundraiser because its just SO EASY and SO QUICK - I vote every day! Sometimes I forget, so I've set the voting page as the home page in my web browser.
Once you've already cast your vote the first time, every time you return to the site on the same computer you can just click one button to cast your vote. You don't have to register or give them any information about yourself. It's awesome!
http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/shelterchallenge.faces?siteId=3
Humane society seeks funds through site contest
This is a great chance for our humane society to get the funds they need. i challenge everyone to vote every day--put a note on your computer reminding you. it is so easy!
http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/shelterchallenge.faces?siteId=3
Humane society seeks funds through site contest
LETS HELP!
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