SIDNEY — HEADSCARF (Shelby County Animal Rescue Foundation) commemorated its 10th anniversary in 2022. Over the previous ten years, headscarf has actually raised funds to support the building of the brand-new shelter and has actually set up various programs to support the animals at the Bob Sargeant & Family Shelby County Animal Shelter.
Headscarf’s objective is to raise funds to support the Shelby County Animal Shelter in safe adoptions, education & neighborhood outreach worrying mistreated and disregarded animals, medical treatments, getting rid of euthanasia of adoptable animals, and preserving finest practices.
President Julie Ehemann has actually sent the following report:
Through the work of headscarf and our generous donors, headscarf contributed over $3,800 for immunizations, $20,247 for veterinarian care, and $4,445 for TNR services and assisted in the collection of contributions including food, blankets, deals with, toys, cleaning up materials, and so on. in 2022.
Headscarf is happy to serve the neighborhood in discovering lost animals through its FACEBOOK page, often within minutes! Headscarf likewise helped individuals in discovering adoptable animals through assistance of the Animal Shelter’s adoption procedure and adoption drives consisting of Fur-tastic Friday’s held monthly. The Shelby County Animal Shelter continues to have more than 94% of dogs entering the shelter embraced or re-united with their owners. Other dogs were moved to rescue centers throughout the United States or stay awaiting adoption.
Headscarf volunteers held continuous charity events consisting of the Walk to End Parvo, its bi-monthly Cans for Canines and Felines aluminum can collection and Dimes for Dogs and Cats with over thirty regional businesses hosting headscarf’s dog house banks. A popular charity event, our Top Pet Calendar Contest, was finished with regional police positioning with our leading animals at the stunning Tawawa Park. The Top Pet was called with Nala owned by Kenna Armstrong generating more votes than the other twenty-seven entries raising over $5000 for veterinarian care! Headscarf held a “Night Out” at The Palazzo in November to commemorate out Tenth Anniversary. Comedians from Wiley’s Comedy Club captivated our visitors with funds raised ($11,147) supporting the Animal Shelter’s Spay/Neuter Program.
The Shelby County Animal Shelter and headscarf, together with assistance from the City of Sidney continued a TNR (trap-neuter-return) program utilizing volunteers to trap feral cats at pre-determined places with a mobile Veterinarian system made use of to carry out spay and sterilize treatments. Cats are likewise provided rabies vaccinations and health tests prior to being gone back to their communities. Twelve centers were scheduled in 2022 leading to the seizure of 261 cats to be changed. Since its beginning 7 years back, the TNR program has actually resulted in1, 434 cats being purified, neutered, or euthanized within the County.
Working with The Community Foundation of Shelby County, headscarf established a brand-new fund in 2021 which will enable our donors more choices in fulfilling their charitable objectives. The development of this fund likewise made headscarf a qualified individual in the Foundation’s Match Day Program. Donations from Match Day surpassed $43,000 and will be utilized to money a brand-new dog run and workout location at the Bob Sargeant & Family Shelby County Animal Shelter.
One of headscarf’s continuing objectives is to broaden our curriculum called PEP! (Pet Education Project). The PEP! Curriculum works to help kids learn the correct method to look after animals with the tag-line “Be Cool, Not Cruel.” We prompt you to connect to us if you have the ability to support this part of our objective.
The headscarf volunteers are incredibly grateful for the neighborhood’s ongoing assistance, and we are constantly searching for brand-new volunteers to join our group. Please “like” our FACEBOOK page so you can follow our activities and discover how you can help at www.helpshelbycountyanimals.com.
