LISBON — Sandy & Beaver Insurance Company donated $5,061 to the Columbiana County Dog Pound & Adoption Center in reminiscence of the late longtime volunteer Tammy Siefke on Monday.
The downtown insurance coverage firm hosted its inaugural free “Breakfast Club” cookout in entrance of its workplaces final Friday, serving up scrambled eggs, pancakes, bacon, sausage, and low to anybody who stopped by. The canine pound additionally introduced one of many dogs available for adoption, Ember, a blended breed, to the breakfast.
More than $1,600 was donated by passersby in the course of the three-hour occasion. Sandy & Beaver matched the donations and rounded it as much as $5,000, Sandy & Beaver worker Glenn McMillian stated.
“It was a great time,” he stated. “It was a great turnout.”
President Jim Sanor stated Sandy & Beaver is a dog-friendly business and was searching for a strategy to contain the neighborhood and lift money for the canine pound in honor of Siefke.
“We felt this was a way to help out the community. You guys are doing a nice job,” he stated of the canine pound.
The canine pound posted a heartfelt tribute to Siefke on its Facebook web page, together with a name for donations in her honor.
The put up stated that irrespective of the climate, for 15 years, Seifke would present up three days every week to walk the dogs. She additionally helped many dogs discover new houses.
“Needless to say, the normal volunteer days are already different without her physical presence, but she will remain in the hearts of all,” the put up reads.
More than $11,000 in donations have been obtained to this point, based on Columbiana County Dog Warden Heidi Wallace.
“They were pouring in,” Wallace stated. “Our hands hurt from writing thank you cards because there were so many.”
The canine pound has already purchased a bench, put in a concrete picnic space for all of the volunteers, and is planning to plant a dogwood tree, Wallace stated.
To donate, drop off money or mail a examine to Columbiana County Dog Pound, 8455 County Home Road, Lisbon, OH, 44432.