Long time no see!!

Well, it's been a while since I've blogged. I started this blog when we first entered the America's Giving Challenge which we did not win, but did raise over $30,000 in donations!!! So, I'm excited and humbled to say that in the years since then we've continued to fundraise, apply for grants and finally are getting ready to open PHASE I of this dream - a No-Kill Shelter in Newnan, GA!!

We have signed the lease on our building which will operate as a Low-Cost/High-Volume Spay Neuter Clinic in participation with the Humane Alliance in Asheville, NC. The Humane Alliance and their National Spay/Neuter Response Team are an incredible group of talented, passionate people who have a proven model that makes spay/neuter affordable without sacrificing the quality of the veterinary care provided to the animals! NCHS is deeply honored to have been accepted into this program. We anticipate the opening of our clinic in September 2010!!

As part of our business model for this facility, we will have a small capacity for holding animals awaiting transport to receiving rescues, thus ensuring that these animals are properly quarantined, vaccinated and spayed/neutered before going to these receiving rescues! This has been a critical missing piece in our rescue transport program and we look forward to saving hundreds, if not thousands more lives by having this capacity.

We continue on our quest, to have a stand-alone, open admission Animal Shelter and to END EUTHANASIA in our county's animal control facility due to lack of space. In our minds, to kill (yes, I said kill) healthy animals or those with treatable or manageable medical conditions due to lack of space is unconscionable. We have proven our tenacity by our accomplishment of the Spay/Neuter Clinic, and we know that our PHASE II - No Kill Animal Shelter is in our sights!

Join us in helping make this phase of our dream for the animals a reality. Go to our website at www.NCHSrescue.org and click on the link to "Donate". There is a link for the Spay/Neuter Clinic Project where you can donate and designate it for Phase II-No Kill Shelter!! Thank you for caring and we'll be reporting back soon on our progress!