(Fountain Inn, S.C.) Loving Home Rescue and Adoption, a family-based non-profit pet rescue operation in Fountain Inn, will celebrate Halloween this year with an old fashioned community barn-raising. However, instead of a barn, volunteers and businesses in the community will construct a cat room and an outdoor dog shelter to house the rapidly growing number of pets that need sanctuary.
Volunteers from the community are welcome and needed.
Todd Leiterman and a crew of employees from Home Depot on Woodruff Road will bring wood and equipment for the dog shelter, while a crew from Precision Carpentry and Plumbing of Greenville will build a cat room.
The number of cats and dogs at the no-kill shelter at any one time is fluid – animals are dropped off and animals are adopted – but a general head count can reveal up to 50 dogs and puppies and 80 cats and kittens.
The rescue has suffered a large influx of animals during the recession, and McKnight plans to host an Adopt-A-Thon of kittens, cats and dogs that day as well.
“We take in damaged and injured animals, the old and very young, the disabled,” said McKnight, who, being a disabled Marine himself, can identify.
Henries Smoke House in Simpsonville will be supply food for the workers, and Lynn’s Shoes of Maudlin will supply the treats for young trick-or-treaters.
The day will start at 10am and end at 5pm. McKnight says “We need volunteers for fence painting, wood sawing and nail banging. Everyone is invited, come one, come all. With enough help from the community, we can get this project done for the animals.”
Loving Home runs entirely off donations, and McKnight admits that more donations are desperately needed, but also added that money isn’t the only valuable commodity. Some people contribute bags of dog and cat food and cat litter. Others help by donating building materials or fencing that McKnight can use to add on to the shelter. Some people simply donate their labor or time. “We encourage people to come visit the animals, just to pet them and talk to them, and help socialize them for potential new homes” he said.
If you would like to participate, make a donation, or need directions, please call (864) 399-2612 or visit our website at www.LovingHomeRescue.com.
WHEN: Saturday, October 31, 2009,
10:00am – 5:00 pm
WHERE: Loving Home Rescue and Adoption
398 Parsons Road
Fountain Inn, SC 29644
PHONE: (864) 399-2612
EMAIL: Ed1949@LovingHomeRescue.com
www.LovingHomeRescue.com
Thursday, October 22, 2009
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