From Rea Cord
Executive Director
During the lockdown a few weeks ago due to COVID-19 we are immensely grateful to all who went out of their way to find and donate bleach, Fabuloso and so much more to us so we could keep our kennels cleaned and disinfected and our animals safe. There is no doubt that COVID has had a serious impact on our incoming funds given that our Tail’s End Thrift Store was closed for six weeks, our $10K Drawdown had to be cancelled as well as the Run for the Roses Derby party. Our Thrift Store is back open for shopping Thu, Fri & Sat from 9-3 (donations received those same days but from 9-12) and we are certainly happy to see our patrons return. Your financial donations are always critical but now that intake is ramping back up, we would certainly appreciate a bit more support to help ensure we can continue to take injured & sick pets to area Vets without delay and simply make sure we can always care for our pets to the best of our ability.
We have numerous ways for you to donate on our Shelter Website where you will find links to PayPal and our Network for Good entitled “Day in the Life of a Shelter Pet.” Both Paypal and the Network for Good platform give you the ability to donate just once or to set up recurring donations as you choose. The Network for Good platform also allows you to give us more instructions as to what the donation is for such as for a specific designation like sponsoring a pet, or for a memorial or honorary donation. We are notified via email of all donations received via either platform and the donations are deposited directly into our shelter bank account. You can also donate on our Shelter Facebook page and Facebook donates 100% of any donated monies to us – they charge no fees. We are so grateful to so many people who have held birthday and other fund raisers on Facebook on our behalf! And, of course, checks via snail mail, or in person visits, to 255 Central Plank Road, Wetumpka, AL 36092 still work just fine as does calling in to us at 334-567-3377 to do a donation via Credit Card over the phone.
Are you an Amazon Shopper perhaps? If you choose to shop via https://smile.amazon.com/ you can find our shelter (Humane Society of Elmore County) and we will receive a small percentage from your purchases, so you get to find your own best deals while supporting us at the same time. We also have supporters who ship always needed items to us like cleaning supplies (Fabuloso, dishwashing detergent, laundry detergent), pet toys, pet food and more from Amazon, Walmart, Chewy and more, and just have it shipped directly to the shelter!
For our cat lovers who purchase cat litter on-line, two different companies have a program whereby your purchases help get us donated litter. Cat’s Pride Litter for Good program gets the shelter you designate (hopefully our shelter) one pound of cat litter for every jug of litter you purchase. Another company, Fresh Step, has the Fresh Step Paw Points Program. When you sign up for the Fresh Step Paw Points Program AND when you pick our shelter, we get points from your purchases (and they have a lot more than cat litter). The best use of these points for our Shelter is when we amass enough to order a full pallet of cat litter and that goes a LONG way! So don’t like lugging cat litter from the store to your car to the house? Just shop on-line, have your litter delivered to your door and help our shelter at the same time.
Huge thanks to all of our supporters for partnering with us as we provide daily care for 200 pets right now, while also working to reunite lost pets and help others find their forever homes.
Rea Cord, M.S.
Executive Director
Humane Society of Elmore County
255 Central Plank Rd
Wetumpka, AL 36092
Ph: 334/567-3377
Fax: 334/567-8774
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.elmorehumane.org
