Donations other than monetary are gratefully accepted. Some items include food, scoopable litter, paper towels, laundry detergent, Clorox wipes and hand sanitizer. There is also a box at the front of Foodland in St. Peter's where donations of these items can be placed.
Money donations may be placed in donation jars at the Highland Animal Hospital and Judy's Hairstyling.
Volunteers
Volunteers who help at the shelter include Sheila Clarke, Mary Clarke, Betty Burke, Valerie Cunningham, Shawna Matthews, Rachel Fougere, Diana Fougere and Donna Landry. The animals are checked on a minimum of twice daily. Work at the shelter includes making sure that water dishes are cleaned and filled with fresh water, dry food dishes are always full, litter pans are cleaned twice a day, bedding is changed when needed, floors are swept and scrubbed. Wet food is placed down once a day.
Volunteers for our flea markets are Sheila Clarke, Mary Clarke, Betty Burke, Debbie Landry, Rebecca Landry, Gerarda Pettipas, Donna Landry and most recently we were very pleased to have Valerie, Brenna and Erin Cunningham, Mary Cotie, Dolly Carter, Gladys Burke, Diana Fougere and Cynthia Fougere assist us.
Veterinary Care
The animals are looked after by the veterinarians at the Highland Animal Hospital in Port Hawkesbury. These veterinarians and office staff are second to none and have provided us with guidance from the day we began until now. The veterinarians have helped us make decisions regarding some of our animals and are not only veterinarians but kind and caring individuals. They are always there to help us deal with any emotional issues we face with any of our animals.
Power
When we were visited by the SPCA from Halifax in the spring of 2008, we were told that we would have to have electricity in the shelter. We had already been told that we could not take in kittens less than 3 months old without having heat. We had received a quote but because of the amount it would cost it seemed like it would be at least a couple of more years before we were going to be able to have this project completed. It was taking most of our fundraising money to help with our spay/neuter program as well as care for the animals we were housing in the shelter. Fortunately, in October 2008 the students from the first year electrical class at the Nova Scotia Community College, under the guidance of their instructor, Charlie Campbell, volunteered their time and talents and we were able to have the power installed. Shortly after we had two litters of kittens come into the shelter. If we had not had the power we would have had to refuse them.
Website
A huge "thank you" to Meghan, Ryan and Stephen (Island Media Studios) for all their hard work in setting up our webpage. Without them we would not have been able to have it done.
