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Love to Shop & Animals? -- Thursday March 11th, 2010
"A Second Chance Thrift Shop"
If you haven't made you way to A Second Chance Consignment and Thrift Shop, you must go! Once you step inside, you will find a thrift shop of a new caliber. What this shop may lack in space, it makes up for in presentation and quality. Managed by our very own Ms. Lee Belding, who has an extensive background in retail sales and marketing, interior design and certainly an eye for detail and beauty, along with a staff of over 50 volunteers and one regular part time employee, have together, as a team, taken this fund-raising venue to new heights. First opening their doors in February of 2006, A Second Chance Thrift Shop has surpassed all expectations of being an added avenue of income for our Shelter. With all proceeds benefiting The Shelter, A Second Chance Thrift Shop is open Monday through Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Donations can be dropped off during regular store hours. A Second Chance Thrift Shop is always looking for donated items to be sold and volunteers to help at the store. If you get excited about a bargain and you have a soft spot for animals, you will soon find yourself in love with A Second Chance Consignment and Thrift Shop. Located at 507 South Mill Street in Manning, A Second Chance Thrift Shop looks forward to seeing you soon!
Shelter Challenge -- Thursday March 11th, 2010
In an ever present effort to raise money for our Shelter, we are sending out a reminder to all our loyal members and hopefully members to be. Please help us by voting on the Animal Rescue Site, http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=3. You can vote once per day and the more people you tell, the greater our chances will be to be the recipients of the Shelter Challenge prize...$$$$$$ to help our cause! Please tell everyone you know and don't forget to vote for "Animal Shelter of Clarendon County". Thank you:)
March Madness is Here!! -- Thursday March 11th, 2010
March Madness is here!
During the remainder of March, adopt any FULL GROWN BLACK dog for half price - that's $37.50 instead of $75.00!
Our Adoption Fee Includes:
• Spay or Neuter
• Microchip Identification and Registration
• 30 Days of Pet Insurance
• Initial Vaccinations
• Heartworm Test (Dogs Only)*
• Deworming
• Pet Information, Coupons and Food Samples
• Collar and Leash
• AN ANIMAL THAT WILL LOVE YOU FOREVER!
Check out our Black Dogs today and remember we are open for adoptions Tuesday through Saturday, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Oyster Roast Bake Sale -- Monday March 1st, 2010
This just in...We raised close to $400.00 this past Saturday at the Annual Junior Chamber of Commerce Oyster Roast, where we had our now famous Bake Sale table. Thank you to all the lady (and gentleman) bakers who donated all the delectable baked goods to help raise money for our very worthy cause. A special thanks to Ms. Thea Boucher for all her work in organizing this year's event!
Fabulous February! -- Thursday February 4th, 2010
UPDATE: FALL IN LOVE FEBRUARY WAS A BIG SUCCESS! WE HAD SIX (6) DOGS TO FIND THEIR "FUR"EVER HOMES...YAY!!!!!
STAY TUNED FOR MARCH MADNESS...
!! February Adoption Special !!
Fall in Love with one of our preselected canine residents!
Adopt One of Our "Special" Dogs** - Fridays and Saturdays only -
in February for only $25.00! **Puddles, Gypsy, Whiskey,
Lil John ADOPTED!, Benji, Milly, Dollar, Carrie, Sasha, Taz ADOPTED!, Lydia, Bebe ADOPTED!, Daisey, Diesel ADOPTED!, Onyx, Sugar, Jade, Kami, Shrek, Sophie, Charlie, Ava ADOPTED!, Hannah, Gidget ADOPTED!**
THIS IS THE LAST WEEKEND FOR FALL IN LOVE FEBRUARY! DON'T MISS YOUR CHANCE TO ADOPT A BUNDLE OF UNCONDITIONAL LOVE TODAY!
Volunteering -- Thursday February 4th, 2010
"Wherever I go, I invariably end up talking about the animal shelter and my experiences as a volunteer there. Many times my listeners will say “I don’t know how you can work there, it would make me so sad” or “I’d want to take them all home”, which I understand well. It can be very sad, and you just never lose that desire to take them all home and make them safe (this is where a practical spouse or best friend to keep you grounded comes in handy). But the rewards of volunteering at a shelter are very great. Every day is different, every animal is different, and working with the dogs means dealing with a multitude of behaviors and personalities running the gamut of docile and shy to unabashedly Alpha and needing the occasional attitude adjustment. These dogs may be bored in their pens, day in and day out, with a minimum of human contact, but there’s nothing boring about them! If they could only talk, each one could tell us the story of their lives and how they ended up at the shelter, which would be very helpful to us, their new and hopefully temporary, caregivers!
As a volunteer, I have so enjoyed the tremendous feeling of seeing shy, abused, and/or neglected dogs slowly evolve into confident, friendly, trusting animals. Using common sense, patience and compassion, there is so much that can be done with no special training. Just sitting in a shy dog’s pen, talking softly, maybe reading a book aloud, letting the dog know he has a friend he can trust, can mean so much to an animal brought in wet and cold from the streets, or from an abusive home. Watching the lucky ones going home with their new adoptive families, it quickly becomes a goal for each volunteer to make every dog a happy and healthy one, capable of attracting a loving new family, as soon as possible.
We are always happy to welcome new volunteers at the Shelter! However much time you can give, an hour, a half of a day, weekends, the time to walk one dog or ten, the dogs are always happy to make new friends. They enjoy walks on our beautiful forest path, or down the long driveway, or just a stroll around the grounds. They love hugs and soft talk, sitting quietly in a lap, a good brushing, or playing with a buddy in the playpens...brings a big dose of happy to their days, and as a volunteer, you’ll find their happiness adds a whole new dimension to yours as well.
Please come out and join our shelter family and give it a try!"
Article written by Thea Boucher
Shop to Donate -- Thursday July 31st, 2008
ASCC has registered as a funds recipient on the iGive.com website.
Shop online at over 680 brand name stores and a portion of your purchases will be donated to our Shelter.
The link to begin shopping is located on our Donation info page. Thank you and please feel free to share this site with family and friends.
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