2009 News & Events

Thank You's

Our thanks to Alberta Culture and Community Spirit for awarding us a Community Spirit Donation grant! Thank you to all our donors and supporters for making this community-driven grant possible.

Thank you to the Cochrane & District Community Foundation at The Calgary Foundation for funding to purchase furnishings for the shelter reception area and adoption gallery.

Thank you to the Cochrane Community Grant Program for providing a grant to support our Volunteer Training Equipment Program.

Thank you to the Imperial Oil Volunteer Involvement Program for providing a grant on behalf of one of our volunteers that allowed us to purchase a promotional display panel.

New Website!

If you're reading this message then you've obviously discovered our new website! We're thrilled with the fresh new look and we would like to send out a huge thank you to some volunteers who have made it possible; Jason Wiegand who designed the look for the new site and trained the staff to manage the web updates, Brian Younger who worked with Jason, the photographers and the staff to facilitate the training and get us all on the right track, and our two wonderful photographers who visit the shelter weekly to take striking photos of the adoptable animals for the website - Smoky Seidel and Michael Stellmach. We hope you'll enjoy browsing our new website!

Thank You's

Thank you to the Bow RiversEdge Campground Society for helping us with the purchase of a Thermacare Vet Warming System for our new Internal Animal Hospital.

Thank you to the Summerlee Foundation for supporting our Morley Preventative Spay Program.

Thank you to the Sherling Animal Welfare Foundation at the Calgary Foundation for helping us with the purchase of a Vital Signs Monitor for our new Internal Animal Hospital.

Thank you to the Alberta Lottery Fund Community Initiatives Program for assisting us with our Event & Awareness Pilot Project.

 

Canada's Largest Community Garage Sale - For Treasures Big and Small

Garage Sale LogoOur Spring Garage Sale held April 19th, was a success raising just under $5000 and we’d like to thank everyone who participated and held a sale in support of the shelter.  As well, thank you to everyone who shopped for treasures big and small!  Thank you to our dedicated volunteers who made this event possible.  And, thank you to the following businesses and individuals who helped us out in a variety of ways:

 

 

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