On Wednesday, July 15, people arrived at the Claiborne Animal Shelter property with their dogs and cats in tow. They came to to take advantage of the PAL Mobile, a low-cost spay/neuter clinic that comes to our county each month.
While they were there, they were treated to an awesome sight - the cement pad for the animal shelter was being poured!
You may not know this but the floor of an animal shelter is really, really expensive. Here's why: It's not just a slab of concrete, it's a system that connects and protects a network of intricate drains, water intake lines, sewage output pipes, and underfloor heating coils for the dog runs.
The prep work for the slab took hundreds of hours. Most of the labor was donated, saving us tens of thousands of dollars.
Even so, by Wednesday night our bank account hollered, "Ouch!" Up until the cement was poured, we had 1/3 of the money needed to complete the building but, hooo-ey, after that...!
If you get a chance, take a drive past the shelter property and see how much progress we've made. It's at the end of Ritchie and Lewis Drive (behind Volunteer Knitting on Old Knox Hwy.) Click here to see a map of the area.
And while you're at it, please think about making a tax-deductible donation to our shelter. It'll help make this community a safer, happier place for people and animals to live.
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