Auction Action - News & Slideshow!

Last fall the animal shelter received a phone call from a man named Jim McMurray. He'd heard the shelter was planning an auction and offered to be the auctioneer. He ended up being much more than that; he was a teacher, a guiding light, and a great friend.

Jim of United Country - Stone Realty & Auction fame, did a whole lot more for us than auctioneer. He printed hundreds of flyers for us to mail and post, inspired us, encouraged us, told us stories, and prayed for a sunny day in the midst of a snow storm. (That last one didn't bother Jim a bit but some of us were biting our nails!)

We needn't have worried. We got the sun, were given tons of stuff to sell, had a huge turnout, and made a lot of money. A LOT - to the tune of about $14,000 !! Now that's service!

We have so many people to thank for this successful fundraiser, it's hard to know where to begin.There's Jim McMurray and his crew, of course. And Taz's BP donated hot dogs for us to sell and gas cards to raffle. WNTT promoted the auction on the air. WLMU did the same. The Claiborne Progress kept its readers up to date on our, well, progress. Local businesses posted our flyers, the Claiborne Chamber of Commerce notified their members of the upcoming event, the people of this community donated items to sell, others bought the items!

And we can't forget all the great volunteers who donated their time to help make this event a smashing success. To everyone who participated we say , "Thank YOU!"

We've come so far since we broke ground in March 2009. Yep, it's been less than a year and look at what this community has done... when people work together even impossible dreams can come true.