![]() ![]() We’ll have a series of community education rooms that will allow us to have different groups every week for different events.” “The adoption center will have an area dedicated to rehabilitation for animals that are really fragile and need help. “Building on the legacy of saving animals’ lives and helping the community, we’re expanding our resource options to the whole community,” Richmond added. The new building will increase the nonprofit’s dog and cat maximum population by 50 percent and will be outfitted with multiple air filtration systems to prevent transmission of disease among adoptable animalsĮqually as important, Richmond explained the new building will also allow the AWA to offer more educational services and resources to the community. “It was our own way to try to honor the fact that this building has helped so many people and animals over the past 50 or so years,” Richmond added. So we thought of a different way to include the community as much as possible. ![]() We were trying to be creative with the fact that we had this giant building that was becoming vacant and originally we wanted to have a party and kick off the construction inside of it, but COVID-19 obviously sidelined that. “We had about 45 people come through and write some really inspiring and heartfelt messages. “We were open to anyone in the community, whether it be volunteers, former adopters or anyone else, the week before, during evening hours, to come in and get a tour of what’s soon to be the former shelter,” Richmond noted. ![]() Richmond said the idea was a way to allow supporters of the Animal Welfare Association to participate in the long-awaited ceremony, since COVID-19 precluded a large event. The week before the groundbreaking, the AWA allowed supporters of the nonprofit to write thankful messages on the walls of the current shelter and hit portions of it with a sledgehammer. According to Capital Campaign Committee Co-Chair Lynn Fryckberg, the AWA recently surpassed 80 percent of its fundraising goal. 509 Centennial Blvd.The groundbreaking event was the culmination of the nonprofit’s two-year Capital Campaign, with a goal of $2.5 million for the new shelter.AWA’s Pet Clinic offers top brand flea and tick preventives, like Bravecto for purchase. Stop these pests from ruining your dog or cats warm weather fun. Through AWA’s Pet Clinic, affordable veterinary care is available to help pet owners keep their pets safe and healthy. ![]() Kid’s Zone, Dog Zone, Cat’s Meow Lounge, food trucks, and so much more.5K Run/Walk and Smile Mile Walk with Furry Friends.We hope you will join us at the Grand Opening on Saturday, June 25th for the ribbon cutting, building tours, and more fun activities.ĪWA’s new reading to the animals program designed to help shy, anxious dogs and cats feel more comfortable around people by having kids ages 5-11 read their favorite stories to the animals.ĪWA offers fun and educational animal themed birthday parties for kids! Enjoy a decorated party room and unique animal related activities while partying like an animal!ĪWA’s biggest fundraiser of the year is back in person at a new location, and we hope you will join us! The next chapter in the organization’s history begins with the opening of the new Adoption and Education Center. For almost 75 years, the Animal Welfare Association (AWA) has been helping homeless animals find a better life with a loving family. ![]()
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