Fur Pet's Sake: Make a Purchase
The Belmont County Humane Society is always looking for new ways to generate funding. That’s because the 501(c)(3) organization is not a recipient of any public funding in the way the animal shelter and other similar organizations are. The society and its director, Angela Hatfield, survive on donations, both monetary and in goods and services. The group has a yearly sale that is a great fundraising mechanism, but COVID derailed those plans this year. That is, until recently. The humane society’s 100-plus cats routinely receive their veterinary care at Goodworks Veterinary Hospital on S. Marietta Street in St. Clairsville. Recently, two doors down, Hatfield noticed a for rent sign in a building that she’d had her eye on for some time. Hatfield made inquiries of the building’s owner, who originally was looking for a higher monthly rent payment and the signing of a year-long lease. For most people, that’s a fair trade to get a primo spot in downtown. But for the society, which needs to squeeze every dollar it can to pay for vet bills, food, litter, yearly shots, flea medicine, and a whole list of other pet-related items, the price was a bit high. Fortunately, the owners had a benevolent streak when informed about Hatfield’s purpose for utilizing the space. They agreed to forgo the lease and knock the rent in half, a generous offering to be sure. That’s how Fur Pet’s Sake shop was born. Read the full article