Members Wanted!

It's that time of year where we are starting our membership drive. How many reasons are there to become a member? Almost 3,000! That's how many animals come through our door every year. They all need help and we are here to give it to them. Our efforts cost money and over 70% of our funding comes from donations, sponsorships, memberships, fundraising and grants. A membership is $20 a year and makes a huge difference in the shelter animals' lives! Read more here: 

You see, we are not only here for the animals, but we also help out the community. We provide a safe place for unwanted animals, so they are not dumped in the country or roam the streets of our towns. We offer a solution for those people who are no longer able to care for their pets. We spay and neuter all adoptable animals, so that only altered pets are placed in the community, reducing the number of unwanted animals. 

If you would like to know where all of these animals come from, this will help you out:

Interested? You can easily become a member online by clicking here: http://cowleycountyhumanesociety.org/Membership.html

As a small token of our gratitude and to help spread the word we will send you a membership magnet. Thank you for your support!

Garage Sale

Garage sale coming up on Saturday, July 11^th at the Winfield Fairgrounds. Our sale is located in building #8 and open from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Fill a bag for $5 and/or check out the individually priced items. All that shopping make you hungry? We’ve got you covered! Enjoy a Creekstone cheeseburger meal (11 a.m.-1 p.m., includes cheeseburger, chips, cookie, and water), sponsored by Creekstone Farms and Country Mart, for only $5! We’ll have something for everyone! All proceeds benefit the shelter.

Have “stuff” you need to get rid of? We’ll take it! Donations for our garage sale can be left at the shelter any day during business hours or at the fairgrounds on July 10^th from 6-7 p.m. We can also pick up items-just message us on Facebook or email ccasdirector@skyerock.net!

Kittens, Kittens, and More Kittens! Cats and Dogs Too!

June is Adopt A Shelter Cat Month and cats is what we have! Our adoption fees are ridiculously low, so come on out and find your new companion. Are you a dog person? No problem! We're also having a dog adoption special later this month. 

Jefferson Students Raised Money for the Shelter

Jefferson Elementary School students and staff dedicated the proceeds of their annual art auction to CCHS and raised around $1,300! The kids did an amazing job--thank you so much to all who participated and bid!

The Great Catsby

Once again Baden Hall in Winfield was decked out to receive guests for our annual wine tasting and auction event on Apr 11, 2015! The Great Catsby was the name of the game and what a fun shindig it was! Time flew as our guests tasted wine and finger foods, bid on over 100 silent and live auction items, bought raffle tickets, tried their luck at the wine toss and enjoyed sparkling wine at their tables. Shane Farley was emcee of the evening. Thanks to our donors, sponsors, board members, volunteers and guests, $12,500 went to the shelter animals!

Shelter staff and volunteers

Our serving crew

Wine/beer/punch/water table

Silent auction

Silent auction

Live auction

Doggie Boutique A Success!

CCHS had many boxes of brand-new dog clothing, accessories, costumes, toys, ornaments, cleaning supplies, etc. donated so we decided to open a one-day only Doggie Boutique. We even made a commercial to entice as many people as possible to come visit us: Click here to view video.

It was a rainy day when we opened up the garage behind American Family Insurance in Winfield on Saturday, January 31st, but that proved to be an advantage--we were able to supply many dogs of all sizes of with warm sweaters and jackets. Or just some fashionable threads for the canine divas. Everything was available for just a donation and we raised $1290 for the shelter! A HUGE thank you to everyone who came out, shopped and donated! 
Check out some photos of the location and happy customers:

Maxi and Morsel know their fashion!

Tandy is cuddly warm in her new sweater

Luna is styling it!

Melvin was decked out

Lana, adopted from CCHS many years ago, found her new outfit

Gizmo sports his new raincoat

Miss Olive was our first furry customer

Ali-Bama Goes Home

For our readers who missed the story on Facebook, here it is:

Rocky Shrum couldn’t believe his ears when he received a call from Ark City’s police service officer, Matt Soule, telling him that his dog had been found.

The bloodhound had gone missing two years ago, when she was only 9 months old, and Shrum thought he never would see her again.

Yet the story took another twist when Shrum heard where Soule was calling from — 700 miles away.

Shrum’s dog had disappeared from Scottsville, Ky.

There was no doubt the friendly bloodhound girl was Shrum’s.

The microchip she carried underneath her skin revealed his contact information when Soule scanned her, a standard procedure for the PSO when encountering stray animals.

It also revealed her name — Ali-Bama.

Ali-Bama first had been spotted Dec. 11, 2014, outside of Ark City, and her picture was posted on CCHS’s Facebook page.

She then wandered onto the porch of a house within city limits, and the caring residents called the PSO, who picked her up, made that initial phone call and transported Ali-Bama to the shelter.

Once there, shelter employee Amber Wilson called Shrum to discuss what would happen next.

Shrum was overcome with joy and immediately agreed to drive to Kansas to pick up his long-lost bloodhound girl.

True to his word, Shrum, together with Frannie Law, left Kentucky on the following Friday night after work.

They took turns driving, stopping only for a few hours during the night to take a nap.

They arrived at the shelter after a 12-hour trip on a Saturday.

Shrum didn’t have to introduce himself when he walked through the shelter door — he was beaming from ear to ear, and shelter staff immediately knew who he was.

While filling out the necessary paperwork, Shrum told the staff how Ali-Bama had disappeared.

On that fateful day two years ago, he had been out of town on a job and entrusted the pup into the care of a friend. Upon his return, the friend tearfully broke the news to him that Ali-Bama was gone, possibly stolen.

Shrum had left no stone unturned to find his dog, but it was in vain — until now.

He couldn’t wait to see his dog again, and Ali-Bama pulled toward him as soon as she heard his voice on her way from the kennel.

After a joyful reunion, Ali-Bama walked out of the shelter door with Shrum and Law, and never looked back.

She finally was going home.

The reunion was caught on video, and can be viewed by going to YouTube and typing in “Cowley County Humane Society.”