HSOC August PawPrints Newsletter

August 2021
Newsletter

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Help us win $100,000!

Your donation through MightyCause could help us win $100,000! Click HERE, or the button below if you would like to help us become eligible for a $100,000 grant.
If we can raise $3,000 through MightyCause by August 13th, we will be eligible for several grants ranging from $2,500 all the way up to $100,000! There are also several "bonus challenges" along the way that we can win more money by completing.
BONUS CHALLENGE #3 is happening NOW until August 9th! If we are one of the top three charities with the most unique donors we can win an extra $4,000! Every unique donor that gives to our campaign this week increases our chances! We only need 54(as of this newsletter) people by August 9th to donate $5 to be able to win the $4,000! 
​All money donated will go towards our new building as well as animal care. We're so close to moving into our building, but there is still a big chunk of money we need to raise. The biggest expense left is close to $100,000 for fencing. Our facility is seven acres, which requires a lot of fence! We also have several cats with heart problems that require expensive cardiac workups, and a couple of animals that need dentals.
We're only $1,284 away from $3,000! Can you help us get a step closer? Any amount helps!

Donate HERE!

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Come meet these cute kittens at Kitten Yoga!

Waylon

Willie

Curtis

Saturday, August 7th

Get your tickets here!

Miles

Vladimir

Ferdinand, Felix, Fido, Frederick(Adopted)

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Summer Family Fun Fest!

Was held in partnership with City Place Expo Center on July 24th. $5,400(minus expenses) was raised for HSOC!  Despite the heat, fun was had by all!
Vendors, entertainment, games, music  and food!
The Lagrange Fire Dept. saved the day with a spray down for the kids, and then they provided a hose for the Derby Duck race when the Water feature malfunctioned !
They also won the Dunk Tank challenge between the Fire Depts. and the Police Depts. of Oldham County. Thanks guys!

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Protect yourself and your pets from pesticides!

Please consider posting information about this important provision under Kentucky State Law on your social media and get the word out as a public service to residents and their pets concerned about involuntarily being exposed to chemicals and spray drift while in their yards when neighbors in proximity have their yards sprayed.
Kentucky is among many states that have a neighbor notification provision under “Laws and Regulations for Turf and Ornamentals” to help protect residents and their pets by offering a head’s up before an adjoining neighbor treats their yard using spray application.
Residents who wish to be notified before a neighbor sprays can make the request in writing and include their name, address and date, and provide it to adjoining neighbors. It is then up to the resident who had their yard sprayed to ensure the service provides those requesting it ample notification before performing the treatment on that property.
An area resident said: "Myself and my four dogs were caught in the noxious spray drift from a neighbor’s treatment last Thursday morning that made me choke and left residual taste in my mouth. On an otherwise beautiful morning, a rarity lately, we were forced to retreat indoors for the next several hours and I couldn’t open my doors without being overwhelmed by the smell, which lingered in the air into the next day. My dogs often carry residual smell on their coats if they’re near our fence after a neighbor behind me has a treatment to their property."
You have the right to speak up and protect yourself from chemical residual and noxious fumes that result from this practice.

Legislature

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Dog food recall!

More information here.

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