On 12/15/11, the Calaveras Humane Society presented a check for $7,000.00 to help defer
the cost of adopting a pet from the Calaveras County Animal Services shelter. A year ago, a fund
called the "Gypsy Fund" was established to cover the cost of spay and neuter fees of adopted
animals. Over the past year, the Calaveras Humane Society donated monies to this fund to keep
the fund going when the original funds ran out. Due to a spay/neuter grant the Humane Society
has acquired called the Winter Creek Grant, the Humane Society was able to match the funds of
their donation with funds from the grant. Humane Society President Bob Seiler presented the
check on 12/15/11 to Sgt. Murray, Animal Services Supervisor, and Sheriff Kuntz. The Gypsy
Fund helps make public adoptions more affordable by covering the $40.00 spay/neuter fee for
cats and the $50.00 spay/neuter fee for dogs. This reduces the total cost of adoptions from $92.00
to $42.00 for dogs and from $60.00 to $20.00 for cats.
On 12/8/11, Umpqua Bank of Valley Springs donated $500.00 to the Calaveras County
Animal Services shelter. Every year, Umpqua Bank asks their employees to donate to their
favorite charity. The employees then enter a drawing and if their names are drawn, Umpqua
Bank will donate $500.00 to that employee's charity of choice. Tammy Owens, Umpqua Bank
employee, chose the Calaveras County Animal Services shelter and her name was drawn this
year. Ms. Owens explained ten employee names were drawn this year. Ms. Owens explained
Umpqua Bank also allows and encourages their employees to volunteer 40 hours per year of
community service on company time.
Animal Services volunteer Diane Finnegan suggested a need for a fund to treat ill or
injured stray dog and cats. Some stray cats and dogs that come to Animal Services are very
adoptable but are in need of minor medical treatment. The county does not have the funding to
provide this treatment and some of these animals have to be euthanized. Ms. Finnegan has an
apple orchard and decided to sell apples from her orchard and donate the proceeds to Animal
Services. Sgt. Murray presented a resolution before the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors
requesting a designated medical fund set up for this purpose and the Board of Supervisor
approved the resolution. The fund has been named "Apples for Animals" and Ms. Finnegan,
with the help from Animal Services volunteer Megan Aguilar, raised $1,716.00.
Previous donations went into the shelter designated fund which supplies monies to
purchase items that are for the care of the animals housed in the shelter such as beds, toys,
feeding bowls, litter pans, etc. Citizens wishing to donate to the Animal Services can choose if
they would like their donations to go to the shelter fund or the medical fund.
Below photo: Humane Society President Bob Seiler presenting the check to Sgt. Murray
and Sheriff Kuntz.
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