The Granville County Humane Society is sponsoring Paws for Granville next month as a fun way for the community to help dogs and cats in the area.
Paws for Granville is a free event that will be held on Saturday, Sept. 30 at the Granville County Expo Center on US Hwy 15 just south of Oxford, according to Angela Gooch, a Humane Society volunteer helping to spread the word about the upcoming fundraiser.
Gooch talked with WIZS’s Bill Harris on Monday’s segment of The Local Skinny! and said it’s been a tough year for shelters all over the state.
“It’s been a very difficult year with all the surrenders and sick animals that have come in,” Gooch said.
Paws for Granville is one of two fundraisers sponsored by the local humane society each year to help pay for local spay/neuter programs.
Although the event is free, there will be a truck on site to accept donations of dog and cat food to stock the pet pantry, which is used to help low-income clients provide food for their pets.
More than 80 vendors are scheduled to bring an array of handcrafted items, from jewelry to fishing lures, Gooch said. Participants can enjoy browsing among the vendor booths from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
A variety of food trucks are driving in as well, she said. And Next Level Kennels, one of the main sponsors for the event, will have its mobile grooming van on site.
All across the area, animal shelters report being at capacity, and Gooch said rescue groups and foster agencies are working hard to get adoptable animals into homes.
In Granville County alone, the shelter has spent $15,000 to spay and neuter dogs and cats.
Gooch said that, typically, there are more cats that get turned in to shelters, but that has not been the case in Granville County lately.
“Dogs have been coming in great, great numbers,” she said, adding that “rescues are full and (they) have no place to go.”
The group needs volunteers to help with the event, and are always looking for foster families for the animals.
There are about 30 animals available now through the humane society. “It is a labor of love and it takes a lot of time and patience,” Gooch said of her work and the work of other rescuers and fosters.
To learn more, call 919.691.9114, follow the group on Facebook, email hsgcncinfo@gmail.com or visit www.hsgc.nc.org.
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