Arnell Memorial Humane Society Inc

For 24 years, Arnell has been a safety net for lost dogs and cats, providing shelter, reclaim, medical care, enrichment and adoption for animals in need. Our main sources of funding are donations, adoption fees, and fundraising events. Our animals receive shelter, food, water, TLC, multiple daily walks, medical needs, pet enrichment, and a brand new home, which means a new start at life for them.

Last year giveBIG donations helped us expand our dog exercise pens. This year, we are planning to install new flooring in our training room. This space is currently used for adoption meet and greets and dog training/socializing. Quite a few years ago, we installed large foam squares on top of the cement floor to provide a non-slip and somewhat cushioned surface for the dogs and humans comfort. The foam squares were getting pretty worn, so we pulled them up, exposing the cement floor. Our plan for 2024 is to purchase new flooring and installation with funds raised from giveBIG 2024. 

A generous volunteer would like to start weekly yoga classes at AMHS, which would be held in our training room. We are very excited for this program but need to get the room furnishings completed before we can implement it. Along with the training room flooring, we continue to expand enrichment to our shelter animals. Updated animal shelter guidelines focus on shelter animal enrichment and minimizing their length of stay at the shelter.  This is something that we have continued to work on as a rural shelter. 

 If you are interested in helping our shelter animals find homes quickly, please donate to our cause. In return for your generosity, you will have the heartwarming feeling of knowing that you helped a homeless pet have an enjoyable and healthy, temporary home while at the shelter. Extra funds raised during giveBIG will be used for general operations at AMHS.  Any amount you can spare would be beneficial to our mission.