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CHS
Thrift Store is in Meadowmont Shopping Center, Arnold.
209-795-4483 or
209-795-GIVE
Closed Mondays
Click here for New Shelter
Donation Page
Please thank the following major sponsor of PARS FOR PAWS with your support!
Jeffrey Paris, Financial Advisor
www.wfadvisors.com/jeffrey.paris
Please
see our
Sponsors' Page
for more information.
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Quick News Headlines!
New Animal Shelter Project
Calaveras
Humane Society is working hard to raise funds to build the new shelter for the
animals of Calaveras County. There are many ways you can help with this huge
undertaking.
To make a donation to the New Shelter Fund click here. If you have a web site and would like to help raise funds for the new shelter by putting a donation button on it, click here to learn how. To volunteer fill out the form at the bottom of the Volunteer page.
Learn First Aid & Care for your Pets
On August 14, 2010, PetTech is offering a class where you can learn skills that could save the life of your pet. Click to see the flyer.
5th Annual Wine & Art Festival Coming Up!
Save the date!! Seems like a long way away but August is a busy month so...Mark your calendars and reserve Saturday, August 21st for the 5th Annual Wine & Art Festival. This year the proceeds from the Festival will go towards building the new Calaveras Animal Shelter so come and enjoy the music, food, art and wine tasting and know you are helping a great cause!
Great Dog Video
A dedicated supporter of CHS and the animals at the Calaveras Animal Shelter, Elleene Stone of Total Focus Photography, has made a touchingly beautiful video starring some of the dogs at the shelter. Click here to watch it on YouTube. This video is frequently updated with dogs currently in the shelter, so check it out again!
Downloadable
Documents
for New Shelter
Fund Raising Groups
Please click here for a list of documents to be used by volunteers in the New Shelter Fund Raising Groups.
Thrift
Store Opening
by Blair Wilie
The CHS Thrift Store in Arnold is now open
for business! It's located between Big
Trees Market and Round Table Pizza in the Meadowmont Shopping Center. This is
the center where we held our Yard Sale on Memorial Day 2009.
With
an early opening on October 29th and with a grand opening on November 6th, the
store has already attracted hundreds of customers with its quality merchandise
and bargain prices...
...(For the entire article please click here)
Thrift Store hours are currently:
| Tuesday - Saturday | 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. |
| Sunday | Noon - 4 p.m. |
Our adoption center is up and running! You can visit our hopeful kittens and cats on Thurs-Sat during store hours and occasionally we have dogs on Wednesday and Friday. There are always binders with photos and bios on display in the adoption center of dogs waiting to find forever homes. To find out more or to volunteer in the adoption center, please call the Thrift Store at 795-4483 or 795-GIVE.
PURCHASE JEWELRY & HELP THE ANIMALS
Brenda
Jennings has generously offered to donate half of all proceeds from sales of her
gorgeous Gemstones by Bren jewelry to CHS if the contact for the
sale originates from our CHS website. Click here
for more information and a contact form and you will be glad you did! Remember,
the holidays are not far off and these original works of art are outstanding!
Rusty's Tale
Ever wondered how being abandoned and lost feels to a dog? Read a short "true" story written from a dog's perspective here. .
55-5 Gives Senior Animals a Second Chance
Click here to learn the details of what CHS is doing to help senior animals find forever homes and senior humans find the perfect companion pet.
Buy CHS gear and wear online!
Now you can browse, select and purchase gear and wear displaying the CHS dog and cat design embroidered on them. To view the large selection click here. Get great gear for yourself and help the animals of Calaveras County at the same time! (They make wonderful gifts, too!)
Volunteer Appreciation Dinner Videos now on YouTube!
Check out the video presentations from the last 3 years of Volunteer Appreciation Dinners on YouTube! They are great!
2009: Wall-to-Wall Kittens
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RV7tVg7Uz4
2008: Audrey and
Buddy-the-Dog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUiE2F0umtI&feature=channel
2007 Alley Cats, Alley Dogs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPzN8qFhSmQ&feature=channel
Mother Lode Artist Paints for Charity
Click here to see how a local canine artist is helping raise money for humane organizations in Northern California.
We now have office hours!
The CHS office is staffed
by volunteers and is normally open
Mondays & Wednesdays 10 am - 12 noon
Tuesdays & Fridays 10 am - 2 pm
We are staffed by our volunteers and open for your convenience at these hours. Foster homes can pick up food for their animals. Or come by and discuss volunteering with us. You can search on line for a pet. Buy merchandise. Drop off a donation. Watch a video. These are our administrative offices and we do not take in or adopt out animals at this location.
4868 Highway 4, Suite E
Located in Vallecito, east
of Angels Camp on Hwy 4
behind Family 4 Fitness--in
the rear of the building.
Our mailing address
is:
P.O. Box 177
Vallecito CA, 95251
Phone: 209-736-9417
We now take credit cards at our fund raising events!
Thanks to a recent donation of the equipment and the service, we can now take credit cards at our events, for your added convenience. Stock up on shirts! Buy a dog house or cat condo. Visa and MasterCard only.