Community Invited to Family Fun Day at Animal Services Shelter

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COMMUNITY INVITED TO “FAMILY FUN DAY”

AT ANIMAL SERVICES SHELTER, MAY 14, 2022

(Placerville, CA) – El Dorado County Animal Services is inviting neighborhood members to be part of them for a “Family Fun Day” and fundraiser on Saturday, May 14, 2022, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Animal Services Shelter, situated at 6435 Capitol Avenue in Diamond Springs. “In addition to an opportunity to go to our shelter, meet our employees and volunteers, and see the entire fantastic animals awaiting adoption, this household pleasant occasion will embrace a number of actions for the children, meals vehicles, and a possibility to take part in an vital shelter fundraiser,” stated El Dorado County Animal Services Chief, Henry Brzezinski. “We hope everybody can come out to be part of us.”

According to Brzezinski, this occasion is wonderful means to spend time as a household or with buddies, benefit from the shelter and provides to an incredible trigger. The occasion is hosted and coordinated by volunteers of the Animal Services shelter, together with employees oversight. There is not any value to attend the occasion.

Shelter volunteers have deliberate the occasion to embrace a number of household enjoyable actions, corresponding to rock portray and making pet toys. Items will even be out there for buy, corresponding to books for all ages, vegetation and scrumptious baked items, with all proceeds of the fundraiser gross sales going instantly to profit the shelter animals.

“The volunteers are hoping to particularly increase cash for the acquisition of a conveyable ultrasound unit for the animals at the shelter,” stated Brzezinski. “An ultrasound unit can be extraordinarily useful at the shelter. It would assist our veterinarians and vet techs determine vital well being or medical problems with the shelter animals, corresponding to a blockage, being pregnant or different problem, and get the animals any wanted help as early as attainable in order that they keep wholesome and protected.”

“Events like this are a lot greater than fundraisers,” stated Animal Services volunteer Sheila Igoe. “They’re a possibility to invite the neighborhood to the shelter to showcase our fantastic facility, employees, volunteer alternatives and, after all, adoptable animals.” 

According to Brzezinski, the shelter volunteers have hosted comparable neighborhood occasions benefiting the shelter animals prior to now. “We’d like to thank our volunteers for internet hosting this occasion and for his or her ongoing efforts to help the wants of our shelter animals,” added Brzezinski.

Animal Services is inviting all residents, nonetheless, they ask that residents please not convey pets from residence to this occasion. For questions concerning the occasion, the Animal Services shelter or applications, please name (530) 621-5795. Additional details about El Dorado County Animal Services and the shelter animals can be out there on-line: https://www.edcgov.us/Government/AnimalServices/Pages/animal_services_main_info.aspx

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