Posted in Shelter Makeover

On each of the Top Ten Finalists' profiles, the official voting video is now up (as the Service Video on the right-hand side of the page.) Ours features the charming Charleston, our longest-term resident currently at the shelter... let's hope this finds him a forever home!! read more

Posted in Shelter Makeover

Today was my first day back at work, after I returned late last night (3-hour delay in SFO!) from the HSUS conference where we were named one of the top ten finalists in the shelter makeover contest. I had an amazing time and met so many wonderful people, learned so much, and really got energized for this final phase of the contest as well as the k… read more

Posted in Shelter Makeover

Now that it's the final day of the points phase, I am soooo excited that we can safely say we are going to be semi-finalists in the shelter makeover contest! Listen up BHS fans, this is the first time I've said this publicly: Zootoo will be visiting our shelter on Sunday, April 5!!!!!! Looks like we'll be the last stop on the tour, right before th… read more

Posted in Shelter Makeover

Watching the top 3 shelters move further away in point standings is a bit scary. Though it's improbable we'll fall out of the top 20 by the end of Phase 1, it's still possible, and we've got to ensure we can hang in there and garner a visit from Zootoo. I really feel like if they see our place and all that we're doing to make the best of it, we're … read more

Posted in Shelter Makeover

A shelter makeover cannot come fast enough! Yesterday, water began welling out of the wall in our kitten room, and today it started to come up from cracks in the concrete floor at our front desk. Turns out the galvanized water pipe installed when the original part of our shelter was built (1946) has basically crumbled away. Of course we found this … read more