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Angels for Animals hosts Fall Festival
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Neighbors | Sarah Foor .Angels for Animals co-founder Diane Less sat on the perch of a dunking booth during most of the fall festival. After 11 dips in the water by mid-day, Less was still in good spirits and gave a thumbs up.
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Neighbors | Sarah Foor .The Oct. 8 fall festival gave many animal lovers the chance to meet up with many animal outreach organizations in the valley. Canine Crusaders founder Paulina McCallum (back) said hello to her friends Gabrielle Miglets (front left), Debbie Miglets, and Shayla, a dog the Miglets adopted through Close to Home animal rescue.
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Neighbors | Sarah Foor .The fourth-grade Canfield girls of Girl Scout Troop 80420 attended the Angels for Animals fall festival on Oct. 8 and gave all the help they could offer during the event. The girls helped sell auction and raffle tickets, manned the bake sale table, and walked adoptable dogs from Angels for Animals around the facility.
By SARAH FOOR
On a surprisingly warm Oct. 8 afternoon, the team at Angels for Animals welcomed the community to enjoy a bit of autumn activity.
The Angels for Animals fall festival acted as a fundraising drive for the facility.
“Any money we raise goes right to our animals,” explained Angels feline manager, Kelly Black. “With fall festival funds, we’ll be providing food for our cats and dogs and deferring the costs of our spay and neuter programs. It will allow us to continue to provide great care to local animals.”
For the festival, the facility’s parking lot was dotted with local businesses offering animal-related products. For a bit of fun, Angels for Animals co-founder Diane Less climbed onto a dunking booth perch and took nearly 15 tumbles into the water to raise money for her facility.
Inside Andrews Hall, an impressive Chinese auction included tickets to win an ATV or two Jet-Blue plane tickets to any airline destination.
Although the event offered plenty of fun for festival guests and their animals, the day also offered local Girl Scouts the chance to help their community. During the event, the fourth-grade Canfield girls of Troop 80420 helped sell raffle tickets, manned the bake sale table and walked adoptable Angels for Animals dogs around the parking lot. “This year, we’ll be helping out Angels in any way that they need us,” explained troop representative Jacquee Mitchell. “The girls chose the project because most of them have pets and making sure that all animals are treated well is really important to them. Angels does great work and we’re happy to help the community understand that.”