Join Us in Celebrating August 2021 Heart Connections! |
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In August 2021, 59 (now formerly) homeless pets made a heart connection with their forever families. Our thanks to adopters for welcoming these amazing pets into their hearts and homes! Above are just a few of the new matches made this month.
Adoptions continue to be conducted by appointment only and with an approved adoption questionnaire. Visit GMHS on the web to view all the homeless pets searching for a forever family and submit your adoption questionnaire electronically. Once approved, a member of our Adoption Team will schedule a time for you to make your very own heart connection!
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August 2021 Shelter Snapshot
The generous support of staff, volunteers, and donors enables GMHS to provide daily care, cover special medical needs, foster animals in homes as needed, and arrange transportation to adoption-guaranteed partners. We are also committed to education, outreach, and transparency. Our annual statistics are available on our website, and we also offer you a monthly snapshot.
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GMHS Certified Sensory Inclusive by KultureCity
We believe that everyone should be able to come to our animal shelter, connect with pets, and have a positive, enjoyable experience.
And, we are thrilled to announce that GMHS is the first animal shelter in the United States to earn KultureCity Sensory Inclusive Certification!
We've partnered with our friends at KultureCity to ensure our shelter is sensory inclusive for those with conditions like autism, dementia or PTSD or anyone who may be sensitive to overstimulation and noise. With its new certification, GMHS is now better prepared to assist guests with sensory sensitivities in having the most comfortable and accommodating experience possible when visiting GMHS.
For more information, click here.
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The Love of Adopted Pets Changes Our Lives - Let’s Save Theirs!
Share your love story and Help GMHS Earn $100K from Petco Love! From longer walks to cozier naps and all the magical moments in between, we know that pets change our lives for the better! Share how the love of your adopted pet has changed your life to help give GMHS the chance at a $100,000 grant award from Petco Love and BOBS from Skechers (plus you can earn a Petco shopping spree and BOBS from Skechers shoes for yourself!).
Submit your story by Sept. 20, noon CT.
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Success on the Highway to Home
The GMHS Highway to Home program has been working diligently with our network of trusted adoption-guaranteed partners to help place homeless pets in areas where adoption demands are high and rescues have space. When a pet from GMHS goes to one of our incredible partners, they average less than one week in the new shelter before being adopted. Pictured is Cody, who was transferred in August and was swiftly adopted.
We are thrilled to share that 736 pets have been transferred through this successful program in 2021, 93 of which were in August! In addition to making heart connections happen, Highway to Home also enables GMHS to transfer in homeless pets from shelters throughout the region who have reached capacity On the Highway to Home, everyone wins! Thank you to all of the GMHS staff, volunteers, and donors who make possible our quest to save even more lives.
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Become a Faithful Friend
Did you know pets at GMHS receive wellness care (testing, vaccinations, deworming, flea/tick treatment) and are spayed/neutered and microchipped before adoption into their forever homes?
Consider joining our Faithful Friends with a monthly donation and help us provide wellness care, spay/neuter surgery and more for the homeless pets of GMHS.
Simply check the box when donating to make yours a monthly contribution.
Each month, you'll receive the story of a homeless pet whose life was saved and transformed by your generosity.
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Dean and Cam Williams Foundation Creates Special Community Fundraising Opportunity to Support GMHS in Providing Medical Care |
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The Dean and Cam Williams Foundation has announced GMHS as the sole beneficiary of the upcoming sale of original artworks and collectibles from the private collection of Dean and Cam Williams.
Curated and hosted by Arts on Main, this special community fundraising opportunity will support GMHS in reaching the fundraising goal of $150,000 to cover medicine and medical supply costs in the year ahead.
Saving lives is expensive, including the medicine and medical supplies necessary to do so. With the number of homeless pets cared for by GMHS doubled since 2020, the need is greater than ever.
Reflecting a Love of Life, an exhibit of original artworks and collectibles from the collection of Dean and Cam Williams, will run from September 3 to 28, at Arts on Main, and reflects the couple's commitment to community, lifetime of advocacy on behalf of pets in need and appreciation of nature's beauty. Among the many renowned artists included in the show are Linda St. Clair, Barbara Olsen, Virginia Greenleaf, Jeanne Marston and Carol Colette.
This vibrant, eclectic, once-in-a-lifetime show opens with a welcome reception on First Friday September 3, from 6 PM to 8 PM.
GMHS is grateful for the opportunity to partner with Arts on Main in this effort and to the Dean and Cam Williams Foundation for bringing life-saving, transformative change to homeless pets in the many communities we serve.
Click here to learn more and help us reach our $150,000 fundraising goal.
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Join us in thanking the Walmart Foundation, for their recent grant award for our pet pantry. Our pet pantry helps keep pets out of the shelter and in their loving homes. We are proud to count you among our partners and appreciate your support!
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Diane and Peter Perina, of Eastfields Farms share a true heart for homeless pets and commitment to ensuring our community remains a beacon of hope and safe harbor. Our hearts are, indeed, filled with gratitude to them and those who participated in and donated to the recent pick-your-own blueberry fundraiser for GMHS. They donated $2,956.00 to GMHS--a generous gift with life-saving superpower--and we are grateful beyond measure to all who made the event a success!
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For the sixth year in a row, area businesses and our life-saving friends joined forces in a fundraising effort supporting GMHS. We are thrilled to share that $3,915 was raised during the Dog Days of Summer! Many thanks to all who donated and shared our fundraiser.
Our business partners in this year’s promotion were Brent and Becky’s, Bridgewaters Salon and Spa, Crossed Paw Collars, Doodles Donuts & Café, Emergency Pest Control, Gloucester-Mathews Gazette-Journal, Gloucester Parks, Recreation & Tourism, Nuttall’s Store, Southern States-Gloucester, Teagle Insurance Agency, The Closing Shop, The Unleashed Tailor, Village Cleaners, and Whitley’s Peanuts.
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Thank you to Grounds & Hounds, a coffee company with a heart for homeless pets. They donate 20% of their profits to dog rescue organizations just like ours!
When you purchase coffee or gear from Grounds & Hounds and use our link, 10% of your purchases will go to benefitting our rescue!
You can even use our code, GMHumaneSociety, and save 15% on your purchase. You get to sip great coffee (or hot cocoa) knowing that you’re helping pups at GMHS every morning!
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