ADHS NEWS
The charity BBQ at Sutton Group Incentive raised $300 for the shelter. Thanks go to the organizers and participants.
The ADHS currently has 38 kittens in foster homes. If you could help by adopting one, now would be a great time.
The animal communication workshop with world renowned pet psychic Sheila Trecartin will be held Oct 16 at the Tottenham Community Centre. Find out what your pet is thinking. $175 plus HST. Call 705-435-2851 to register.
The Alliston & District Humane Society can be reached at 705- 458-9038. Please call if you have lost or found an animal. The ADHS is still collecting Zehr’s tapes if you would like to help please place in the
Collection boxes in Pet Valu, Alliston or Global Pet Foods, Alliston.
Cat foster homes are filled to capacity. If you would like to help by fostering one please call 705-458-9038 and leave a message in the administration mailbox.
The Summer Newsletter is Here
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We're Building A Shelter!!!!
The Alliston & District Humane Society (ADHS) is thrilled to announce they are building a long awaited animal shelter and the walls are up and the roof is on.!!!. . A combined federal and provincial infrastructure grant of $533,334 was announced on December 19th by local MP, the Honourable Helena Guergis and Ontario Minister of Culture, the Honourable Aileen Carroll. ADHS is providing the final one third of funding for the building.
Construction will begin in the spring of 2010, on the 50 acre property located on the fourth concession of Adjala-Tosorontio. The 3600 square foot facility will contain cat condos, dog runs, adoption rooms, animal viewing areas, an isolation room, bathing area, small animal room, seminar room as well as office space. The facility is designed to be an environmentally friendly structure using an above ground septic system, geothermal heating and cooling, solar tube lighting and natural aggregate pathways and parking lot. Roger Golden of the firm Michael Thomas Group has been hired as project manager and tendering will begin in early 2010.
The Alliston & District Humane Society, an affiliate of the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA), provides a wide variety of services to New Tecumseth, Mulmur, Adjala-Tosorontio and the villages of Cookstown, Rosemont, Hockley and the Town of Schomberg. Each year, volunteers field thousands of calls regarding lost, found, abandoned or mistreated animals. Their lost and found service works with township Canine Control Officers to reunite animals with their owners and find foster homes for abandoned or stray animals. Their adoption service helps to place animals in good homes while their wildlife volunteers work to provide advice and rescue local wildlife. ADHS’s animal cruelty officer Jerry Higgins, named the OSPCA’s Volunteer Agent of the Year in 2009, works tirelessly to investigate cruelty complaints and enforce animal cruelty laws.
The construction of this shelter is the culmination of 21 years of fundraising efforts by Alliston & District Humane Society volunteers. This affiliate has no paid employees and relies on community support at its fundraisers as well as donations to fund services.
ADHS still needs support from the community to continue its day to day operations as the building is constructed. To donate, please mail your donation to the Alliston & District Humane Society at P.O. Box 378, Beeton, Ontario L0G 1A0 or donate online by clicking on “Donate Now”. If you would like a donation picked up, please call 705-458-9038 and leave a message on the adoption line. ADHS Vice President Ernie Ogle is available at 705-458-1510 to discuss the shelter and donations of supplies or labour. A charitable receipt can be given for all donations of ten dollars or more
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Help Little Eva!
Please call 705-458-9038 if you have lost or found an animal.
If you're an online shopper, a few extra clicks of your computer mouse can help us build our new shelter.
We've recently joined www.shopandshare.ca. This organization has partnered with an impressive number
of big-name stores that will donate a portion of the proceeds from each and every purchase you
make through them to the Alliston & District Humane Society. All you have to do is log on from the left menu, create an account,
choose Alliston & District Humane Society as your charity and shop as you normally would online.
If you buy books, shop at big stores like Canadian Tire, Home Depot, Sears, plan trips though sites like
Expedia, or even use Ticketmaster to buy entertainment tickets, you can donate to us at the same time,
just by accessing your favourite shopping site through www.shopandshare.ca. This is a great way to buy gift cards as well. There is even a whole category of shopping devoted
to pet supplies!
This is a great chance to help the Alliston & District Humane Society build a shelter. Every purchase generates
automatic donations and every little bit helps. There are NO FEES and no pressure to sign up for
anything. Simply go to click on shopandshare.ca on the left menu, create an account, choose ADHS as your charity and log
onto your favourite shopping site.
If you wish to adopt a pet listed please call the number beside the description of the pet. The mainline phone number 705-458-9038 is a message service only and a live person will never answer on this line. Do leave a message in the appropriate mailbox as there are volunteers phoning in on a regular basis to retrieve your calls to assist you.
The Alliston and District Humane Society collects Zehrs cash register tapes. Please deposit in the box at Pet Valu or Global Pet Foods, Alliston.
Please note the land the ADHS owns in Adjala-Tosorontio was PURCHASED by the ADHS. The money was raised after many years of volunteer fundraising efforts.
The Alliston & District Humane Society offers a lost and found reporting service to help reunite lost pets with their owners. Please check that the identification on your pet is legible and current. If you have moved and your pet is microchipped please update your microchip records.
The lost and found reporting service is manned by a volunteer who donates their time and long distance charges. While the ADHS is happy to provide this service it would really be appreciated if the public could please call back when their pet returns home so the file can be closed.
The ADHS is run solely by the efforts of unpaid volunteers. There is no animal shelter building, all animals are housed in volunteer's own homes. The foster home provides food, shelter, litter, transportation, training, endless patience and time, both with the animal and the public. The ADHS foster home volunteers are very special people and countless animals lives have been saved as these wonderful people open their doors to take in just one more.
If you should lose or find a dog, the first person you should call is the canine control officer employed by your township to pick up stray dogs. The second place to call would be the Alliston & District Humane Society which provides a lost and found reporting service to help reunite lost pets with their owners. The Alliston & District Humane Society also offers wildlife advice and assistance and cruelty investigations. The area covered by the ADHS is the townships of Adjala-Tosorontio, Mulmur, New Tecumseth, the town of Schomberg as well as the villages of Cookstown, Rosemont & Hockley.
If anyone is interested in learning more about helping with the wildlife aspect of the ADHS please call Ernie at (705) 458-1510.
The Alliston & District Humane Society does not have an actual building. All animals are cared for in volunteer foster homes. The ADHS has no paid staff. If you would like to help the animals, monthly donations may be made by post-dated cheques which are gratefully accepted by the ADHS.
Please have your cat or dog neutered or spayed. There is no excuse for irresponsible breeding.
The ADHS now owns land in Adjala-Tosorontio. Currently fundraising is on-going to try to raise funds for the building. All animals are fostered in volunteer foster homes. Please click on 'You Can Help' for a list of our fundraising events.
Every municipality has a paid canine control officer. Their numbers are as follows: New Tec (905) 729-4972, Adj/Tos (905) 936-4649, Mulmur (519) 925-1441, Essa (705) 424-9770, Innisfil (705) 431-2882, Brad/W Gwill (905) 727-4646.
P.O. Box 378
Beeton, Ontario
L0G 1A0
Tel: 705-458-9038
Fax: 705-435-2851