Pennies 4 Pets - A Big Success!

Pennies 4 Pets Supporters Raise $40,000 for the Valley Animal Center!

Thank you to everyone who made donations or volunteered to collect change during the Valley Animal Center's Pennies for Pets Change Campaign which wrapped up earlier this month!

We have received approximately $40,000 towards our $50,000 goal for the shelter. And if you still have change to donate - it's not too late! Bring your donations by the Valley Animal Center anytime between 9 am and 5 pm Monday - Friday, and between 10:00 am and 4:30 pm Saturdays and Sundays.

Highlights from the 2010 Pennies 4 Pets Fundraiser:

Valley Animal Center volunteers talked to hundreds of guests at Big Hat Days in Old Town Clovis - promoting the fundraiser and helping some of our Adorable Adoptables find homes!

Crocker the dog was featured on ABC 30's Valley Focus, and found a loving home after working hard to promote the Pennies 4 Pets campaign.

Garfield Elementary School raised more than $900 for the animals! Go Cubs - thank you for your continued support!

The Valley Animal Center joined Gnarly Charlie from KISS Country for fun live radio remotes, collecting donations for the animals while helping the station raffle off the ever-coveted Taylor Swift concert tickets!

And last but not least...

The Paw Party with Event Sponsor Union Bank was a huge success!

Thank you to everyone who volunteered collecting change on the street corners, and to everyone who brought their donations to the 2010 fundraiser into the Fashion Fair Mall branch during the party on May 1st. We really appreciate all of your support!

Thank You Valley Students!

Character Counts When Caring for Animals!

Thank you to local students for your compassionate care for our animals!

The Valley Animal Center is so proud of all of the students who participated in our 2009 "Caring Counts When Caring for Animals" contest during our Annual Change Campaign. Today, the Valley Animal Center was presented a check for $2,132.50 from Clark Intermediate School in Clovis. The Clark Students raised the most money of any school group in the history of the Change Campaign, thanks to the hard work of Rosemary Graff and her Auxilary Education class!

We are so proud of all of the schools who collected spare change for our animals, and wanted to extend a special thank you to Susan Hoffman's class at Garfield Elementary School, Michelle Stilson and the first grade teachers at Harvest Elementary, Laura Cardin and the Alta Sierra Intermediate Ecology Club, Century Elementary, and all of the other schools and students who helped collect change for our animals!

Thank you to Miss Hoffamn's Class at Garfield Elementary who raised over $1,500 for the shelter!

In addition to school visits, the Valley Animal Center is now offering field trips for local students. For more information, please contact the Administrative Office at 559-233-8690.

Thank you students and teachers!!