 Wednesday, July 21, 2010 |
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ANIMAL FRIENDS OF THE VALLEYS WILL BE THE OPERATOR OF THE
NEW SOUTHWEST COMMUNITIES ANIMAL CENTER
It was a long awaited day for the JPA and Animal Friends of
the Valleys when both entities voted to accept the operations agreement for
the new Southwest
Communities Animal Center.
“We are very excited about this partnership. It is truly a day of celebration. The
animals, our employees, volunteers and the communities are going to benefit from
this beautiful shelter. We are
honored and proud to be the operators of a shelter we have been so involved in
for over 14 years. We have worked
with the JPA to make this dream a reality,” said Willa Bagwell, executive
director for Animal Friends of the Valleys.
The construction of the building is anticipated to be
finished by the end of August, but won’t be open to the public until
September/October. Animal Friends
of the Valleys is required to purchase all the equipment, cages, furnishings,
and computers for the 32,000 square foot facility. Time will be needed to set up
kennels, adoption rooms and administrative office plus train employees. “Animal
Friends will be very busy raising funds and purchasing the needed equipment
& supplies for the shelter. We
are hoping that now, more than ever, the public supports AFV and helps raise the
funds to purchase the needed equipment,” said Kristine Anderson, AFV’s board
president.
Animal Friends of the Valleys is grateful to the cities
of Canyon
Lake, Lake Elsinore, Murrieta, Temecula and
Riverside
County for providing the
funding to build the much needed shelter.
The shelter will allow the animals to be housed indoors where the
temperature can be controlled, where disease will not be spread and where the
animals will be safe.
A dream has finally come true!
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