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October 2020

Virtual Groundbreaking Scheduled for October 22nd

Join the Humane Society of Greater Dayton on Thursday, October 22nd at 12 p.m for the Virtual Groundbreaking of their Phase 1 UnLEASH the Change expansion campaign. To maintain safe social distancing, the entire groundbreaking ceremony will be done virtually and streamed live through their Facebook page.

Through this expansion, the Humane Society of Greater Dayton has raised the funding for the $5 million project to grow their current facility at 1661 Nicholas Road. This expansion will include:

Regional Full-Service, Needs-Based Animal Hospital to help all pet owners in our community regardless of their income level. Through this Full-Service, Needs-Based Animal Hospital, the Humane Society of Greater Dayton can offer solutions for those in need while continuing to provide quality medical care to the animals in our community. This animal hospital will be open to not only Montgomery County residents, but surrounding counties as well.

Regional High-Volume Spay & Neuter Clinic that will positively impact the cat overpopulation concerns facing neighborhoods. With an estimated 50,000 stray or community cats within just Montgomery County, programs such as Trap-Neuter-Return are critical to humanely and effectively battle cat overpopulation. Through the High-Volume Spay/Neuter Clinic, we will have the resources available to scale up our already established Community Cat Initiative program, which is currently performing 4,000+ spay/neuter surgeries annually. With this new clinic, the Humane Society of Greater Dayton looks to increase surgeries over the next ten years by 400 percent.

Cruelty & Neglect Animal Rehabilitation Center to house, protect and rehabilitate all types of animals. Each year, the Humane Society of Greater Dayton investigates hundreds of cases of cruelty or neglect toward animals. We are the only organization in Montgomery County that investigates cases against all types of animals. With such a large range of animals needing our assistance, the Animal Rehabilitation Center will provide us with the resources needed to house large-breed animals such as horses as well as give us the housing to help in large-scale cases. Right now, we rely solely on fosters to care for many of the animals that are part of cruelty and neglect investigations.

This groundbreaking is the first phase in a large-scale expansion the Humane Society of Greater Dayton has created to provide more services and find more homes for animals in our community. Following the completion of Phase 1, the Humane Society of Greater Dayton will focus on the second phase of their campaign, which includes a Regional Pet Adoption and Community Center located on Austin Boulevard. For more information on this phase, please reach out to Courtney Steckel, Director of Development at (937) 262-5923.

Click Here to Watch the Virtual Groundbreaking Live on Facebook on Thursday, October 22nd

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Adoptions Continue by Appointment Only

We know many of you are excited to adopt a new pet and we love the enthusiasm. As of right now, we are processing adoptions by appointment only.

How Does the Process Work?

If you see an animal on our website that you like, fill out an adoption application. You can find an application by clicking on the animal’s information at www.hsdayton.org/adopt and then printing out the application. You can then email your application to adoptions@hsdayton.org. If you can’t scan and email in your application, an attached photo of the filled in application will work as well.

To be fair, our adoption counselors review applications in the order they are received. The first application that is approved will be the first permitted to adopt. We do continue to accept and review application in case an approved application falls through.

Once your application is approved, an adoption counselor will reach out to you to schedule a time for you to meet with the animal that you are interested in adopting. In some cases, we receive multiple applications for one animal, so please be patient with us as we navigate through this appointment process. Our goal is always to help as many people find their perfect match as possible and we appreciate all of your understanding and patience as we move forward.

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You Could Win a Car While Helping Pets During Our Annual Snag a Subaru Raffle!

You could win a 2021 Subaru Crosstrek all while helping to support the homeless animals right here in our community!

That's right, it is time again for Snag a Subaru! The Humane Society of Greater Dayton has partnered with Subaru of Dayton to bring to you a chance to win a Subaru Crosstrek! Tickets are just $25 each and you have a 1 in 3,000 chance to win! (That's better odds than any lottery). The drawing will take place on Saturday, December 19th at 2 p.m. The drawing will be aired live virtually through the Humane Society of Greater Dayton's Facebook page and the winner will be notified immediately following the drawing.

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Vote for the Humane Society for Best of Dayton

We are nominated for Dayton Magazine's Best of Dayton for 4 different categories! Thank you to each person who nominated us! We hope you will all click the links below and vote for us. You are permitted one vote per week through October 30th at 9 p.m. Thank you all so much! Categories to vote for include:

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Stock Up on Fun Humane Society Merchandise!

Need a face mask, we can help! Have you checked out the Humane Society of Greater Dayton's online store yet? Not only do you get to have fun online shopping, but you are also helping the animals at our shelter!

With every purchase you make, a portion of each sale goes right to our shelter to help our animals.

We have some great items available and will continue to add more so keep checking back again and again!

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