Volume 4, Issue 3 | March 2021

Critter Chronicles

March 2021 Heart Connections

In March, 36 pets made heart connections 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. Visit GMHS on the web to view all the homeless pets searching for a forever family and submit your adoption questionnaire electronically. We continue to conduct adoptions by appointment in response to COVID-19. With an approved questionnaire, a member of our Adoption Team will schedule a time for you to make your very own heart connection!

March 2021 Shelter Snapshot March was another super month for adoptions and and transfers through our Highway to Home program. We are grateful to all who made it so! 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.

Highway to Home Success More pets than ever before are meeting their forever families through our Highway to Home program! In March alone, 65 pets were transferred to adoption-guaranteed partners. An incredible number of 269 pets have been transferred so far just in 2021! Clyde is one of the many pets who has met his match because of this successful program. Thank you to all of our GMHS staff and volunteers who continue to go above and beyond to save and transform the lives of homeless pets.

Become A Faithful Friend As a Faithful Friend of GMHS, you ensure our access to the resources necessary to increase the number of lives saved each year through compassionate care, temporary shelter, access to low- and no-cost spay/neuter surgery, and outreach and education. On behalf of the entire GMHS team and homeless pets in our care, thank you to our current Faithful Friends! Consider joining our Faithful Friends with a monthly donation. 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.

Compassionate Community

Animal Care Society President Mary Stephens (left) presented GMHS CEO April Martinez with two donations to benefit pets in need. (Photo courtesy of Melany Slaughter, Gazette-Journal) Animal Care Society recently presented GMHS with two generous gifts with the power to save and transform lives. The $10,000 donation is ACS' annual end-of-year donation to GMHS and is in addition to their monthly Faithful Friends contribution. Additionally, ACS made a $533 donation through their St. Francis Giving Tree holiday fundraiser. Patrons of Animal Care’s Potpourri Shoppe, located on Main Street in Mathews, chose to donate to sponsor adoption fees. Eleven pets and their new families benefited from this gift. Many thanks to ACS for your life-saving partnership, generous investment in GMHS, and tireless advocacy for pets in need!

The American Heritage Girls Troop VA1318 from Gloucester dropped off donations that they collected for the pets waiting to make their heart connection at GMHS. Thank you, Troop 1318, for your generosity!

Our friends at Gloucester Veterinary Hospital purchased and donated 75 pet bandanas to be given to pets at GMHS. These bandanas were crafted by Nancy Bowden with The Unleashed Tailor. Thank you, Gloucester Veterinary Hospital and Nancy, for sharing your heart for homeless pets! Nancy is pictured with dog Misty who is sporting her new bandana.

Here is something to howl about! DeeOhGee will be performing outside at Flat Iron Crossroads in Gloucester on May 8, 2021. Get your tickets now, and $1 from each ticket sold will be donated to GMHS. Thank you, Flat Iron Crossroads, for sharing your heart for homeless pets with GMHS!

Target Circle We’re participating in the Target Circle program, and today is your last chance to vote! Vote for us and help direct Target’s giving to benefit homeless pets cared for by GMHS. For full program details and restrictions, visit Target Circle.

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