The Fresno Fair is one of the Central California SPCA’s biggest events of the year. At this year’s fair we had three of our departments representing our organization – adoptions & foster care, education, and volunteer.
Throughout the length of the fair, our mobile adoption unit housed a total of 68 animals needing to be adopted. The great news is 50 furry friends, 20 cats and 30 dogs, found their “furever” homes at the fair! The great news is we were able to rehome nearly all of our long-term residents. Many of these had been with us from as far back as JUNE! Thank you to all those who chose to adopt and give these fluffy’s a loving home!
The fair would not have been as successful without our dedicated volunteers. We had 48 volunteers throughout the 13 days at the fair and they put in well over 750 hours! Their jobs involved taking care of the animals, answering questions, helping set up and take down the booth, and showing animals to prospective adopters. Thank you to our awesome volunteers!
Our education department’s main goal at the fair is to educate and inform pet owners about a myriad of pet related subjects. They handed out pamphlets about dog safety, information about our Animal Center, free dog training flyers, low cost vaccines flyers, microchip flyers, spay/neuter info, licensing info, bookmarkers for the kids, Junior Humane Officer stickers, Playmate magazines, New Parent Guide magazines, donation flyers, volunteer flyers, pet diseases awareness, dog food coupons and adoption information. Our humane educator, Thalia Arenas, also arranged for 25 schools from around the valley to visit the CCSPCA booth at the fair.
Hopefully you had a chance to swing by our booth. If not, we will see you next year!