August 2012 SFAC Newsletter

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August, 2012 Edition

We are having a fantastic summer at Saint Frances Animal Center. In fact, this entire year has been

amazing! We have so many things to share that we decided it was time for a newsletter; adoption

numbers are on the rise, donations are keeping us afloat and new programs and fundraisers have been

highly successful! We are so very thankful for such a wonderful 2012 thus far!

If you havent had a chance to stop by for a visit, this newsletter should

bring you up to speed with everything Saint Frances. The staff,

volunteers and supporters of SFAC have been remarkable during the

changes to the facility, all of our new programs, the increased exposure

in our community and all of the many, many full-throttle days that we

have experienced here lately at Saint Frances! I am so very proud and

humbled, of and by, this awesome group of people!

We are gearing up for our 2012 Saint Frances Animal Center Member-

ship Drive. Enclosed, you will find an envelope with all the information

needed to become a member. We are working on some fabulous perks including discounts for grooming

as well as spays and neuters, really cool window decals (exclusive to SFAC members only), T-shirts, bump-

er stickers and much more! If you arent already a member, I would like to encourage you to please join us

in our mission to save the lives of shelter animals, prevent animal cruelty, neglect, overpopulation and

abandonment. One hundred percent of the proceeds from your membership will directly benefit theanimals of Saint Frances Animal Center.

Thank you to everyone for your continued support and faith in our organization! Every day is a new

opportunity to make a difference in the life of a shelter animal. Together we can make a HUGE difference!

Happy summer to all,

Wendy Goude


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FROM THE

SCRATCHING POST

On Fathers Day, June 17th, Saint Frances Animal Center hosted out inaugural cat

Neuter-thon! Forty-five male cats were brought to SFAC by their owners to

eliminate their chances of future fatherhood. With the help of Dr. Tom Hentges,

our Sunday Veterinarian, we were able to expeditiously perform all neuters with

an incredible discounted cost of $10 per surgery.

At 8:30, Sunday morning, the cars and cat carriers started lining up, taking advantage of this newly implemented

program. By 3:30 that afternoon, all forty five cats had been successfully neutered and then safely re-turned back

into their owners care. This event was such a success.

After the Neuter-thon, many in the community requested a special day for females on-

ly. With the Neuter-thon being successful, we decided to have the first ever Spay

Day at SFAC!

On Sunday, July 29th, SFAC spayed over fifty cats at a discounted price of only

$25. As with the Neuter-thon, the first ever Spay Day went like clockwork!

Because of these two evens, over 95 cats in

our community were spayed or neutered!!!!

In a years time, the average female cat can produce up to 4 litters of

kittens. A female cat is also able to birth as many as fourteen kittens per litter.

With these statistics, per these two events, we kept at least 5,320 future un-

wanted kittens from being conceived. WOW!

Saint Frances Animal Center is committed in our mission to end the ever grow-

ing cat and kitten overpopulation within our community. In addition to our SFAC

Trap, Neuter and Release Program for the feral cats, Saint Frances Animal Center

plans to host these Neuter-Thon and Spay Days several times a year. Hopefully,

we will begin to end overpopulation and neglect of our Georgetown County cats

and kittens.


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On July 28th, Saint Frances Animal Center held its second annual Meow

Luau at the Island Bar and Grill in Pawleys Island. Despite the 102 degree

weather, we had an exceptional turn out and a GREAT time. The owners and

staff of the Island Bar and Grill did such a wonderful job accommodating our

crowd with a huge spread of delicious appetizers, drink specials and terrific

hospitality!

Thanks to all the SFAC supporters and cat lovers who braved the heat to come

out for this annual event. All of the money that was donated at the Luau will

fund equipment for our new cat porch!

This porch will serve as an outdoor extension off of our current cat room so

every cat at SFAC will have the option to be inside or outside whenever they so

choose! Fresh air and sunshine makes a very happy kitty! We strive to make our kids as happy as possible during

their stay at SFAC so we are so excited to get this project up and running!

Please drop by the Center soon and check out the progress being

made on the Kitty Porch! We will post pictures of the new porch in

our next newsletter!

Joyce Ferdon is a Georgetown

native and resident. She lives in the Historic

District of Georgetown with her husband, Ricky and her

furry kids, Nestle, Snickers. Twinkle, Angel, Louise and Clark. Joyce is an

IS Department manager with Georgetown Hospital System where she hasbeen employed for 27 years. As a SFAC Board member, Joyce is currently

serving on the Financial and Fundraising committees. She was the founder

of the SFAC fundraiser Paws for Christmas which originally started in

1992. Joyce is also an active volunteer with Tidelands Hospice Annual Golf

Tournament and the Georgetown Wooden Boat Show. Joyce Ferdon is a life

long animal lover and advocate.


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We have two SFAC fundraisers in the very near future, the 6th

Annual Mu Strut Fesval and the 1st annual Dinner By the

River. We are looking forward to both of these events and

would like to encourage everyone to aend.

Mu Strut Fesval

The 6th Annual Mutt Strut will be held on Saturday, October 6th in downtownGeorgetown at Francis Marion Park (located between the River

Room and the SC Maritime Museum) on Front Street. This

years festival will be from 11am1pm.

We are changing things a little this year. Instead of having

festival-like attractions, we are going to offer more helpful

booths which will focus on health, nutrition and overall

maintenance of the pets in our community. Saint Frances

Animal Centers 6th annual Mutt Strut Festival will offer

a low cost vaccination clinic, grooming and microchip clinics, commu-

nity dog baths, organic dog food and biscuits, high quality leashes, collars and accessories

and much more.

Many of our SFAC canines will be at the festival. They will be ready for the right Mom

and Dad to come along and sweep them off of their paws! Our dogs can

be fully adopted on the day of the event!

Please feel free to dress up your pets and bring them down to the

Francis Marion Park. We may not be having a parade this year

but...we are still encouraging all mutts to strut their stuff!

Hope to see everyone and your pooches on October 6th!


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The Dinner by the River fundraiser will be the first of its kind for Saint Frances. On Saturday, October 27th,

one hundred SFAC supporters will be introduced to a magical experience!

Dinner by the River will be held on the grounds of Chicora Wood Planta-

tion. This 300 year old plantation sits amongst thousands of Live Oaks on

the banks of the beautiful Pee Dee River. Chicora Wood is one of the most

cherished, serene plantations in the Southeast. We are so very thankful to the

owners of Chicora Wood who so graciously donated their grounds as the

venue for this event.

Chef Douglas Waldroup, a Peter Kump Culinary graduate from NYC, will be our

executive chef for Dinner by the River. He has spent the last several months creating a

perfect menu for this event! Every course presented at this fundraiser will be a signature

dish created by Chef Waldroup. We are very excited about having a chef with such

culinary skills to host our first Dinner by the River.

Due to seat limitations, only one hundred guests will be accommodated. We have

already begun booking reservations for this sit down, full course dinner. Tickets can be purchased for $100 per

guest, in advance only. No tickets will be available on the day of the event. If you are interested in becoming apart of this first annual Dinner by the River and would like to be seated at the table, please call 546-0780,

Wendy Goude.


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Community Fundraiser for

SFAC - Thanks to these great

Johnsonville Middle students!

Hannah, Bethany, Megan and

Teanna.

Ryan Miller, Eagle Scout with Pawleys Island Troop 340,

is building our outdoor cat enclosure to receive his scout

badge! This enclosure will give all of our cats at SFAC the

luxury of being inside or outside. We welcome him and

this great project!

In Loving Memory of Helen Shoemaker , who passed

away in August 2012. Helen and her dog, Bailey, weregreat friends to SFAC over the years. Helen was one of

the original donation box creators and Bailey is still pic-

tured on many of those boxes. We are currently receiving

in memory donations for Helen and Bailey. If you would

like to contribute call 843-546-0750.


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Mrs. Boyd's Prince George Episcopal

class visits Saint Frances to learn how

to properly treat, take care of and train

a pet. The class spent the afternoon

touring the grounds and visiting with

all of the animals. We enjoyed having

these future pet owners on an

educational visit to SFAC.

Bone Appetit Cookbook

HAS ARRIVED!

Order Today

$10.00


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Saint Frances Animal Center

sends 609 cats and dogs

HOME!

Our Adoptions Department led by Lead Adoptions

Counselor, Rebecca Ritch, is doing an amazing job in 2012. We have

seen 609 of our furry kids go into wonderful homes through adoption,

foster placement and Rescue programs! SFAC has increased

our Adoption program by venturing into new places like

the Farmers Market, Tractor Supply and Wal-Mart.

This is in addition to our established adoption events at

Pet Smart in Charleston, Mt. Pleasant, West Ashley and

Myrtle Beach. The Adoptions team has also exposed our SFAC animals to

many followers on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. In addition, the

Adoptions team has set up a Blog specifically for our Saint Frances ani-

mals. We are finally becoming a part of the 21st century and it is paying

off in leaps and bounds. Because of the hard work and dedication of this

Adoptions Team, we are saving the lives of many, many shelter animals

and expecting a record number of adoptions for SFAC in 2012!!!!

Great job, Adoptions Team


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Thank you

to the

Georgetown County Sheris Oce

Dara, our infamous Black Lab, is doing fantastic! She was the only

survivor of the 3 dogs found in the IP Canal muzzled and bound

with duct tape. After extensive tests and surgeries, all results came

with great news attached! She is in one-hundred percent great

health. All tumors found in the abdomen were removed and the

biopsies found those tumors to be benign. She is indeed our miracle pup!

As many of you are aware, the person allegedly responsible for this heinous crime

was arrested by the Georgetown County Sheriffs Office and is currently behind

bars We would like to thank the Sheriff and his wonderful team of investigators for

their expeditious and thorough job on this case.

Stephanie Eldridge has lived in Georgetown for 10 years. She is

married to Chris Eldridge and has two daughters, Maggie (10 years)

and new baby Teagan.. Her other "children" include Murphy and

Daisy Mae (adopted Boston Terriers from SFAC and NCBT Rescue) and

Midas and Millie (adopted kitties from

SFAC). Stephanie works as a real estate

broker for Watermark Real Estate Group.

Cajun and Lady, 2 of our SFAC Alumnus,

strolling down the beach during a daily walk.

They are loving their new lives since being

adopted from SFAC in 2011.

Looking good, Cajun and Lady!


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An anonymous donor sent 490 pounds of Iams Dog and Cat food to

SFAC which will be used in our new 'Feed Those in Need' program. SFAC is

now offering assistance to pet owners in our community who are

temporarily unable to afford to feed their pets. All food that is donated to SFAC is

now used in this new program "Feed those in Need". This program is designed

to keep many animals from having to be unnecessarily relinquished into our

animal shelter.

On May 21st, Saint Frances held its annual Free Vaccination

Clinic for dogs. This annual event is sponsored by Ark

Animal Hospital and conducted by Dr. Andrews and her

staff. We had a record breaking turn out this year with

over 100 canines (and their owners) coming to this event!

A special thank you to Dr. Andrews and her staff, TerrySenior and Franc Coker for such a wonderful contribution!

Franc Coker's wonderful

gr an dd aug ht er , El la ,

raised over $800 to helpwith the medical expenses

of Dara, the black Lab. She

sold lots and lots of

doughnuts from early in

the morning to late after-

noon to raise these funds.

"Good job, Ella!


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Saint Frances Animal Centers Walk with the Saints program is

already exceeding our expectations. We began this program in July

and a month later it has tripled in size! Every Tuesday, a group of

volunteers (dog walkers) meet in the SFAC lobby around 9:30a.m. to bepaired with a SFAC dog for the weekly walk. Once the walker is paired with

the perfect partner, they transport the dog in their vehicle to Front Street. We have been

meeting at Bienvenue Home Accents, an incredible shop with great merchandise, located across from

the Georgetown Times on Front Street. After everyone arrives at Bienvenue, we go for our weekly stroll

through downtown Front Street and along the Harborwalk, stopping at several stores where merchants

greet us with cold water and dog biscuits. The locals, tourists and downtown merchants have really

enjoyed seeing us every Tuesday! This one hour, once a week, walk has made an incredible impact at

SFAC. The exercise, socialization and the change in scenery has been wonderful for our kids. Not tomention, the added exposure they receive on these walks! Walk with the Saints has proven to be very

pivotal in finding homes with more than half of the Saint dogs being adopted! Did we mention how

much the volunteers enjoy the walk??? The kids??? They LOVE it! This once a week event has turned

out to be just what the dopter ordered Please join us any Tuesday at Saint Frances, if you would like

to do something great for a very appreciative shelter dog. See you next Tuesday!


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Saint Frances Animal Center opened our doors to the

community for a full tour and a meet and greet onJune 28th and 29th during our Open House. Since many

renovaons were completed, we decided it was me to

invite members of our community and share our

accomplishments as well as our future plans for Saint

Frances.

Many could not believe all of the changes that were made in such a

short period of me. In less than a month, every building was

repainted and the dog areas received brand new fencing as well as

new bedding for winter months. All cat rooms are now completely

cage free with themed murals painted on all the walls. We have new

cemented-in play areas with lots of equipment for our younger

dogs and puppies. We have also created several enclosed grassy play areas with swim-

ming pools for our larger dogs. We have completely renovated our lobby and oces.

We nally have a paved road, with newly painted paw prints, leading to our facility.

Everything here at SFAC looks totally dierent! Our animals love all of the changes!

Because of the generosity from many local businesses in Georgetown, Saint Frances

was able to complete these renovaons at almost no expense. We would like to

thank everyone who helped to make this renovaon possible. Please support and thank

the following individuals and businesses for their won-

derful donaons to SFAC:

Bailey Kendrick moved to Pawleys Island from Greenville,

SC in 2001 to work for Georgetown Hospital System, where

she continues to work today. She is a graduate of The

College of Charleston. She enjoys being on the Board of Directors and also volunteering

for St. Frances. Bailey loves animals and enjoys kayaking, bicycle riding and going to the beach. She is also

a volunteer for South Carolina United Turtle Enthusiasts and The Arthritis Foundation.

New Board Member


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J & S Flooring

The Shuer Shop

Habitat for Humanity

Sherwin Williams

Benjamin Moore

Keels Culberson Swinnie

Prince George Framing

Thomas Supply

Ready Mixed Concrete

Island Signs

Salvaon Army

Carolina Charm

Bienvenue Home Accents

Saint Frances Animal Center would like to thank the

following for their donaons to our recent renovaon.

Please support these local businesses.

And also a special thank you to these individuals

for their contribuon to our recent Open House:Bradley Floyd , Rebecca Ritch, Jason Cantley , Mike Goude

Bobby Owens, Todd & Cam Welden, Kimmie Marlowe,

Roger Healey, Bryan Cooper, Douglas Waldroup

Joyce Ferdon, Betsy Niles, Kevin Jayroe

Verne Ray and Vicki Grant


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SFAC Board of Directors

Doug Jenkins Ruth McLellan

Bradley Floyd Lisa Johnson

Anne Hars Joyce Ferdon

David Graham

Bailey Kendrick

D.I. Wilson Stephanie Eldridge

Anna Lesley Nancy Cave

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OUR MISSION STATEMENT

Our Mission is to provide a safe and nurtur-

ing environment for abandoned and mis-

treated dogs and cats unl they can be

placed in loving homes. Raising awareness

through public educaon, community out-

reach and a wellness clinic, we seek to

promote respect for the lives of cats and

dogs by breaking the cycle of abuse, ne-

glect and pet overpopulaon in our com-

munity.


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