Fundraising much needed for the Oxford Lafayette Humane Society

I visited the Oxford Lafayette Humane Society for the first time on Friday. I stopped by to drop of a piece of artwork for their Paws for Art Auction that's coming up in two weeks.
This is what I saw:

The current OLHS facility consists of 2 trailers and a tent city of dog runs.The OLHS is situated on a lot just off of Highway 7 South, and the buildings back up to the City of Oxford Waste Water Treatment Plant.

The first trailer houses the reception area and offices within 3 rooms.

The girls working there were very busy, very polite and very welcoming.

You are welcome to pet the office cat, Candy Cane.Candy Cane is around 1 year old, and has been at the OLHS for about 3 months. She is very sweet and needs a home!

The cats are housed indoors inside the second trailer.
This photo is hard to see, but it shows a gaping hole in the roof of the second trailer.

This amazing bulldog is living out his days in the tent city just outside the OLHS trailer!

Puppies!

The Oxford Lafayette Humane Society has announced the date of their 10th Annual PAWS FOR ART AUCTION: Friday, February 6th, 7 - 10pm at the Oxford Conference Center

$30 - $45 per person or $50 - $80 per couple, reserved table seating available.

All proceeds benefit the Oxford Lafayette Humane Society

Silent and Live Auction, Drinks and Live Music

Hors d'oeurves provided by Oxford's favorite restaurants

Resevervations accepted, but are not necessary.

For more information, call 662.801.1141

If you don't live in Oxford, or are unable to attend the Paws for Art Auction - there is an easy and free way to give this shelter a chance at a free makeover!!! Join http://www.zootoo.com/ and upload as many files as you can before March 13, 2009!

From the OLHS website:

You can help Oxford Lafayette Humane Society win a shelter makeover of up to $1 million dollars.We (Oxford Lafayette Humane Society) are participating in a contest to win a $1,000,000 shelter makeover.

The web site that is sponsoring this for the 2nd year in a row is www.zootoo.com/makover.

Winning this contest would be an ideal way to realize our dream of a new shelter. The contest requires no monetary support from the community. Being animal lovers, this is your way to help those that can't help themselves. It is super easy to help us out.

Just go on the web site, www.zootoo.com/makeover, and sign up and join the zootoo community. Affiliate yourself with the Oxford Lafayette Humane Society in zip code 38655.

The site is very informative and easy to navigate. You can chat with other animal lovers, post pictures of your pets, or find animal events in your area like Strut Your Mutt here in Oxford on November 8th. The goal is to accumulate as many points as possible for our shelter. There are many ways to earn points for our shelter. You can adopt a pet, refer a friend, write a journal, upload videos or pictures, and many more ways.

The more active you are on the www.zootoo.com site, the more points our shelter receives. The Top 20 sites as of March 13, 2009 become semifinalists, today we are #37. All semifinalist shelters will receive an on-site evaluation to determine the eventual winner of the $1,000,000 prize to be announced after April 24, 2009. Please take a moment to log on and support the Oxford Lafayette Humane Society. If you know someone else that might want to help, please pass this note along to them. We need this to spread like wildfire to help out the animals in our area. Thanks for your help.