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Dear << Test First Name >>
What an incredible Spring we’ve had at the Mendocino Coast Humane Society! Thanks to you, our volunteers, and sponsors our Second Annual Pup Palooza and Third Annual Pink Party were a resounding success! Our team and shelter dogs were overjoyed to get to gather with our community in person for a weekend of fun activities, delicious food, celebration, and fundraising! Thanks to the generosity of our volunteers, sponsors, and guests: were able to raise nearly $20,000 for our greatest areas of need, including. Read on for highlights from our festivities, available pets, adoption success stories, and an exciting new Veterinarian job opening at MCHS!
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| Puppy + Kitten Season Are Upon Us:
Fosters Needed!
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As happens every Spring and Summer at MCHS, we find ourselves with an abundance of young babies who are in need of a calm and loving home-foster environment. Studies have shown that puppies and kittens who are fostered in home environment develop the necessary social skills with humans and other pets that increase their likelihood of being adopted. Fosters are crucial to our organization’s success. If you find yourself with room in your heart, home, and schedule, please consider signing up to foster below. MCHS provides you with all of the necessary food, equipment, and medical care to foster, you provide the extra TLC.
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| 2nd Annual Pup Palooza Was The Ulti-Mutt Dog’s Day Out!
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Our Second Annual Pup-Palooza, generously hosted by The Little River Inn, was the ulti-mutt dog’s day out! Our four footed friends, were treated to goodie bags furnished by Kong, Special-Tea from Mendocino Tea Company, and tasty Bark-cuterie with ingredients donated by Harvest Market, and paw-ticipate in agility trials and enrichment puzzles. Pet-Parents got to consult with Dog Trekker on the best places to travel with dogs, consult with Dr. Deb Sally, Veterinarian about health concerns, create works of art with Ellyn Boone, and communicate more deeply with their dogs with Carole Becker, Animal Communicator. Fallen Moon Photography was there to capture it all! Thank you to everyone who came out to play!
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Third Annual Pink Party
Raised $27,614 For Immediate Shelter Needs! Thanks To Our Sponsors + Donors!
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| Look At This All-Star Cast Of Local Businesses Who Contributed To Our Cause!
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We delighted in seeing everyone in their finest and pinkest Sunday best at the Third Annual Pink Party Fundraiser Brunch, generously hosted by The Little River Inn! Thank you to our Platinum Sponsors Family Tree Service and Little River Inn! We want to express our deepest gratitude to Cally Dym and her magnificent Little River Inn Team for helping us make year three a fete to remember! Special thanks to Charity Auctioneer, Tom Allman. Huge thanks to Board President, Jen Minnich, Vice President Jamie
Peters-Connolly,
Board Treasurer Tony De La Torre, aka DJ DLT for being our event superstars! Thank you to the fabulous Kendall Dean for delighting us with her soulful music. Thank you to all of our guests, volunteers, sponsors who contributed to our auction! Because of you, we were able to raise $27,614 to fund our most immediate areas of need, including:
$7,800 towards Max’s Estimated $12,000 Double Ear Ablation
$1,000 towards a new Veterinary Lap Top
$1,000 for 10 New Transfer Cages for The Coast Cat Project.
Missed the Pink Party but still want to help our cause? Donate below…
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| MCHS I.S.O. FULL TIME VETERINARIAN A.S.A.P. !!!
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After 7 years spent providing outstanding veterinarian care for our animals at MCHS, we are happy/sad to report that Dr. Clare Bartholomew will be leaving our community, and MCHS, to live closer to family, and to start a family of her own. Mendocino Coast Humane Society is seeking a FULL-TIME VETERINARIAN to care for our shelter animals and lead our low-cost community clinic in Fort Bragg, California. This is a hands-on, meaningful role in a community with very limited access to veterinary care. This position is for a primary provider of spay-and-neuter services on the coast while also overseeing the medical care of animals in our shelter.
We're a small AND mighty organization dedicated to improving the lives of our Mendocino Coast animals and the humans who love, advocate for, and protect them. We are hoping to find the perfect person to help us continue this important mission. Know a Veterinarian who dreams of living on the Mendocino Coast and being of service to the community? MCHS will pay relocation fees, and assist with resourcing housing. Please share our listing for this career opportunity, linked below…
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| Upcoming Events You Don’t Want To Miss:
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| Summmer ‘26 Kick-Off! First Friday, June 5th, Meet + Greet Adoption Event, Larry Spring Commons, 3 PM- 7PM
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Come meet our most adorable and adoptable Shelter Dogs, First Friday, June 5th, from 3 PM to 7 PM at the Larry Spring Commons, 225 E Redwood Ave. Even if you’re not looking to adopt at this moment, this is a great opportunity to meet other animal lovers, help socialize our shelter pups with this outing, and take in the excellent art and food Downtown Fort Bragg has to offer!
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| Dine Out Fundraiser: Ledford House, Thurs, June 11, 4:30-8:30
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The Ledford House is a true Mendocino icon. For over 30 years Executive Chef Lisa Geer and her Husband, Maitre De, Tony Geer, and their staff have welcomed locals and visitors alike into their gorgeous ocean view restaurant in Albion, CA, offering delicious French Provincial meets Californian Cuisine, local wines, creative cocktails, live jazz, and unparalleled hospitality. Many of us at MCHS have spent our most memorable ocasions at The Ledford House: prom dinners, engagement and graduation celebrations, anniversaries, or “just because”- The Ledford House treats each guest like they are a combination of royalty and family. We can’t wait for this dine out!
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| Rock, Our Brave Lake County Shelter Rescue, Still In Need of A Loving Foster/Home
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Rock was transferred to MCHS from the Lake County Shelter/North Bay Animal Services neglect crisis back in February . Our shelter staff and visitors fell in love with Rock’s angelic calm and sweetness from the moment he walked in our doors, and frankly we’re surprised he hasn’t been adopted already. Rock has Cushing’s Syndrome, a manageable adrenal condition, and will need daily medication for the rest of his life. The good news is an amazing member of our community has already stepped up to cover the cost of his medication, and his adoption fee is being sponsored as well!
Rock came back to our shelter from his temporary foster a couple of weeks ago, not because he did anything wrong. Not because his foster family didn’t love him. They did! But their home has a two-dog limit, and the landlord had only approved fostering Rock temporarily. Because of his gentle, sensitive nature, we feel the noise of day-to-day shelter life isn’t the proper environment for a dog with an adrenal condition to rest, recuperate, and thrive.
What Rock truly needs is a person willing to give him a peaceful home life full of stability, patience, and love. This giant marshmallow of a dog is good with other dogs, has done well around children, and seems fine with cats. He is gentle, loving, and has perfected the art of the heart-melting, inquisitive head tilt. He deserves more than bouncing back and forth between places while he waits for someone to choose him. Rock urgently needs either a foster or, even better, a forever home. Please consider fostering or adopting Rock, or sharing his story with friends. He deserves a peaceful loving home life where he can continue to rest, recuperate, and truly thrive!
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Cutie Pie is one of two dogs left of the eight MCHS rescued from the Clear Lake Shelter, in February, during the North Bay Animal Services neglect crisis. She is a loving, sweet, energetic dog with one of the softest, shiniest coats we've ever seen! She gets on well with other dogs, and in a testament to the resilience of the canine spirit, loves people and is always excited to meet new friends! She is currently in foster care, where she is working on leash training and basic commands. Fill out an adoption application today, or call MCHS to learn more about his wiggly bundle of joy! Her adoption fee is being waived/sponsored by Paws4Love.
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Here’s a sneak peak at some of the adorable kittens who will be available for adoption once they’ve been spayed/neutered. If one has captured your heart already, you can go ahead and fill out our catch-all Cat adoption form, and mention your preferred kitten in the body of your message
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| ADOPTION SUCCESS STORIES!
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That’s all the news that’s fit to print for May! We’ll send you more news in June! T.T.F.N.!
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