Lake Country SPCA

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NEW WEBSITE

Lake Country SPCA has a new website. http://www.lakecountryspca.com/ Come and take a look around. It's new, so we still have quite a bit to add. Be patient with us, we're learning.

THERAPUTIC FOSTER HOMES NEEDED

The Lake Country SPCA has some animals, both cats and dogs, who are in need of temporary foster homes where they can learn what it's like to be loved, held and played with. We do our best here to socialize each and every animal, but some come in so scared and damaged that only one on one work will help them recover from what they've been through. This is not long term foster care, this is socialization and behavioral work to aid the animal in becoming happier, healthier and more adoptable. If you are interested in helping with this program, please contact the SPCA at 434-374-8076 or stop by the shelter at 7577 Hwy. 58 in Clarksville, next to Ace Hardware. IN ADDITION, we also have some dogs who have been with us for years, who are wonderful loving animals, but sadly, due to age over 3-5 years, breed, or medical conditions, are unlikely to ever be adopted. They need loving, long term foster homes. LCSPCA takes care of living and medical expenses. For more information, please contact Pam at the shelter 434 374-8076.

NEW HOURS OF OPERATION

Lake Country SPCA is happy to announce it's new hours of operation. We are now open Wednesday thru Saturday from 8am-4pm. Sundays from 10am-4pm and Mondays from 8am-2pm. We are closed on Tuesdays. We may not always be able to answer the phone when we call, but we are there. Please stop by in person. We love to meet new people. We are located on Business 58, right next to Ace Hardware and across the street from the Blue Collar Cafe.

Who We Are

Lake Country SPCA, founded in September 2002, is a non-profit, no-kill animal rescue group based in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. Our organization is run completely by volunteers dedicated to the well being of companion animals. Since our pemanent facility is in the planning stages, all animals in the custody of LCSPCA are housed in foster homes or at our temporary shelter location at 7577 Hwy. 58, Clarksville, or at our Sanctuary location managed by our members. In addition to fostering rescued animals, our members also administer medications, assist with transportation for medical treatments and spay/neuters, rescue animals in need, help with state required paperwork, organize fundraising, administer our programs and respond to calls on our telephone help line, 434-374-8076.

Coming Events

Please watch the pet of the week and coming events sections of the local newspapers for the date of our next general meeting.

April 25th. Putt for Paws. Kinderton Country Club

LCSPCA News

Sponsor a Cage

You can help our animals by participating in the Lake Country SPCA Sponsor a Cage program. Your sponsorship donation will contribute significantly toward funding the cost of caring for the animals at LCSPCA. Cage sponsorship is a great way for you to help all the animals you would love to take home, but can’t.

Our annual sponsorship rates are $50 for a cat cage and $75 for a dog run. Your cage will have a special 4x6 plaque with the wording of your choice. Please contact us if you are interesting in participating. Mail donations to LCSPCA at P.O. Box 14, Clarksville, VA 23917 and give the information you would like on your plaque. If you would like to make a straight donation to us, we also have gift cards we can mail you or whomever you are making a donation in the name of. We have cards for "in memory of," or "in honor of," for example.

Two uncontrolled breeding cats, plus all their kittens and their kittens' kittens, if none are ever spayed / neutered: 1st year: 12 2nd year: 66 3rd year: 382 4th year: 2201 5th: 12,680 6th: 73,041 7th year: 420,715 8th year: 2,423,316 9th year: 13,958,290 You can help end this needless tragedy. Please spay or neuter your pets and pass the word along.

Help Desperately Needed with Expense

The task of keeping the living spaces of the animals at the Sanctuary and the Co-op is a monumental job that must be done 7-days a week come rain or shine.

When there were only a couple of dozen dogs and a few cats in our custody, the job was manageable with the help of a few volunteers. Now that that number has grown to over a 100 dogs and over 100 cats, using only volunteer labor is no longer possible. As a result, it was necessary to hire a person to clean and feed all the animals at both locations 6-days a week. This is an expense that LCSPCA had hoped to avoid for some time to come.

We are now asking our members and friends for help with this unavoidable and unforeseen expense. You can help by pledging a tax-deductible dollar amount each month to help offset the expense. Payments can be made monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, or annually.

If you can help, please send your name, address, the monthly amount pledged, and your check payable to LCSPCA and mail it to LCSPCA, PO Box 14, Clarksville, VA 23927. If you have any questions, please call 434-374-8076. The Dogs and Cats say, "Thank you!"

Attention Food Lion Shoppers

If you shop at Food Lion, there is a simple way to help raise money for LCSPCA that won't cost you a penny. All you have to do is go online to www.foodlion.com and register your MVP card to benefit LCSPCA. This must be done every fall for LCSPCA to continue to receive these benefits. If you don't have a card, you can sign up for one here also. It is very simple and only takes a few minutes. Here are detailed instructions.

Go to www.foodlion.com
From the menu on the left, click on fundraising
Under fundraising, click on register your MVP card
On the next screen, click select organization
In pop-up box, select VA as state
Select Clarksville as city
Select Lake Country SPCA under organization and click OK
Click add MVP card
Enter your 12 digit card number from the back of your MVP card along with the other information it requests, then click next (if you don't want to give your phone number, you can enter 4349999999)
The information you entered will appear on the next screen in case you need toedit any information
If everything is correct, click finished

Once you have registered, a portion of your grocery bill will be donated to LCSPCA. You can visit the Food Lion website for more information on this program. Please remember that your card must be re-linked each fall. Please tell everyone you know about this opportunity.

SPCA Instills Respect For Pets In Children

Teaching children the responsibility of caring for all creatures is one of the many goals of the Lake Country SPCA. The Adopt-A-Classroom Program is aimed at funding this important initiative and community groups, businesses and individuals are already on board.

The donations make it possible for Lake Country SPCA to provide classrooms in all six elementary schools in Mecklenburg County and the Kindergarten classrooms at Brunswick Academy with a children's newspaper entitled KIND News and other materials focused on helping instructors encourage good character in their students. The award-winning newspaper teaches children about kindness and respect for people, animals, and the environment through articles, activities, short stories, projects and puzzles.

During the summer months, Rhonda Alexander and Shelly Moore, LCSPCA volunteers, discussed the program with Mecklenburg County elementary school principals and teachers to coordinate which classrooms would participate.

Each $30 tax-deductible contribution provides a K-6 teacher and his/her classroom with 32 copies of KIND News and a teacher's guide for every month of the school year. Teachers receive KIND Teacher, a resource book of reproducible worksheets. The Adopt-A-Classroom Program also includes KIND identification cards for students, a classroom poster and a calendar of fun facts and tips on how to help and protect people, animals and the environment.

If you would like to sponsor a classroom or if you need more information about the Adopt-A-Classroom Program, please contact Lake Country SPCA at 434-374-8076 or email us at lakecountryspca@yahoo.com.

How You Can Help LCSPCA

Items Needed

Due to the rapidly growing number of animals in our care, LCSPCA is having a difficult time providing for all their needs. We are particularly in need of the following:

Old sheets, blankets, towels, pet beds, etc. for cats and dogs to sleep on.
We have many dogs that need dog houses. We can buy a large dog house for about $36. We would appreciate any donations toward dog houses or any used dog houses you may have.
Purina Kitten Chow

We can also use gently used items items, such as carriers, crates, cages, collars, hard toys, leashes, beds, stainless steel food bowls, etc. that you may not need anymore .

Volunteers Needed

LCSPCA is trying to organize a list of volunteers for different tasks and need your help. As you know, this organization relies solely on welcome new volunteers to get EVERYTHING done. Some of them are overworked and need a break.

There are so many things you can do to help. Cleaning cages not your thing? How about helping out by volunteering at a fundraiser or coordinating volunteers to work at a fundraiser, or walking or playing with dogs or socializing them or cats?

Do you have your own website? Post a link to Petfinder.com or pets911.com on you website. This will help advertise the pets available for adoption.

Do you enjoy working with children? Join our Education Committee. All our committees (Fundraising, Publicity, Education, Membership, etc.) could use ideas and workers.

If you are able to help,
Email lakecountryspca@Yahoo.com

Adopting a friend

LCSPCA strives to find a good home for every animal in our care. All of our animals are located at our shelterat 7577 Hwy. 58 in Clarksville , or our temporary sanctuary location, or in foster homes throughout Mecklenburg County. In order to have a volunteer who is knowledgeable about our pets and able to assist you in choosing the best companion animal for your family, please call LCSPCA at 434-374-8076 to make an appointment to meet a dog or Kim at 434-865-6054 if you are interested in meeting a cat. The old Cooperative Supply building beside Clarksville Ace Hardware on Hwy 58 West in Clarksville is the place to meet up with one of our volunteers and see some of the animals. Our adoption policy, spay/neuter programs, ect. will be discussed with you at that time. Adoption donation for a dog is only $75, and a cat is only $40. For this donation, the animal is spayed or neutered and provided all shots, including rabies, making the adoption economical and hassle free. Many other shelters in the surrounding areas ask for donations double, triple or even quadruple that. With these low donation requests, we hope to move as many pets into permanent homes as possible, while still being able to cover basic operating expenses.

Lake Country SPCA
PO Box 14
Clarksville, VA 23927
Phone: 434-374-8076

Email: LakeCountrySPCA@Yahoo.com
Click here for a list of pets at this shelter

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