Updates, Changes and New Opportunities Save P.A.W.S Program

One year ago, almost to the day, the Blaine County Journal published an article for the local animal shelter in Chinook. P.A.W.S was ready to close its doors if they couldn’t find reliable volunteers. Starting over 25 years ago, the idea that our animal shelter might face closing was shocking. I contacted Bonnie Weber and asked what could be done. Volunteer. That was the only answer. They needed people in seats, or in kennels as it were.

I attended a board meeting and the very next day I was sweeping kennels, playing fetch and trying to entice more people to do what was needed. In September of...