News from the White County Humane Society

Season’s Greetings from the members of the White County Humane Society!

I’d like to begin by thanking everyone that came out to support our Fall Yard Sale this past month.  Whether you shopped, made donations of items for sale, helped with set-up/clean up, or helped wait on customers during the actual sale, you all contributed to making our sale a big success.  We’d like to extend a special thanks to the members of the White County JROTC who came by Wednesday afternoon and helped set up tables and transport boxes, furniture, etc to the American Legion, where our sale was held.  We’re so fortunate to have such fine young people in our community.  Their parents, mentors and teachers can all be proud of them.  We took in $1,095 from the sale.  This included sale of actual items, as well as monetary donations made by our customers.  These funds will be used to help fund Spay/Neuter surgeries for families that have rescued a dog or cat, or who don’t have the resources to fix a family pet.

Speaking of funds, it may interest you to know that 97% of our income, whether it be from grants, donations or fundraising, is used for our primary mission, spay/neuter assistance.  The other 3% is used to pay insurance, registration and maintenance on our van, which we use to make our monthly transports to low-cost clinics, for our post office box, and for fees paid to the State of TN to maintain our non-profit status.  All of our administrative supplies, advertising, gas costs, etc are donated by our board members.  We are truly a “no frills” organization.

During November, we funded 96 spay/neuter surgeries.  This included 53 cats and five dogs that we transported to low-cost clinics in Lebanon and Dunlap, and an additional 10 dogs and 28 cats that were fixed at private veterinary clinics or at the Major Mike Shipley S/N Clinic, in Cookeville.  This brings our 2025 total to 1,026 surgeries funded…26 over our goal of 1,000…and we still have December to go! 

During November we took in $267 from the sale of aluminum cans.  Many thanks to our supporters who continue to donate their aluminum cans.  You can drop your cans in our chain link cage, located at 390 Sewell Dr. (across from the hospital.)  A gentle reminder…we cannot take tin, glass, plastic, or other recyclable items.   

We’re always looking for ways to raise money to support our spay/neuter efforts.  Recently, we partnered with One Heart Apparel to sell t-shirts and sweatshirts that carry our logo, as well as information on the positive aspects of Spay/Neuter.  These shirts come in a wide variety of styles and colors, and can be ordered online by visiting our Facebook Page, White County Humane Society TN.  Purchasing a shirt is a great way to support our organization and promote spay/neuter. 

We’re proud to announce that we’ve been awarded a grant in the amount of $10,000 from the Two Mauds Foundation.  “Two Mauds” was founded by a retired physician from New York City who had a special place in his heart for animals in the rural South.  The majority of the grant money awarded by his foundation goes to small rural programs such as ours.  We’re very fortunate to have their support.  In addition, we’ve received a $1,000 matching grant from the Williamson Co S/N Coalition.  This group makes an annual donation of $1,000 to our program, if we can match that amount by holding fundraisers.  Last year, we spent $58,700 funding spay/neuter surgeries.  As you can see, grants such as these are a great help in keeping our program going.

If you need assistance having your pet spayed or neutered or are interested in learning more about our organization, please call us at 931-935-8377, or visit our Facebook page, White County Humane Society TN.  We’re always looking for new members who would be interested in helping with this worthwhile cause.  We meet the second Monday of each month at 3 p.m., at White County Library.  Please think about joining us.