Last Update Aagust 13, 2008
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Our next
meeting will
be Monday, September 8,
2008 , at 6 p.m. at Christ Lutheran Church at 200 West Larch
in Libby. Please use back door. A Board
Meeting will follow if necessary. Minutes
from our last meeting. We have lots of fund raisers and activities and would love to have your help. From sitting at a table handing out literature to selling hot dogs - have we got a job for you. E-mail if you can help.
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| An anonymous donor has offered a $20,000 matching grant to KPFL to build a new shelter. Any money raised by August 2008 will be matched dollar for dollar up to $20,000. This is a tremendous opportunity to get the building started and enclosed before winter. Donations may be mailed to P.O. Box 1454, Libby, MT 59923. If you have questions please call the Shelter and leave a message and we will get back to you. 406-295-kpfl(5735). So far we have raised about $19,000 to apply to the matching grant. This is just the beginning and will help us get the bare bones of a building going so we will need to continue our fund raising activities for each step of the process. |
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Since the end of 2005 we have taken in, spayed or neutered, brought up to date on meds, and adopted out 1178 animals! Your Donations of time, money or supplies to Kootenai Pets for Life have made this all possible. Thank You! |
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We are selling raffle tickets for a quilt wall hanging donated by the Libby Quilt Guild, a radio/CD player donated by Chuck & Wilma Dotson and a watch donated by. The drawing for these items will be held during Nordicfest in September. If you have not been contacted and would like to buy or sell raffle tickets, please call Carol at 293-3435. A rummage sale is being planned August 16th in Troy at McDougalls storage unit. We had too much to move at the previous sale, whew!!! Big thanks to Connie & Terry Holthaus and Carol McAllister for making so many trips between Libby & Troy hauling things. Bill Colvin is hosting Hoggs & Pawws Kootenai Pets for Life Fund Raiser in Troy on August 29-31. Live music all weekend. For reservations and more information call 1-406-295-9126 Pizza Hut is planning a fund raiser night for KPFL and the hospital is also having a Blue Jeans day for us. We are starting to plan the Bow Wow Bash which is our big fund raiser dinner/auction held in October. If you have items to donate for the auction or would be able to help in the planning and set up of the event, please call Carol at 293-3435. Nordicfest is coming up and we are again planning to man the food booth at J.Neils Memorial Park - The Internation Fjord Horse Show. Call Carol McAllister if you can help at 293-3435. |
This
is our current Shelter located in the old Troy Animal Shelter
which the City of Troy has so kindly let us use since our start
in 2005. We have received word that we must be out of the building
early 2008 so it can be town down and the land used for something
else. We desperately need a new facility. |
The Libby
City Council has approved a signed lease agreement that allows
us to move ahead with plans for a new sheeter. We are in the
process of seeking financing and starting preparation of the
site to build a new shelter. We are looking for financing and/or
donation of materials, supplies, and laborers to make this, much
needed , humane dream come true. Do you have a special skill that can be used in building the Shelter? Concrete? Framing? Roofing? Can you donate money (tax deductible) to the KPFL Building Fund, Box 1454, Libby, MT 59923 or call (406)293-6407. |
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Thanks to Terry Odewaldt we now have a perk test and a water test taken at the building site for a new Shelter - Fall 2008 |
Universal Drilling drilled a well at the new Shelter site. It is 100 feet deep and is 18 gallons per minute. A log will have to be filed with the State but first a physical address will have to be assigned to the site. The well will be filed as City of Libby/Kootenai Pets for Life - January 2008 |
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| Another step along the way - Can you help? | |
| Northfork Forestry - Tom Horelick clearing the area required for the building. May 2008 | Kootenai Pets for Life and Thrivent Financial for Lutherans held a Join Hands Day connecting youths and adults in neighborhood volunteering. Thrivent supported this event with a $500.00 donation to be utilized for a youth Eagle Scout project to construct a utility shed on the building site. - June 7, 2008 |
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PLEASE send us your adoption stories and photos so we can post them on the web. The volunteers at the shelter remember each and every animal and love to hear their stories. You can see photos of all the pets available for adoption here. |
| This is Lucky. What an appropriate name this dog has! Pictured here with his owner's grandson. Lucky boy too! Read more of his story here. | |
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| If you have
any animals that you wish to have spayed or neutered, and you
need assistance with this, please call Judy at 293-4936. Anyone wishing to take the animals themselves, may still get in on the low cost service if the appointment is made through KPFL. Those who can afford to pay a local vet for the operation are asked not to take advantage of this offer since it is designed for those who would not be able to alter their pets without this help. Our goal is to end the need for euthanasia at the county shelter because of overpopulation. With the help of all pet owners, we can reach that goal soon. |
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| For information on the facts of spaying & neutering, click here. |
| We would welcome any ideas you have to improve our meetings, our shelter, our fund raisers, recruiting volunteers, our web page - anything! |
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