CCAPL -Carroll County Animal Protection League

Hi Animal lovers, member and friends,

Two very successful fund-raisers are now in the past. The August 1st, Dellroy Market event was awesome! Many thanks to Jerry Haynam for allowing us to be there. So many people gave donations, bought items we had for sale, and bought 50/50 tickets. The winner donated his half back to us!

Then on August 15th, Angela Townsend, owner of the Dellroy Drive-In graciously let us set up under the huge tree near the parking lot for another fund-raiser. We had great success with this one too! Haven't heard from the winner of the 50/50 yet to see if she wants the winnings or will donate them back to us. It was a hot day, but the large tree provided good shade. We sold all the baked goods, more cat and dog toys, and handed out a literature on our growing organization.

The photo shoot on Wednesday, July 12, was grand. Nancy Schaar from The Times-Reporter, Leigh Ann Rutledge of the Carrollton Free Press Standard, and Edward Hale from the Malvern/Minerva/Mr. Thrifty (also one of our members), came out to do the photo shoot on our land. Numerous members showed up for this exciting event for us! Thanks everyone. Some even brought their pooches too. That was great.

Thursday, July 13, members attended the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce "after hours" meeting. I gave a brief speech on our organization, members present helped with distributing literature and a survey on us, and we were given the proceeds of the 50/50 raffle sales! The winner, Lynn Bond, graciously gave us her half too! Awesome!

Friday around 1:30 p.m. one of our Directors, Joyce Ruble and myself, went to the WHBC radio station, 14.80 AM and 94.1 FM, on Market Ave. in Canton, Oh. Jeff Mears did a 15-minute radio interview on the CCAPL. I listened to it this morning. Flubbed around a little, gotta think and talk fast...but hopefully the presentation will generate some interest in our organization. Joyce did not want to talk so she let me do the talking. She's shy and was afraid she might flub up. Well, I did that for both of us!

We are moving along and still waiting for the "site plans" to be finished. They will go to the EPA and then after approval of the site plans, ODOT will tell us where the driveway has to be installed on the property. Things should shape up soon and we may be able to get the driveway in this year or possibly to it next spring. In the meantime, we will keep raising money towards expenses and obligations we have to meet.

Grant funding will be pursued as soon as we get all the intricate details needed regarding the shelter for grant writing.

That's all for now folks! Keep spreading the word about us and recruit members! Even if they are out-of-state, membership is vital to this organization's growth, and will also help us with grant writing!

Until next time,

Respectfully submitted by Eileen Rohrer, President CCAPL