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Clear the Shelters Campaign 2024 -- Sunday July 28th, 2024 Hancock County Humane Society is a participating shelter in the 2024 “Clear the Shelters” campaign! NBCU LOCAL’S ‘CLEAR THE SHELTERS’ PET ADOPTION & DONATION CAMPAIGN RETURNS FOR 10th ANNUAL CAMPAIGN AUG. 10 TO SEPT. 10 ‘Clear The Shelters’ Has Helped More Than 1 Million Pets Find New Homes & Raised Millions of Dollars for Shelters Since 2015 NBC & Telemundo Stations Across the Nation Partnering with Animal Shelters & Rescues for Milestone Initiative Visit ClearTheShelters.com to Find Participating Shelters or Donate Online from Aug. 1 to Sept. 30
NEW YORK – (June 25, 2024) – Clear The Shelters, NBCUniversal Local’s nationwide pet adoption and donation initiative – which has helped more than one million pets find new homes and raised millions of dollars for participating animal shelters and rescues since its 2015 inception – is returning for its milestone 10th annual campaign this Aug. 10 to Sept. 10. As part of the monthlong 10th anniversary Clear The Shelters, NBC and Telemundo stations across the nation are partnering with animal shelters and rescues in their communities to promote pet adoption and raise critical funds for participating shelters and rescues. To celebrate the campaign’s 10th year, the fundraising period has been extended to begin Aug. 1 and close Sept. 30. The 2023 Clear The Shelters campaign led to more than 158,000 adoptions – lifting the all-time adoption total past one million – and raised over $575,000. More than 1,400 shelters and rescues representing 49 states and territories, including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam – along with 152 NBC and Telemundo stations – participated in last year’s campaign Aug. 1 to 30. “Surpassing the one millionth all-time adoption last year and now celebrating our 10th campaign are not just milestones, these numbers help quantify the incredible support Clear The Shelters has received from communities around the nation and the impact it’s had on vulnerable animals and the shelters that care for them,” said Meredith McGinn, NBCUniversal Local’s Executive Vice President of Diginets & Original Production. “It’s a privilege to partner with participating shelters, affiliate stations, Hill’s Pet Nutrition and our employees, to continue to grow and expand this great initiative.” Hill's Pet Nutrition, a global leader in science-based pet nutrition, is returning as the national sponsor and partner of Clear The Shelters for the seventh consecutive campaign. Campaign fundraising will again be led by Greater Good Charities, a global nonprofit and longtime campaign partner. Donations can be made Aug. 1 to Sept. 30 at ClearTheSheltersFund.org. Through the online donation platform, built by Fundraise Up, donors have the option to cover transaction fees so that 100 percent of the funds go directly to the shelter or rescue of their choice. Hill's Pet Nutrition and The Animal Rescue Site provide additional funds to The Clear The Shelters Fund. The Dodo , a leading animal and pet brand, will serve as a media partner for the eighth campaign. Fundraising totals and the number of pet adoptions will be announced after the conclusion of the campaign. For more information on Clear The Shelters, including participating animal shelters and rescues, along with details on local events, visit ClearTheShelters.com and the Spanish-language site DesocuparlosAlbergues.com. Follow Clear The Shelters on social media:
About Clear The Shelters About NBCUniversal Local NBCUniversal Local, part of NBCUniversal News Group, is comprised of more than 50 media properties, including local TV stations and regional sports networks that deliver English and Spanish-speaking audiences in 30 U.S. markets and Puerto Rico comprehensive news, weather, consumer and investigative reporting, lifestyle and entertainment content and live sports coverage across television, streaming and digital platforms. NBCUniversal Local consists of three individual media groups – NBC Owned Television Stations, NBC Sports Regional Networks and Telemundo Station Group – plus multicast networks COZI TV and TeleXitos, regional cable news network NECN, and 16 free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) channels – including 11 NBC local news, four Telemundo regional news channels and NBC LX Home. NBCUniversal Local also features NBC Spot On, an advanced CTV and OTT advertising platform; LXTV Productions; marketing and promotions company Skycastle; out-of-home business NBC Everywhere; and The Arthouse, a graphic design group.
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Community Foundation Awards Grant for Cages -- Monday May 27th, 2024
Floors for Felines Fundraising Drive -- Friday August 11th, 2023 Our shelter flooring needs to be replaced, and we need to raise $6000. Our older flooring (most installed in pieces in 2011) is now a challenge to clean, and that’s a necessity to keep our pets healthy and safe. Cracks, tears, and seams have gotten worse through the years as volunteers clean frequently and kitties find interesting new edges to play with! Our friends at the Community Foundation of Hancock County have made a generous grant to get us started, but we need YOUR help to meet the total costs of new flooring that will be a clean, sanitary and healthy environment for our pets and volunteers. Flooring will be replaced in the three rooms that the cats maintain as their home as well as our nursing mama and medical suites. We will also complete some related indoor building improvements during our closure. The total work is estimated at $15,000. All pets will need to be temporarily relocated in October while the flooring is being installed so this will result in reduced open hours, although we will continue specific hours available for our Community Pet Food Pantry. Please help make this project a reality, by donating via PayPal (link at top of this webpage), Facebook, mail, or in-person. Your donation will improve our shelter for many years to come, and we all thank you. #floorsforfelines
Clear the Shelters Campaign 2023 -- Tuesday August 1st, 2023
Hancock County Humane Society of Greenfield Has the Opportunity to Win Surprise Grants to
Greenfield, Indiana – (August 1, 2023) Greater Good Charities, Hill’s Pet Nutrition, and The Animal Rescue Site are joining NBCUniversal Local’s Clear The Shelters™ pet adoption campaign to help raise funds for registered animal welfare organizations across the country with weekly matching funds via ClearTheSheltersFund.org. From August 1 – 31, animal lovers are encouraged to visit the site to select and support an animal welfare organization of their choice including Hancock County Humane Society of Greenfield. Starting August 1st at 9am, $25,000 in matching funds from Hills Pet Nutrition will be given away. Details for additional matching funds each week will be provided weekly throughout the campaign. The Hancock County Humane Society is currently raising funds for new flooring that is badly needed in their animal shelter. The shelter houses an average of 45 cats and kittens, and is a private 501(c)3 nonprofit not affiliated with the Humane Society of the United States, run entirely by volunteers. You can learn more about them at www.hancockcountyhumanesociety.org . A donation can be made specifically for this shelter by clicking here . Currently, many animal shelters and rescue across the country continue to face economic hardships and major pet overpopulation issues. Donations like the ones made through the Clear The Shelters Fund help struggling animal welfare organizations to properly take care of the pets in their care. When donating to the Clear The Shelters Fund, donors have the option to cover transaction fees with their donation so that 100% goes directly to the shelter or rescue of their choice. This year’s donation page was built courtesy of Fundraise Up, an online donation platform that helps nonprofits grow revenue. Clear The Shelters™ / Desocupar Los Albergues® is an annual, nationwide pet adoption campaign that is spearheaded by NBCUniversal Local, a division of NBCUniversal. Every year, NBCUniversal Local’s NBC and Telemundo owned stations, plus affiliated stations, partner with animal shelters and rescues in their communities promote pet adoption and raise needed funds. NBCUniversal Local’s Clear The Shelters campaign was inspired by a 2014 North Texas pet adoption event hosted by NBC 5 / KXAS and Telemundo 39 / KXTX and dozens of area shelters that resulted in the most adopted pets in one day for North Texas. Since 2015, Clear The Shelters pet adoption campaign has resulted in more than 860,000 pet adoptions. Visit ClearTheShelters.com and DesocuparLosAlbergues.com for more information. About Greater Good Charities Greater Good Charities is a 501(c)(3) global nonprofit organization that works to help people, pets, and the planet by mobilizing in response to need and amplifying the good. Greater Good Charities, with a 100/100 rating on Charity Navigator, has invested more than $575 million in impact, including cash grants, in-kind supplies, and programmatic support, to charitable partners in 121 countries since 2007. To learn more about how Greater Good Charities is amplifying the good across the globe, please visit greatergood.org or follow Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and TikTok.
Meijer Community Giving Donates to Our Shelter -- Tuesday January 17th, 2023
A big thank you to the team members of the McCordsville Meijer, who selected our shelter to receive a $5,000 donation! The award letter from Meijer stated: "Enriching lives in the communities we serve starts with our teams. We recently challenged our McCordsville Team to work together as a diverse committee to research, nominate and vote on a local nonprofit organization to receive a special onetime donation from Meijer." We are grateful to the Meijer Community Giving program and their support of our shelter and mission. Pet Food Pantry Recognized with CFHC Grant -- Sunday January 15th, 2023
If you'd like to help us keep our pantry stocked for pet owners in need, we can always use donations of most brands of dog and cat foods, either dry or wet. Clear the Shelters Campaign 2022 -- Thursday August 4th, 2022
HANCOCK COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY JOINS
Monthlong 2022 Event to Promote Pet Adoption & Animal Welfare for 8th Consecutive Year Aug. 1 to 31
Visit ClearTheShelters.com to Adopt or Donate to a Shelter or Rescue in Your Community
The Hancock County Humane Society has joined NBCUniversal Local’s 2022 Clear The Shelters pet adoption and donation campaign Aug. 1 to 31. This is the eighth consecutive year NBC and Telemundo owned stations are partnering with affiliate stations and animal shelters and rescues to promote pet adoption and help raise funds to support animal welfare. Since its inception in 2015, Clear The Shelters has helped more than 700,000 pets find new homes.
The 2022 Clear The Shelters will again feature online donations through partners Greater Good Charities and The Animal Rescue Site, which will host fundraising and cover transaction fees so that 100 percent of donations go directly to shelters and rescues. Donations can be made to participating shelters or rescues during the campaign at ClearTheSheltersFund.org, which is also accessible via ClearTheShelters.com.
For more information on the 2022 Clear The Shelters, including participating shelters and rescues, along with details on local events and activities, visit ClearTheShelters.com and the Spanish-language website DesocuparlosAlbergues.com. Follow the effort on Twitter @ClearTheShelter, and on social media using #ClearTheShelters and #DesocuparLosAlbergues.
About Clear The Shelters Clear The Shelters™ / Desocupar Los Albergues® is an annual, nationwide pet adoption campaign that is spearheaded by NBCUniversal Local, a division of NBCUniversal. Every year, NBCUniversal Local’s NBC and Telemundo owned stations, plus affiliated stations, partner with animal shelters and rescues in their communities to host Clear The Shelters events. NBCUniversal Local’s Clear The Shelters campaign was inspired by a 2014 North Texas pet adoption event hosted by NBC 5 / KXAS and Telemundo 39 / KXTX and dozens of area shelters that resulted in the most adopted pets in one day for North Texas. Since 2015, NBCUniversal Local’s Clear The Shelters pet adoption campaign has resulted in more than 700,000 pets finding new homes. Visit ClearTheShelters.com and DesocuparLosAlbergues.com for more information. Community Foundation Grant Awarded -- Friday May 6th, 2022 Our shelter received an $8,065.00 grant from the Community Foundation of Hancock County to support our Animal Health and Welfare Fund! This grant money will be used for spay and neuter procedures, emergency medical treatment, and lifesaving surgeries for the kittens and cats at our shelter. Because of this, we will be able to continue to take in injured animals or those in need of medical care... doing this can add up to huge expenses for us, but the grant allows us to save more animals and return them to adoptable health. It will also aid us in continuing to reduce the pet overpopulation problem through spay/neuter of our pets. We are grateful to the Foundation for its generosity! Community Foundation Grant Awarded -- Tuesday July 6th, 2021 Our shelter received a $7,850 grant from the Community Foundation of Hancock County to support our Animal Health and Welfare Fund! This grant money will be used for the medical care and spay/neuter surgeries for the kittens and cats at our shelter. Because of this, we will be able to continue to take in injured animals or those in need of medical care... doing this can add up to huge expenses for us, but the grant allows us to save more animals and return them to adoptable health. It will also aid us in continuing to reduce the pet overpopulation problem through spay/neuter of our pets. We are grateful to the Foundation for its generosity! More information on the grant awards from the Foundation can be found in this article from our friends at the Greenfield Daily Reporter. Leo's Market Donates to our Shelter -- Friday July 2nd, 2021 THANK YOU to the employees of Leo's Market and Eatery, for their donation of $2,595 to our shelter! Leo's employees have a voluntary paycheck contribution program to donate back to their community, and Leo's matches their donations. That's huge, and we appreciate it so much! You can read more about their donation to us, and their Pride's Purpose Community Enrichment Fund, here.
WTHR 13 To the Rescue Features Our Shelter -- Tuesday June 1st, 2021 Our shelter was featured on WTHR Channel 13 morning and noon news programs today! If you missed the shows, you can see the story on their website by clicking here . Get a look at our shelter, our kitties, and our volunteers. Thanks to WTHR for this great opportunity to show people of Central Indiana what we do! Prize winners in the Adoption Story Challenge! -- Monday October 5th, 2020 We are excited to announce that our heart-warming adoption story, "Penelope and Orville: A Song for Many Voices", written by Kathleen Free, was one of the runner-up winners in the Clear the Shelters Adoption Story Challenge! Thanks to the generosity of the Animal Rescue Site and GreaterGood.org, our shelter will receive $1000 and $500 worth of pet supplies! Here are two great articles about the contest results: Greenfield Daily Reporter, October 5, 2020 WTHR, Indianapolis, October 8, 2020 The prize-winning story can be read here. Thanks to everyone who voted for our story, and helped a small shelter's story rise to the top! Clear the Shelters ADOPTION STORY CHALLENGE! -- Wednesday September 23rd, 2020
Click here to read our story - then vote (you can vote once a day through September 30th). Voting is free and easy. Your vote could help us win a great prize! You can also click here to read a wonderful article by our friends at the Daily Reporter, and learn more about the pets and people in this story. Thanks to the Clear the Shelters Campaign, The Animal Rescue Site, and GreaterGood.org for this opportunity! Grant Received from AdoptaPet.com and Advantage II -- Sunday August 16th, 2020 We are excited to announce that our shelter was one of 30 recipients in the "Little Acts, Big Help Advantage" grant program, an opportunity provided by AdoptaPet.com and Advantage II. The story of Scarlett, one of our shelter residents, resulted in a grant award from the Advantage II brand that has supplied us with 372 doses of Advantage II flea protection to treat our shelter residents, an award worth over $3,000! We'd like to thank the great people at AdoptaPet.com and Advantage II for their generosity. You can read more about the shelters who will benefit from this grant, here: "Clear the Shelters" Campaign in August! -- Friday July 31st, 2020 THIS AUGUST, “ADOPT & DONATE” TO HELP NBC AND TELEMUNDO OWNED STATIONS CLEAR THE SHELTERS NEW YORK – (July 1, 2020) – NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations (NBC and Telemundo owned stations) today announced that its Clear The Shelters pet adoption campaign will run from August 1 to August 31. To help individuals and communities continue to practice safe social distancing measures, the stations’ month-long “Adopt & Donate” effort will feature virtual pet adoptions and make it easy for people to donate online to participating shelters/rescues. This is the sixth consecutive year that NBC and Telemundo owned stations present their popular pet adoption initiative to communities nationwide. Since 2015, NBC and Telemundo owned stations’ Clear The Shelters campaign has helped more than 410,000 pets find new homes. Visit ClearTheShelters.com for more information. “As communities all across the country continue to practice social distancing, this year’s Clear The Shelters campaign will allow individuals to find their perfect pet through virtual platforms. Our partners WeRescue and 24PetWatch have great web and online tools that make it easy to find a pet and navigate the pet adoption process with shelters,” said Valari Staab, President, NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations. “If adopting a pet is not possible right now, our partners at GreaterGood.org have a great website where anyone can donate to shelters/rescues to help them continue their great work. We are excited for our NBC and Telemundo stations to present another memorable Clear The Shelters campaign this August.” This year’s Clear The Shelters’ “Adopt & Donate” campaign features returning partners WeRescue and GreaterGood.org, and new partner 24PetWatch. Users can use the WeRescue iOS app to locate adoptable pets near their zip code, submit their pet adoption applications through shelters’ websites, and ask questions directly to shelters. Individuals who are interested in donating to a shelter/rescue, please visit GreaterGood.org’s Clear The Shelters donation site ClearTheSheltersFund.org. In addition, 24PetWatch is enabling shelters to increase their exposure through 24Petshelter.com/cleartheshelter, a free website providing a full list of participating shelters and their adoptable pets along with a link to contact them. “From the beginning, the goal of the WeRescue app has been to help more people rescue the love of their lives at a nearby pet shelter. The app does this by making available over 70 filters to allow adopters to be very specific about the pet which will match their lifestyle. We are thrilled to once again partner with NBC and Telemundo owned stations for their month-long Clear The Shelters event, to make it easy for anyone to browse the pet listings in our app, pre-apply with a shelter before their visit, and find the right pet for them,” added Mark Wade, Founder and CEO, WeRescue. "GreaterGood.org is proud to partner again with NBC and Telemundo owned stations for their Clear The Shelters campaign to help thousands of homeless pets find loving homes across the U.S.," said Liz Baker, CEO for GreaterGood.org. "This year’s ‘Adopt & Donate’ focus will give animal welfare advocates the tools they need to save lives in two ways – by adopting a new furry family member, and by financially supporting animal shelters who need help now more than ever.” “We are proud to do our part to help shelters bring pet families together, in-person or virtually,” said Michelle Cole, 24PetWatch Chief Sales and Marketing Officer. Total funds donated to shelters/rescues and the total number of pets adopted from virtual platforms and any in-person adoption events will be announced by the NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations after August 31. Local stations working in partnership with their shelters/rescues may hold live events throughout August, if local conditions allow. Check ClearTheShelters.com for more information. Follow the effort on Twitter @ClearTheShelter, and on social media using the hashtags #ClearTheShelters and #DesocuparLosAlbergues. About Clear The Shelters Clear The Shelters™ / Desocupar Los Albergues® is an annual, nationwide pet adoption campaign that is spearheaded by NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations, a division of NBCUniversal. Every year, NBCUniversal’s TV stations (NBC and Telemundo owned stations), plus affiliated stations partner with local animal shelters and rescues in their communities to host Clear The Shelters events. NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations’ Clear The Shelters campaign was inspired by a 2014 North Texas pet adoption event hosted by NBC 5 / KXAS and Telemundo 39 / KXTX and dozens of area shelters that resulted in the most adopted pets in one day for North Texas. Since 2015, NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations’ Clear The Shelters pet adoption campaign has resulted in more than 410,000 pets finding new homes. Visit ClearTheShelters.com, DesocuparLosAlbergues.com for more information. About NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations is the division of NBCUniversal that includes 42 NBC and Telemundo local television stations and subsidiary digital businesses serving 30 markets, a regional news network, multicast networks COZI TV and TeleXitos, and LX, the division’s new TV/streaming network that serves adults 18-45, a group of out-of-home properties, a production company, an in-house marketing and promotions company. The local TV stations can be viewed in 38 percent of U.S. homes and in Puerto Rico and produce and deliver their local communities compelling and unique local news, real-time weather forecasts, consumer and investigative reports and entertainment programming across all platforms to help keep their English and Spanish-speaking audiences informed anytime and anywhere.
2020 Low-cost Vaccination Clinics begin soon! -- Thursday May 21st, 2020
Our Low-Cost Vaccination Clinics for dogs and cats will begin soon! Clinics with the local veterinarians you love are scheduled for June, July, and September 2020. For more information including locations and costs, click here: Low-Cost Vaccination Clinics Our Grand Re-opening! -- Friday February 28th, 2020 Our shelter is re-opening, and our Open House is in the news! It's been a tough few months, and we appreciate all the support we have received from our community. Our thanks to the Daily Reporter for their coverage - their article can be read below: Daily Reporter - February 28, 2020 Grant Awarded by Community Foundation -- Sunday June 16th, 2019 Community Foundation Grant AwardedHancock County Humane Society is honored to announce the receipt of a grant from the Community Foundation of Hancock County. The grant, in the amount of $6,902.75, will establish an Animal Health and Medical Fund. This fund will be used to pay for spay/neuter and medical expenses for pets in our community, and enable us to continue to rescue animals needing medical care that might otherwise be euthanized. Medical and spay/neuter expenses during our last fiscal year totaled $27,801, and this grant will increase the number of animals we are able to help. Our volunteers are grateful to the Foundation for its generosity, and we are excited about the opportunity to expand the services we can provide to our community!
Medical Expense Fund Drive -- Monday November 26th, 2018 Medical Expense Fund Drive: $21,700+. That's how much money the Hancock County Humane Society has spent already this year on medical expenses for the animals in our care, as we look for their furever homes. Can you help us? We'd like to raise $10,000 by the end of 2018. YOU can be part of the work we're doing for homeless pets in our community. Please donate today! Our Roof Replacement Begins! -- Sunday September 16th, 2018 Thanks to a grant from the Community Foundation of Hancock County, and many donations from companies and individuals, work is beginning this week to replace our leaking roof! Due to the construction equipment, visitors and volunteers will need to park on the street instead of our parking lot during the week of September 17th. We will also be unable to accept donations of aluminum cans during this time, due to the lack of storage. These inconveniences will hopefully be done soon. Thanks for your patience, and thanks to all of you who made it possible for us to maintain a safe facility for our pets! Our "Raise the Roof" Campaign is In the News! -- Monday April 30th, 2018 Our shelter's need for a new roof has made the local news in a big way! Our sincere thanks to the news organizations who have helped us spread the word about our situation. Please take a look at their coverage for more information: |
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