Category Archives: Volunteer

Community Embraces County Animal Shelter’s Saturday Hours

By Bob Gordon, FOTAS Director of Communications It is Saturday morning at the shelter, and everyone is making final preparations before the doors open at 11:30 sharp. The cats and […]

The Stars come out at the Aiken County Animal Shelter

By Joanna Dunn Samson, Vice President of FOTAS Last weekend the stars were out at the Aiken County Animal Shelter, where many of the resident Stars came out to walk […]

FOTAS partnership with PetSmart boosts shelter cat adoptions

By Bob Gordon, FOTAS Communications Director Audie Murphy, Felix, Tiffy, Avalon, Kiki, Pip and Pickles are each in their own cat carrier after being examined, vaccinated, microchipped, and given a […]

Strictly a labor of love, part 2: Volunteering at the shelter

By Joanna Dunn Samson, Vice President of FOTAS Caroline Simonson and Sandra Proctor walk dogs at the Aiken County Animal Shelter four times a week, as does Ellie Joos, who […]

Strictly a labor of love

By Joanna Dunn Samson, FOTAS Vice President Volunteering at an open admissions shelter is strictly a labor of love, particularly in a place like Aiken County where intake runs consistently […]

Business Community Rallies for County’s Homeless Animals

By Edie Hubler, FOTAS Director As Jeri Barrett, owner of Herbal Solutions, remembers it, a little brown and white hound dog named Mae was the spark that inspired “Hang One […]