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More Than a Shelter
Written By: David Stroud - Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society | Issue: 2017/09 - September
For 30 years the Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society has saved lives, provided compassionate care, and found forever homes for thousands of abandoned, abused and neglected animals in our community. But we are much, much more than just a no-kill animal shelter and adoption agency. Through our community outreach programs that make a positive difference in the lives of people as well as pets, we are a humane organization dedicated to making a society…humane.
Examples of our community outreach programs include humane education field trips for local schoolchildren to teach the importance of spay/neuter, responsible pet ownership and dog bite prevention; more than 15,000 pounds of free dog and cat food given each year through our pet pantry program to assist needy families and prevent them from surrendering their pet due to financial hardship; lifting the spirits and brightening the days of senior citizens in our community with our pet therapy program; low-cost spay/neuter for more than 500 animals each year and low-cost vaccination clinics in Cashiers and Highlands.
Yes, we save animals, give them the highest level of compassionate care, and find them loving, forever homes. But CHHS is much more than just an animal shelter. Many of us know the inspiring quote from Mahatma Gandhi: “The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.”
Gandhi knew all those years ago that kindness is not only what makes a society great. It is what makes a society…humane.
Established in 1987, Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society is a 501(c)(3) non-profit no-kill animal shelter that receives no state or county tax dollars, and no funding from any national animal organization. CHHS is located on Highway 64 in Sapphire, two miles east of the Cashiers Crossroads and is open 10:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.Monday through Saturday and noon to 5:00 P.M. on Sunday.
For more information, visit us online at www.CHhumanesociety.org or call CHHS at (828) 743-5752. Tax-deductible donations to support our lifesaving work can be mailed to: CHHS, P.O. Box 638, Cashiers, NC 28717.
