Have you ever worked on a jigsaw puzzle, whether as a child or an adult, and as you were close to finishing you realize that one piece could not be found?
Ah…the proverbial “missing piece of the puzzle.” Something essential, but absent.
With your support, we have done amazing lifesaving work for the animals in our community. Each year we take in hundreds of strays and owner-surrendered pets, care for them as if they were our very own, and we find each one a new loving, forever home. We also reunite lost pets with their worried and heartsick families.
We provide low-cost spay/neuter for the animals brought to our door, and we never turn away anyone in our community for lack of ability to pay. We administer low-cost rabies vaccinations for local animals, with two of the estimated 350 Certified Rabies Vaccinators in North Carolina on our staff.
Our community outreach programs include our free food pet pantry for families facing financial hardship.
For 10 years, my therapy canine partner Max and I made monthly visits to the seniors at Chestnut Hill. And our groundbreaking humane education program for children – the CHHS Critter Camp – has empowered local students to become the animal ambassadors of tomorrow.
As a no-kill shelter, we celebrate life and share unconditional love.
And yet, something essential seems…absent.
Not for long.
At our annual fundraising gala last month, CHHS made the announcement that we are beginning construction on our campus for the new Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society Veterinary Clinic. Open to the public five days a week, providing examinations, x-rays, lab tests, surgeries, dentals, pharmaceuticals and preventatives, and more.
The CHHS Veterinary Clinic has an estimated construction cost of $2.5 million and is projected to open on our 40th Anniversary in the Summer of 2027. You can join us on this lifesaving mission for the essential “missing piece” and together we will complete the animal welfare puzzle in our community. Please consider a generous tax-deductible contribution by visiting chhumanesociety.org/vetclinic.
All of us at CHHS are forever grateful and thankful for your compassion and support!
Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society is a 501(c)(3) non-profit animal welfare organization located at 200 Gable Drive in Sapphire, one-and-a-half miles east of the Cashiers Ingles in between Cedar Creek Club and Lonesome Valley on Highway 64. For more information call (828) 743-5752.
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