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Best of the Best Taber Lost Paws build is finished BY STAN ASHBEE
ALBERTA NEWSPAPER GROUP An official “Operation Day” for the new Taber Lost Paws Society
animal shelter is slated for mid-February. The new building is located in north Taber, just east of Safe Haven. “That’s huge news for us. We’ve been fundraising for two years
now. We’ve actually got to the point where our building is just on its completed stages. We’re still needing a little bit more work done in the spring, when the weather is nice like the sidewalk in front of the building, the cement work in all of the outdoor ken- nels and the walls for the outdoor kennels,” noted society Presi- dent Carolyn Terpstra. “We don’t need every little thing done to be operational because
the kennels will be completed. If there are dogs available in the community bylaw has to bring in, the building will be completed
for the dogs,” Terpstra added. Thanks to fundraising efforts, the society has
been able to fulfill a long-term goal. One recent fundraising initiative was the society’s Lost Paws calendar. “We only started off with 500 last year. We
sold around 450. It’s a really good fundraiser for us. We actually increased our numbers up to 750 this year,” said Terpstra, adding calendar sales started in November 2020. “We still have some left. We’re probably down to the last 150. We’re trying to really push that and trying to get those done, so we can get all the fundraised money from the sales of this calendar. We have them in some of the local businesses. Members of the executive also sold the cal- endars and it is being sold on the society’s Facebook page. “It was just really trying to
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There’s always some unexpected costs here and there, Terpstra
pointed out. “We really rely a lot on our community to help with support. Some people have donated their time, some people have given us donations, we’re still applying for grants. We’re still doing a lot to keep raising money for the facility. We want it to be successful and we want to have it completed.” Plans are in the works for an official grand
opening of the new facility in the spring or early summer. “That way the perimeter fencing will be com-
plete and the outdoor kennels will be complete and landscaping to make it look like a nice little dog facility for our community,” Terpstra said. “I’m sure it will get well-used.” Terpstra said the society also has a 50/50 draw fundraiser this
month that can be accessed through its social media pages. Right now, Terpstra encourages Taber Lost Paws volunteers to
help fill in some time slots to help feed and walk the dogs, since there is currently no outside perimeter fencing.
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