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Summer 2021
COMING OUT OF THE DARK
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Last year and the first half of 2021 the pandemic. We continued to Your light, your love and your support
contained many dark days, indeed. take in and give safe refuge to the for the animals, and for our mission,
So much was uncertain, unsettling abandoned, the neglected and the has always made our lifesaving work
and unprecedented. The COVID-19 abused. We reunited lost pets with possible. For the hundreds of animals
pandemic at times seemed to bring worried and heartsick families. We we have rescued this year and for
out the worst in mankind, but it also restored to full health the sick and the the thousands of animals we have
brought out the very best. We were injured. We gave them the highest saved since 1987, it has been your light
reminded of the powerful gift of level of compassionate care and the that has shown them the way home.
unconditional love we receive from promise of a new life. And we found
our pets, and many people discovered loving forever homes for hundreds of
that love for the first time. Our animals who never before had a home We truly feel that we are coming out of
adoptions and foster homes soared of their own, who had never before the dark. And we need your light, and
in numbers, while unfortunately our experienced the comfort of a soothing your support more than ever before.
fundraising opportunities vanished. voice, a gentle touch, a nutritious The stories and the pictures found in
meal and a safe place to sleep. the following pages are just a small
sample of what we do every day.
Yet we remained steadfast through And we pledge to never give up on
those dark and distressing times. Most In the midst of the darkness we knew the animals entrusted to our care. We
importantly, we never closed our the light would come. Because for 34 sincerely thank you for your support.
shelter to animals in need throughout years, that light has always been you.
This is why we do what we do.
From the President
of the Board of Directors
The challenges have been as an essential service, and
great, but the rewards therefore able to continue
have been even greater. with our mission of rescuing, Gary Maddox with his
CHHS has been navigating rehabilitating, reuniting or adopted CHHS shelter
through these unchartered finding new forever homes rescue dog, Willie.
828-743-5752 waters and everchanging for our canine and feline
www.chhumanesociety.org regulations surprisingly well. companions. We saw
P.O. Box 638 While fundraising efforts firsthand the dedication
Cashiers, NC 28717 had to be delayed and and commitment of our
and adoptions went up.
in some cases reinvented, employees to not let the
We are happy that we
Board of Directors the communities of standard of care decrease
could be there to make
President that happen. Most of our
Gary Maddox supporters know that we
“CHHS’s success depends on the sponsor two Gala events
Vice President goodwill and generosity of our a year and they are our
main source of revenue.
Earle Mauldin community and we cannot thank you The last three events had to
Treasurer
enough for your support.” be canceled. Our Board of
Directors has been working
Matt Cole tirelessly to put together
new and creative ways to
Secretary Cashiers and Highlands for our animals even
raise donations. We are
continued to provide though the staff had to be
MaryAnne Bond looking forward to seeing
their steady and caring reduced to the minimum
our many friends soon as
support throughout 2020 to survive the pandemic.
Keith Crawford we start to approach a
and into 2021. Increased It was a testimony to their
Dick Dickinson more normal lifestyle.
numbers of volunteers, commitment that they saw
Sieglinde Gillfillan foster home providers and this as a mission and not
Bill Gilmore dog walkers have helped just a job. We did have to Stay safe and stay healthy!
Julie Osborn tremendously. CHHS’s modify our procedures
Mark Quick success depends on the to comply with CDC
Courtney Scarborough goodwill and generosity guidelines and restrictions. Gary Maddox
of our community and we
Wade St. John
cannot thank you enough President, CHHS Board of
David Stroud for your support. As more and more people Directors
Butch von Weller started to work from home,
Pam Watson some discovered the joy
The rewards included and benefits of having a
STAFF: having been recognized furry companion
Executive Director
David Stroud
Shelter Manager
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CHHS is oftentimes referred to as “The Next-Best Thing to a Forever Home”. While they are in our care, dogs romp and
run in acres of outdoor play yards, and puppies play in the Bev & John Monaco Puppy Pavilion. Cats relax and roam
in cageless rooms and sunlit porches in the new CHHS Feline Adoption & Animal Care Center, and feline youngsters
scamper in the Sieglinde & Jack Gillfillan Kitten Nursery.
As a no-kill shelter, we never give up on the animals. Our shelter pets have all the time they need in “The Next-Best Thing”
until we can find for them “The Best Thing” – a forever home with loving human companions. Here are just a few of the
many CHHS residents who have found a forever home so far in 2021.
TITAN ARTHUR & GLENDA
ARRIVED AT CHHS: 10-YEAR-OLD DOG &
JANUARY 2018 10-YEAR-OLD CAT
ADOPTED: ADOPTED TOGETHER
APRIL 2021 ON THE SAME DAY!
ADOPTED:
JANUARY 2021
CHURCHILL IRMA
ARRIVED AT CHHS: ARRIVED AT CHHS:
AUGUST 2018 JULY 2020
ADOPTED: ADOPTED:
FEBRUARY 2021 JANUARY 2021
DAISY & SOPHIE AIKO
BONDED PAIR ARRIVED AT CHHS:
10-YEAR-OLDS SEPTEMBER 2020
RESCUED TOGETHER, ADOPTED:
ADOPTED TOGETHER! APRIL 2021
ADOPTED:
FEBRUARY 2021
VEGA MANDY
ARRIVED AT CHHS: ARRIVED AT CHHS:
JUNE 2020 JULY 2020
ADOPTED: ADOPTED:
MAY 2021 JANUARY 2021
89 in a Row! Beginning in early 2014, CHHS started a remarkable streak for the animals.
We have now found 20 or more forever homes every single month for 89 consecutive
months! And adopters during that streak have traveled from 23 different states to
come meet their new best friend at our shelter. We extend our heartfelt thanks to all
the CHHS Adopting Angels for opening their hearts and homes for the unconditional
love of a CHHS shelter pet!
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Critter Camp is Back!
After having to suspend our humane
education Critter Camp program last
year due to COVID -19, we were thrilled
to bring the program back beginning
in June 2021. All three weeks of the
summer day camp program this year
were completely booked within days of
opening up for registration. Our critter
campers are learning important skills
about responsible pet ownership, dog
bite prevention, and the importance
of spay/neuter, arming them with
the tools they need to be our animal
welfare ambassadors of tomorrow.
“The future of animal welfare really
doesn’t have much to do with Photo credit: Lance Matzke, Crossroads Chronicle & The Highlander Newspaper
animals. That may sound strange
but it’s true,” CHHS Executive Director David Stroud said. “The future
of animal welfare actually has ever ything to do with children. If
we teach children kindness towards animals, compassion for their
sur vival, and a respect for the habitat that we share… then it is not
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created a carload full, she we save and ca re fo r each
makes the 45-minute two- yea r, and this is just another
lane mountain road drive way you can help us help the
animals in need. Thank you!
from her home in Franklin to
our shelter in Sapphire. And
before she leaves, Pam is
quick to remind us to call her
before our blanket supply runs
low, and she’ll start on another
carful. In Pam’s humble
words: “I’m not physically
able to help with the animals anymore, but I can still sew”.
Pam does a lot more than sew. She inspires us and reminds us there are
good people in this world with a heart of absolute gold. Thank you Pam!
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And Then There Were 23...
With a national reach on adoption websites
such as Petfinder and Adopt-a-Pet, as
well as our own website, Facebook and
Instagram, it’s no wonder that responsible
pet owners travel from far and wide to
meet their new best friend at CHHS. Adding
to that is the national publicity the CHHS
Animal Rescue Team has received from our
work during puppy mill raids, hoarding and
cruelty cases, and natural disaster response.
(The CHHS Animal Rescue Team has been
featured on CNN, Good Morning America,
and other news outlets around the country.)
So it’s a little-known secret that adopters
from 22 different states have traveled to
CHHS to give our shelter pets a forever home.
Make that 23.
This past January,
Kathy and her
son made the 14-
U.S. map showing the 23 states where our adopters come from
hour drive from
Connecticut
just to meet our
shelter dogs. It was love at first sight for Scotty and Kathy. Scotty is a two-year-old Pit Bull
mix we rescued last summer after he was found wandering as a stray in Glenville. We
knew we would find Scotty a forever home but we never imagined this sweet dog would Scotty with his new
someday become a Connecticut Canine! Kathy has already checked in with us to let us forever mom
know they all arrived safely back, and Scotty is loving his new family and home. Thank you Kathy for traveling so far to
become a CHHS Adopting Angel and adding Connecticut to our growing map of CHHS shelter pet forever homes!
The Park on Main
Our innovative foster partnership with The Park on Main hotel in Highlands began in 2015. Our friends at this beautiful pet-
friendly hotel foster a dog from CHHS and allow the lucky pup to live in the lap of luxury, featuring among other things: a
private dog park, gourmet treats and orthopedic dog beds. In the past six years, dozens of CHHS
shelter dogs have met their new human companion while they were both guests at the hotel.
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, we had to temporarily pause the program for the
past year. So we were more than thrilled that Opie got to be the first CHHS pup to kick-start
the foster partnership back up again when he arrived at The Park on Main in March 2021.
Annnnndddddd… just like that, Opie found his forever home! Less than 48 hours after his arrival,
Opie was adopted. Just the latest in a long list of reasons why we absolutely love The Park on Main
and cherish the relationship we have with these amazing animal lovers. Thank you Park on Main!
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South Carolina Hoarding Rescue
For the second time in 14 months, the Cashiers-Highlands
Humane Society sent a team across the state line to South
Carolina to assist in a large-scale rescue. In January 2020, it was
to help save dogs in a massive, horrific puppy mill operation.
Most recently, the CHHS Animal Rescue Team was deployed
in March 2021 to help take in dogs from a heartbreaking
hoarding case.
More than 50 Chihuahua mixes were found roaming outside
and inside a mobile home in Belton, South Carolina after
a medical welfare check was requested on behalf of the
elderly owner of the property. While the condition of the
animals was not as dire as CHHS has dealt with in previous
rescues, local animal control officers on the scene
described the housing situation as deplorable. There
were multiple holes in the floor throughout the home
where sewage was seeping, and the floor itself was so
weak that rescuers had to walk on the exposed support
beams in the floor just to keep from falling through. Rats
were also prevalent throughout the home.
The Chihuahuas were taken to Anderson County PAWS where they were met
by representatives of CHHS. The CHHS Animal Rescue Team brought back 17
of the Chihuahuas to its no-kill shelter as well as 10 mixed-breed puppies from
the government-run shelter in Anderson. The 27 dogs ranged in age from 5 Please consider a
months to 10 years old. The rescued dogs underwent full medical evaluations tax-deductible gift to support
and received any and all necessary veterinary care, including three of the
our lifesaving work.
dogs who were heartworm positive. These brave canine survivors soon found
their new forever homes with loving, compassionate families.
By mail: CHHS, P.O. Box 638,
Cashiers, NC 28717
Low-Cost Rabies Vaccinations
Have you got your vaccination yet? No, not THAT vaccination… the To charge your donation with a
rabies vaccination for your pet! Getting your pet vaccinated against credit card: Please call
rabies is not only a good idea, it’s the law. North Carolina law requires
rabies vaccinations for dogs and cats by the age of four months. (828)743-5769
The rabies vaccine must be administered only by a veterinarian, a
registered veterinary technician under the direct on-site supervision
of a veterinarian, or a trained and certified rabies vaccinator. To donate online:
Visit our website
North Carolina has only about 350 certified rabies vaccinators in www.chhumanesociety.org
the entire state. Two of those 350 are on the staff of the Cashiers- and click on the red “Donate”
Highlands Humane Society! We can help keep your pets safe and in
button at the top right of the
compliance with North Carolina law. Rabies shots are just $10 and
include a rabies tag and completed rabies vaccination certificate. home page.
In addition to our low-cost spay/neuter program The $30 Fix, this is Thank you for your generous support!
just one more way that CHHS helps people take care of their pets.
Call (828) 743-5752 to make an appointment or for more information.
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From the Executive Director
Dear Friends of CHHS, more than half of the
annual funding we
“Starting again is part of the need to care for the
plan, and I’ll be so much animals. Due to social
stronger holding your hand.” distancing restrictions,
three consecutive
Those lyrics are from the Gloria galas have been
Estefan song “Coming Out of the cancelled. Your
Dark”. And here we are, starting generous contributions
again after more than a year of a helped soften the
pandemic that caused so much financial blow in 2020.
pain, suffering and loss. We did We’re still here, and
a lot of hand holding, and paw still serving as the
holding, these past 15 months or voice for the voiceless,
so. And we are stronger because now in our 34th year.
of it. When the “stay at home” Looking to the future,
orders went into effect, folks we feel “pawsitive”
spent more time than ever with and optimistic that
the animals in their households. better days are David Stroud with his pet therapy partner for the past 10
Others discovered the joy of ahead. We feel like years, puppy mill survivor Max
canine and feline companionship we’re coming out
to save, more souls to care for,
for the first time. I lost track of the of the dark. But we still need
and more forever homes to find.
number of people who told me, your help, now more than ever.
Max would want me to carry on.
“If I didn’t have my beloved pet
So little by little, day by day, I am
Please consider making a
coming out of that dark, too.
charitable donation to CHHS.
Every dollar counts and we
Thank you so much for your
appreciate every dollar donated.
“We’re still here, Most of all, we appreciate you
kindness, your compassion, and
and still serving as and we thank you for your support.
your support.
the voice for the For the Animals,
I said goodbye to my best friend
voiceless, now in our and therapy partner Max this past
34th year.” February. At the age of 13, I lost
him to cancer. The day before
he died, Max and I did one last
“bucket list” outing to see our
David Stroud, Executive Director
at my side during all this, I don’t friends at Chestnut Hill, the senior
Cashiers-Highlands Humane
know how I could have made it.” assisted living community in
Society
Highlands where we have visited
If we didn’t have you at our side for the past decade. I cannot
during this pandemic, we don’t thank you enough for all the kind
know how we could have made words, notes and cards I received
it, either. Our annual fundraising after Max’s passing. It still hurts and
galas, one in Sapphire Valley I still grieve, and I am certain that
and one in Highlands, have all of you who have experienced
been our financial backbone the heartache of losing a pet
for many years. Those two nights know exactly how that feels. Yet
have historically generated for me, there are still more lives
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www.chhumanesociety.org | (828) 743-5752 | 200 Gable Drive, Sapphire, NC 28774
Established in 1987, Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society is a private 501(c)(3) not-for-profit animal welfare organization and no-kill shelter. We receive
no federal, state, or county tax dollars, and no funding from any national animal welfare organization. CHHS relies solely on donations, grants, be-
quests and special events to further our mission of rescue, compassionate care, and finding forever homes for abandoned and neglected animals.
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