Paws of Hope donations already pour in

In addition, the funds pay for operational costs at the facility.

Since the SPCA started collecting donations April 29, they’ve seen a lot of people coming by.

“There has been overwhelming support,” he said.

Donations, so far, have ranged from local residents donating items of loved ones who’ve passed, to businesses such as Carlton Honda who dropped off $15,000 worth of parts, Morash said.

“It’s really neat to be a part of it. Some of these volunteers have been here eight years doing this. These ladies work tirelessly in there. They may be older in age, but they’re young in spirit and they certainly put in a full day’s work helping out,” he said.

The garage sale runs May 7 to 8, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and May 9 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be a barbecue on May 8 and 9 as well from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Morash said some of the larger items will have sticker prices on them, but the smaller items can be purchased through donation.

“We found that that works better than having individual sticker items on each piece and haggling over each piece. We’d rather people come down, pick what they want and make a donation to the SPCA for the items that they took,” he said.

“We found in our experience people are overly generous, so sometimes they pay more than the stuff is worth and they know the money is going to a good cause.”

sstone@jpbg.ca

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by Sarah Stone

Paws of Hope donations already pour in

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