by Admin | Oct 3, 2021 | 2021, Community Outreach, Our Shelter
A new opportunity for collaboration has connected us to Meaghan Millerick, an undergraduate student with the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Meaghan is pursuing her Bachelor’s degree in social work and is completing her two-semester long practicum at our Pet...
by Admin | Sep 29, 2021 | 2021, Golf Tournament, Our Shelter
From the desk of the Executive Director, Emily Stuart This week I had the opportunity to attend the 13th Annual Ron Ortyl Memorial Golf Tournament, an annual ‘scramble’ hosted by Metro East Industries benefiting GPG, which has raised over $465,000 for our pet welfare...
by Admin | Aug 30, 2021 | 2021, East St. Louis, Our Shelter
From the desk of the Executive Director, Emily Stuart Potted daisies and hanging ferns decorate a porch. Rich stone of a Greek Revival shines from a recent rain. A couple of neighbors trade conversation about cars as a cat lounges between them on a red brick walkway....
by Admin | Aug 21, 2021 | 2021, Our Shelter, Spay/Neuter
Last month, we introduced our free in-house spay and neuter program for community-owned pets. Since its launch, our clinic team has provided over 200 pets this service at no cost to the families in our service area, and we are on track to spay and neuter over 500 pets...
by Admin | Aug 11, 2021 | 2021, Fostering, Our Shelter, Ways to get involved
Foster homes are urgently needed to temporarily care for pets whose families have been displaced by residential evictions. With the national eviction moratorium set to expire, nearly eight million pets will go into animal shelters nationwide and we estimate that...
