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Shelter NewsWinter 2012"Phase Two" Construction: Dog Shelter Addition. Bond County Humane Society spent the heart of 2011 designing and building an addition to our new storage building: a structure to house dogs. The construction of a new dog shelter building is an important, real, second step in our permanent animal shelter site complex on South Elm Street in Greenville. This custom designed shelter addition is larger in space and better equipped than our former dog kennels that we were renting. The new facility includes an isolation room, grooming area, food preparation area, restroom for humans, seven canine pens and indoor/ outdoor runs - all of which will be incorporated into BCHS's larger building plans in the future. Our new dog facility is REMARKABLE. We are extremely proud considering how much quality in design and materials we extracted from our limited non-profit, privately funded budget. The unassuming dog shelter addition may not look like much from several hundred yards away, but let us assure you that the building features state of the art functionality and comfort for the dogs in BCHS care and for their volunteer caregivers. This was a large project for us and it required a lot of support, coordination and hard work to make it happen but it was worth it. Without the generous donations of materials and work donated by several key people and businesses this project would not have been possible. We want to give our heartfelt thanks to the following businesses and people for their major support: Belleville Supply Company of Belleville, IL (Mike and Cindy Lotz); Mideastern Plumbing of Carlyle, IL (Dennis Rudolphi); Slatton Excavating of Greenville, IL (Ken Slatton). We also appreciate the discounted materials and/or services provided by several local businesses. We also want to thank Beth and Dave Martin (and their pooch Molly) of Ellisville, MO for working three days installing all of the chain link kennels, doors and outside runs. If you want to pledge or donate to the Building Fund please contact BCHS at (618) 664-4068 or visit our Donation Page here on the website to find out about transferring monies by bank check, bequest, or assets via our financial investments adviser at Edward Jones. We also welcome pledges of labor and materials from experienced engineering, contracting and subcontracting companies or individuals. You can also donate money to help us pay for utilities and pet supplies at the new dog shelter! We are also looking for new volunteers to help walk dogs in the mornings and evenings, clean pens, feed and train the dogs and puppies! Please call now! Enjoy this slideshow of the Dog Shelter Building Construction Progress. (It is a 1.4MB GIF Animation)
Summer 2011Our "Future Site of Bond County Humane Society" sign at our South Elm Street property became a casualty of the February 2011 wind storms, but we have every intention to build a replacement sign. If you are able to donate vinyl, metal, or wood (or other sign material), or are able to help build the new sign, please contact us. Construction of our new storage building on the South Elm Street property was started in March 2011 and completed in May. The culvert was furnished and installed by the City of Greenville. Equipment and work was donated by Plunkett Services of Greenville for excavation of the building site and for the addition of the new driveway. Greenville Lumber and Landscape and Hometown Builders did an excellent job constructing the building. The building is a 24'x48' pole-barn type design with service and vehicle entry doors and a concrete floor. The building is being used to store BCHS property including the BCHS van, crates, kennels, furniture, and other equipment previously scattered at many locations. It is also used to prepare and load the van for Saturday adoption events at PetCo and PetSmart, and to prepare for monthly Spay/Neuter transports to APL in Springfield. Yes, we have purchased wind storm insurance for this storage building! This new building is in no way the type of structure suitable for housing live animals or a business office but we consider this project to be our Phase One Construction on the Elm Street property and we can all feel proud of the progress we have worked so hard to make happen. A special thanks again to those who so generously donated land and funds. BCHS is serious about raising additional funding for and interest in the future BCHS Animal Shelter facility which will be constructed to the west of the storage building. The plans and specifications for the new shelter building have already been completed and can be viewed at the BCHS Office on South Fourth Street in Greenville, Illinois. If you want to pledge or donate to the Building Fund please contact BCHS at (618) 664-4068 or visit our Donation Page here on the website to find out about transferring monies by bank check, bequest, or assets via our financial investments adviser at Edward Jones. We also welcome pledges of labor and materials from experienced engineering, contracting and subcontracting companies or individuals. Enjoy this slideshow of the Storage Building Construction Progress. (It is a 2.5MB GIF Animation)
Summer 2009The month of May has brought a final revision of the shelter floorplan by a company known as Houndquarters. We've erected a sign (and a few evergreen trees!) out on South Elm marking the future home of Bond County Humane Society. When construction is financially possible and all necessary permissions secured, we trust that the local community will continue to bring the intricate pieces of the building project together with utility installations, furnishings, etc., providing many more years of service to the animals and animal lovers of Bond County. Our current home: Winter 2009Our dream and our future now has an artist's sketch! Spending unlimited funding resources, our highest goals would be to house both cats and dogs under one public-friendly roof, provide space to incorporate 10 indoor/outdoor dog runs, three community cat rooms and separate holding areas for incoming animals. Yet, a more realistically scaled back, affordable floorplan must still produce a facility for both cats and dogs under one building roof. It must be specifically designed to have durable, safe and comfortable kennels. It should also have a community room where education classes can be held. ~ Bond County Humane Society 2008BCHS has received a generous donation from Mary Kasmark for the purchase of 2 acres of land for construction of a shelter. The land being purchased is located at the end of South Elm between the sewer plant and Extreme Sports. BCHS is very grateful to Mary for her extremely generous gift. The intention is to sell the land donated by Sam Blankenship on West Ayers. It is believed the land on South Elm offers BCHS better visibility to the community and is more convenient for volunteers. ~ Bond County Humane Society 2007On May 14, 2007 we moved into our temporary office, adoption center and cat shelter. Included below are some pictures of the murals in the adult cat area that was painted by the Greenville High School Art Class. The layer cake and sheet cake were donated by Elegant Edibles in Greenville for our Open House on April 29, 2007. The layer cake had pictures of animals that have been adopted from BCHS. One picture is of volunteers in the reception area. There is also a picture of the building. The building is owned by Bond County and was going to be demolished. Instead of destroying the building BCHS came in and renovated the interior to make it suitable for our purposes. Bond County is leasing the building to BCHS for $1/year. This is a temporary facility until funding can be obtained to construct our permanent shelter on the 3 acres of land donated in 2006. ~ Rachel and Dennis        |
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