Tri-County Vanguard

Operation Cat SNIP donates remaining assets to SPCA

Dyke Family Animal Clinic to continue assisting those who cannot afford to spay/neuter cats

- CARLA ALLEN THEVANGUAR­D.CA CARLA ALLEN CARLA ALLEN CONTRIBUTE­D

Nova Scotia SPCA provincial fund developmen­t co-ordinator Taylor Mundy with former Operation Cat SNIP board members: Virginia Stoddard, Frieda Perry and Bernadette MacMillan. Mundy holds a gift bag prepared for cats who had recent spay/neuter surgeries performed.

The Nova Scotia SPCA’s new Dyke Family Animal Clinic in Yarmouth received $10,486 on July 19 from a small group of women who raised funds for cat spays and neuters over the past six years.

Operation Cat SNIP is dissolving its organizati­on and donating the balance of its assets to the likeminded charity.

Former president Virginia Stoddard says their organizati­on has worked hard, fundraisin­g through various activities, including an annual “spayghetti” dinner.

The funds raised were used to assist people who couldn’t afford to have their pets spayed or neutered.

“Sometimes it was a cat that they were feeding, or a stray,” said Stoddard.

Those requiring assistance filled out an applicatio­n and usually 80 to 90 per cent of the cost of the operation was supplement­ed.

“After six years I think we were getting a little worn out. With this developmen­t of the SPCA it became a better fit for us to work with the SPCA and turn our assets over,” said Stoddard.

“We wanted assurance that help would (continue to) be given to those families that couldn’t afford it and we were assured that it would be.

“It’s a nice ending for us, but the work continues,” she said.

Over the past six years Operation Cat SNIP has spayed/neu- tered 585 cats on its own A final 15 were booked through the SPCA Dyke Family Animal Clinic.

“That’s a very good average – 100 cats a year. That was our goal and we really didn’t think we’d ever be able to fundraise enough for 100 cats a year, with some money left over,” said former secretary/treasurer Frieda Perry. Nova Scotia SPCA provincial fund developmen­t co-ordinator Taylor Mundy accepts a cheque for $10,486 from former Operation Cat SNIP president Virginia Stoddard.

With this developmen­t of the SPCA it became a better fit for us to work with the SPCA and turn our assets over.”

— Former president Virginia Stoddard

Jodi Finlay with Abel, behind gift bags prepared for cats who had recent spay/ neuter surgeries performed.

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