For the sixth straight year, the Clinton County SPCA will be holding a unique fundraiser called the “Furry 5K and 1 Mile Dog Jog. The event will take place on Saturday, August 2, starting at 9 a.m. at the Castanea Fire Company Picnic Grounds. The event has proven popular during its existence.
According to Ravynne Huffman, Community Outreach Coordinator for the Clinton County SPCA, the Furry 5K & 1 Mile Dog Jog is an annual fundraiser event held by the Clinton County SPCA at the end of summer, typically in early August.
“This year will mark the 6th year we have held the races. Local racers and animal enthusiasts look forward to participating in this event because of its roots, which involve hosting it at the picturesque Castanea Fire Company Picnic Grounds, situated along Central Pennsylvania’s landscapes, alongside their furry companions. It makes for a very memorable time for everyone participating. Thanks to our community and local businesses, this event also helps benefit the shelter and the animals living there. We’re able to raise profits to supply food, pay for medical expenses, and purchase everyday cleaning supplies necessary to run the shelter, Huffman told Webb Weekly.
The Furry 5k and 1 Mile Dog Jog starts at 9 a.m. in the morning starting with the Furry 5K. Registration is at 8 a.m. in the Castanea Fire Company Picnic Grounds Building, where you can collect your race bag, sign in, grab a refreshment, and also bid on a raffle basket if you so choose. After the Furry 5K race is complete and all the racers have crossed the finish line, organizers ask that the next group prepare for the 1 Mile Dog Jog. All the dogs come out for this race, and people love to see them. The 1 Mile Dog Jog starts at 10:30 a.m., and everyone lines up at the starting line with their pups. Once everyone crosses the finish line, it’s time for awards.
“We would like to thank everyone for coming out and supporting the Clinton County SPCA and participating in our event. We thank those returning for another year and welcome those joining us for their first race. We gather to award our winners of both the Furry 5k and the 1 Mile Dog Jog and celebrate them. And of course, we have to capture the moment by taking lots of pictures! After the award ceremony, we move inside for raffle baskets and mingling,” stated Hufman.
If you take the time and feel lucky, you can take the chance and buy some of their raffle tickets to bid on various raffle baskets. It’s the end of the event, and you’ve waited patiently for the drawing of the winning tickets. They pull tickets, and winners are awarded with their winning baskets. All the proceeds from the tickets also benefit the shelter. Once everyone has collected their raffle baskets, taken their selfies at the selfie station, and rehydrated after their long sprint, it’s time for the event to come to a close. Another event will be in the books. And they look forward to doing it all again next year.
Established in 1950 and remaining a small no-kill animal shelter to provide veterinary care and housing for the lost, homeless, abandoned, abused, and neglected animals of all kinds in Clinton County until they reach adoption or find their way back home. The SPCA intakes an average of 500-600 animals a year, with a 98 percent success rate of adoption.
They offer a TNR Program (Trap-Neuter-Return), funded by the Clinton County Community Foundation, to help lower the community cat population by offering vouchers to Clinton County residents to cover the cost of a spay or a neuter of an outside feral cat. “If you feed it, fix it.”
The SPCA also employs a Full-Time Humane Society Police Officer to investigate and hold those accountable for Abuse and Neglect in Clinton County.
In addition to monetary donations, their donation wish list includes flea treatment, Purina cat chow, Purina kitten chow, canned cat food, paper cat litter, nyla bones for dogs, laundry detergent (liquid, any brand), bleach and disinfectant products. You can also help them out via Amazon Smile by choosing them as your charity and making purchases through Amazon. It doesn’t cost you anything for you and the CCSPCA gets a portion of the proceeds. It’s a win-win!
They are also accepting donations towards their ‘Senior Fund’ and their ‘Special Needs Fund’.
The Senior Fund helps them give their senior residents the best care. Providing seniors with proper supplements, special food, parasite control treatments, oral care & dentals, and all of the essentials needed to take care of a senior animal.
The Special Needs Fund makes sure that every animal that enters the shelter receives its vaccinations and a wellness checkup, has been spayed or neutered, and receives a microchip and flea/tick treatments, at minimum. Some animals need a lot of additional vetting, and this is where the Special Needs Fund comes in handy. Many animals need expensive medical procedures done, such as mass removals, cesarean sections, dentals, enucleation and other eye surgeries, treating skin issues, amputations, emergency surgeries, and more. Some dogs come to us starving and malnourished, and it takes months of medication and care to nurture them for adoption.
