Carson City animal shelter gets a facelift from chamber leadership class
Carson City Animal Services received a makeover on Saturday thanks to more than two dozen volunteers.
Through the Carson City Chamber of Commerce Leadership Class 2010, this top dog group put up fences, pounded nails and laid down coats of paint, sprucing up the Butti Way animal shelter.
With 17 Leadership Carson City class members present and student volunteers from Western Nevada College, the overhaul is designed to revamp the adoption area by adding new fences, outdoor furniture and dog-friendly shelters.
The leadership class picked the community project earlier in the year and raised about $1,800 from a raffle to pay for building materials, said Leadership student Margie Quirk, who organized Saturday's work project.
The big raffle item is a handmade quilt made by Ilona Strull, which generated a lot of ticket sales, Quirk said. The raffle should be around the time the class graduates, which is Oct. 14. Also noteworthy is the donation of building material from an anonymous donor, Quirk added.
"We thought this would be a great class project for us," said Quirk about the class, which began January. "Everyone has really come through on this project."
The Chamber’s Leadership Carson City class annually selects a community project as their class project to enhance the quality of life in our city. Chamber Executive Director Ronni Hannaman compared the project to forming a company, where a one person has a passion and with that passion forms a vision and gets the rest of the class to buy in to the idea.
"These are lasting projects and serve as a tribute to their class," Hannaman said. "The entire community benefits through their efforts."
Cover photo: Steve Lasco fastens part of the ceiling for a dog shelter on Saturday as part of the Carson City Chamber of Commerce Leadership Class 2010 project.
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