October 23rd turned out to be a very popular date, with too many activities to choose from and not enough hours in the day.

The first event I made it to was a retirement party for a coworker who had been with my shelter for 21 years. She saw our organization go through many changes and has been a fixture in our adoption center for so long that it is strange to think of adoptions without her. We had a nice gathering of friends, family and coworkers at work this morning.

At the exact same time, Heartland was having Dogtoberfest in Corvallis. This new event brought PetWalk to the fall instead of early summer and incorporated music and beer. It sounded like fun and the weather was even pretty cooperative. Can’t wait to see pictures and hope I can go next year.

This evening was SafeHaven Humane Society’s kick off for their capital campaign with Casino Night in their new building. The new building is still a warehouse but one that has an exciting transformation ahead of it to become their new shelter. The event took place primarily in the area that will become their adoption dog kennels, boarding kennels and doggy daycare.

SafeHaven's future dog kennels decked out for Casino Night

Second connected warehouse which will house the cattery and medical center

Future adoption and retail center

The building does have administrative offices and those are already being used a bit. Kids in SafeHaven’s Pets & Pals Club meet here to learn about responsible pet ownership, careers with pets, etc.

Posters made by kids in the Pets & Pals Club

I didn’t manage any gambling tonight, but ended up with some fun things from the silent auction and loved the preview of the new facility.

Hopefully next weekend there won’t be three shelter events I want to attend.