Jack 92.9 helps raise over $20,000 for the SPCA
Posted Mar 4, 2019 02:08:00 PM.
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Jack 92.9 has helped raise over $20,000 for the Nova Scotia SPCA.
That's more than double their original goal of $10,000.
After getting an initial $5,000 in donations, on Friday, morning show hosts Griff Henderson and Caroline Parker entered an enclosure at Mic Mac Mall, vowing to stay until they raised another $5,000.
The pair did their broadcast live starting at 5:30 a.m. When they reached their $10,000 goal by 8 a.m., they decided to keep going.
By the time they left the large fenced-in kennel at 6 p.m., $20,400 in donations had been received, the biggest one day fundraiser ever for the SPCA.
The money will be used to provide life-saving support to local animals in need.
According to the SPCA, some of the costs associated with an animal's stay at a shelter include:
- $5 to feed an animal for the day
- $10 for toys that provide fun and enrichment for the animals
- $20 to keep an animal warm
- $25 for specialty harnesses and leashes for dogs to safely enjoy long walks with our staff and volunteers
- $50 for vaccines that each animal gets when they arrive at our shelters
- $80 for exercise pens to give puppies and kittens a safe enclosure to play in
- $100 for a temperature gun for our officers to determine how hot or cold a car is and if an animal is at risk
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