Under her watch, she created the Posing for Paws event which has quickly become the agency’s best grossing fundraiser. “I started it off as nothing more than an auction,” she confided. “But then I decided tomake it into a fashion show too.” Her goal was to amass more than last year’s event, which in itself is a tall order. For the third, Posing for Paws collected $16,000. “It was really busy this year,” Russell affirmed. At press time, the event had raised $14,000, but the volunteer was quick to point out that further funds will be collected from sponsors. “We’re going to end up with a lot more than $16,000!” The event was a success, considering that the first Posing for Paws collected $8,000. But although Russell is talented, she ad- mits that she has had to recruit the help of her friend, Angie Savard, also a volunteer with the OSPCA of SD&G, in order to or- ganize the event. “We’re both huge animal lovers,” she added. “She helps me out so much, it’s incredible!”
In addition to Posing for Paws, Russell also takes part in National Cupcake Day , an event held on a yearly basis across Ontario. “National Cupcake Day is celebrated throughout OSCPA branches,” she explained. “We simply bake hundreds of cupcakes and distribute them throughout the community.” Russell, who is
the OSPCA is a charity, we rarely receive funding,” she admitted. “The funds given to charities usually go to those for humans. I’m not saying we don’t receive funding, we do. But it usually goes towards the investigation department, where they look for animal abuse.” This therefore
Ontario. “We put cats wherever we could physically put them.” Russell says that the shelter actually takes a loss whenever they adopt out a feline, cit- ing that “people don’t consider the costs of having animals at the shelter. When you adopt one, they are spayed, they have all their shots and aremicro chipped. Plus, you have to factor in the costs of sheltering them and feeding them, sometimes for months.” The shelter has adopted several differ- ent ways to facilitate the adoption of their animals, such as partnerships with local pet stores. “There’s currently some of the shelter’s cats at Pets mart on Brookdale and another pet store in the Eastcourt Mall,” mentioned Russell. As she speaks of the many strays in the shelter as well as throughout the community, one can truly understand just howmuch the cause is close to Russell’s heart. It’s there- fore apparent that her quest to help local animals is not soon to be over and that it’s only beginning.
“National Cupcake Day is celebrated throughout OSCPA branches."
well known in the local professional community, utilizes her communication skills to further the
leads the local OSPCA branch to fend for itself, when it comes time to house and take care
sales of the baked goods. “I bring some to the office and sell them tomy coworkers,” she chuckled. “I even bring cupcakes to some of my customers who I know will by some. They are all great for helping out.” All the funds amassed during the event are donated straight to the OSPCA’s local branch. According to Russell, the animal shel- ter has a hard time with obtaining funds from any levels of governments. “Although
of nearly 50 animals. “We currently have an abundance of cats,” reminded the animal lover who recently adopted one. “If you see that there are 20 on the OSPCA’s website, it means that there are actually 30. When we say we can’t take anymore in, it’s true. It means we just kept taking some and taking some until we are literally full.” To make matters more serious, the SD&G’s branch has been recorded as hav- ing the highest feline intake in the whole of
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