This past Friday the community really turned out to support Wolf Pond Animal Sanctuary. Special thanks to Fordie Hays and crew for providing the entertainment at the Simpson County Country Club.
All together there was right at $8,000 raised for continued operation at Wolf Pond. This comes from the hard work of Wolf Pond manager Karla Harvey and her band of volunteers. I was originally one of the band but the wife relieved me of duties, which made for a much more cohesive group.
The volunteers discussed how much money the event needed to raise to help care for the dogs. The amount you need to raise determines what you need to do to make the event a success.
A figure was thrown out and plans were outlined as to how to make the event happen.
The first part of the equation was forming a committee and getting them to buy in to the event. It was decided that a private event would provide the best venue. So the work started from there.
The committee was formed which included wife Nancy, Karla Harvey, Keilah Berry, Lauren Adkins, Nona Cook and Jenna Ivy. The meal would be provided by Karla’s husband. It was bar-b-que, beans and slaw, which were all really good. There was also a clever cup cake provided that looked like a little pile of doggy pooh on green grass. Quite appropriate and pretty tasty.
Karla had a good connection with Fordie Hays and played on his sympathy to get him and his band to come play, in addition to adopting one of the pups from Wolf Pond. Seems he had a soft spot for what Jeri Bennett, owner of the shelter Wolf Pond, has done.
Jeri has been working with rescue dogs since the early 2000s. I had a chance to meet her and her husband Dick in 2015 and we have worked with them since. The first story we published was in our 2016 Profile edition. Now every week or so they will come by the newspaper and get papers to use in the kennels. Since then we have helped in small ways to assist with the projects and service for Wolf Pond.
Fordie was able to getseveral guys together and played some really good music.
What made the event was the way folks from Simpson County are willing to open their hearts and pocketbooks to support a good cause. The money raised will feed, house, spay and neuter a lot of lost and abandoned dogs.
