The Humane Society of Yuma was overwhelmed yesterday with a flood of support from the community on the last day of the April $100,000 matching donation challenge. We're not done adding it all up but it is certain that our wildest expectations were exceeded. Yuma's outpouring of generosity and compassion during the entire month and especially in the final days and hours, has left many of us stunned. Here are only a few of the many instances of community support our shelter saw yesterday.
-Yuma Catholic High School students donated over $400 they had raised in their "Pennies for Puppies"
-Gila Vista Elementary students donated $440 they had raised from holding a car wash.
-A six year-old boy came to our shelter and donated the entire contents of his piggy bank: $1.85.
-A founding board member of the HSOY came by and wrote a very generous check.
In addition to the support that came to us through the door and the mailbag, the level of online giving was unprecedented. Over $7,000 was raised online with $6,000 of which within the last week.
Stay tuned for forthcoming updates. Thank you a hundred thousand times over.
Thursday, May 1, 2008
We blew past $100,000 yesterday and we're still counting.
