Monthly Archives: September 2015

Young FOTAS Volunteers Making a Difference at County Animal Shelter

By Bob Gordon, FOTAS Communications Director and Volunteer On Diana Haltiwanger‘s tenth birthday, she did something unusual to celebrate the big day. She took her birthday money as well as food, leashes, toys and other treats to the Aiken County Animal Shelter and personally delivered the generous donation to FOTAS. “I just love animals,” Diana […]

Young FOTAS Volunteers Making a Difference at County Animal Shelter

By Bob Gordon, FOTAS Communications Director and Volunteer On Diana Haltiwanger‘s tenth birthday, she did something unusual to celebrate the big day. She took her birthday money as well as food, leashes, toys and other treats to the Aiken County Animal Shelter and personally delivered the generous donation to FOTAS. “I just love animals,” Diana […]

Overpopulation, abandoned animals and the miracle of Poppy

  By Joanna D. Samson, FOTAS Vice President When Aiken County Animal Control picked up Poppy roaming a County road on the blistering hot Tuesday after the July 4th holiday, she was thirsty, stressed from the heat, and very, very pregnant. A finely boned, black lab cross, she was collarless with a string tied around […]

Local Volunteers Are the Lifeblood of Aiken County Animal Shelter

  By Bob Gordon, FOTAS Communications Director and Volunteer The power of volunteering cannot be overstated. Not only is it rewarding and uplifting to the people donating their time for a good cause, but it also makes it possible for organizations to achieve more than they possibly could through their limited budgets and staff. Nowhere […]