Last year, a new after school program called Junior FOTAS was started by students at Tall Pines STEM Academy. Two teachers assist the students, including their language arts teacher, Mrs. […]
Category Archives: Volunteers
2018, donations, essay, Events, FOTAS, Fundraisers, News, Volunteers
Leadership & Teamwork Make FOTAS Golf Tourney a Signature Event
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Oct
Oct
FOTAS just held its Fifth Annual Playing Fore the Pets Golf Tournament and Helicopter Ball Drop on Oct. 1. The event was bigger than ever, with 176 golfers participating in […]
Bully Dogs, Doggie Day Out, Dogs, essay, FOTAS, News, Pibbles, Uncategorized, Volunteer, Volunteers
Love Is in the Air at the Aiken County Animal Shelter
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Sep
Sep
Sandra Procter, one of FOTAS’s first volunteers, was walking her favorite dog, Stanley, on the Aiken County Animal Shelter’s trails this week. She stopped to pet Stanley and praise him […]
Cats, essay, FOTAS, kittens, News, PetSmart cats, Uncategorized, Volunteers
Aiken PetSmart Cats Get Care and Comfort from FOTAS Volunteers
24
Sep
Sep
“I like their purring – I love that sound,” says FOTAS PetSmart Volunteer Twylia Stewart as she strokes the fur of Kendi, a male black kitten who’s just arrived from […]
2018, Dogs, essay, Foster, FOTAS, News, Spay/Neuter, Transfer, Volunteer, Volunteers
Dog Days of Summer: County Shelter Population Doubles!
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Jul
Jul
I used to love summer and particularly the 4th of July with all of its patriotic fervor, but now I dread it—not because I am less patriotic, but because I […]
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Two FOTAS Family Members Honored as Heroes
01
Jul
Jul
The American Red Cross honored FOTAS fosters Becca Babineau and Chenoa Shields with its local hero award for “going above and beyond the line of duty to save lives and […]
Cats, essay, Foster, FOTAS, injured animals, kittens, News, Volunteers
Fostering Kittens is a Proud Tradition for Windsor Family
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Jun
Jun
“You get the love from the kittens and when you see one that you raised get adopted to a good home, it’s one of the best feelings in the world,” […]
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Terrified Stray Dog Keegan Learns How to Love Again
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May
May
He wouldn’t let anyone pet him for two weeks. Keegan, a 2-year-old, mid-sized, black Retriever mix, was picked up as a stray in Graniteville and being at a strange, new […]
2018, Dogs, essay, FOTAS, News, Volunteers
Mother-Daughter Team Helps County Shelter Animals Find Forever Homes
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May
May
Olga Simons and her 17-year-old daughter, Nicole, come to the Aiken County Animal Shelter (ACAS) nearly every afternoon to walk and socialize homeless dogs. But after they exercise the homeless […]
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Apr
Apr
Dogs, cats, puppies and kittens are surrendered or abandoned to the shelter every day. These animals, through no fault of their own, are blindsided by a change of life that […]