CAMPBELL COUNTY, TN. (WLAF)- Friends of Campbell County Animals (FCCA) has been awarded a $36,500 grant from the ASPCA (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) to support their lifesaving work for animals in Campbell County. The grant will help FCCA fund services such as adoptions, fostering programs, veterinary care, spay/neuter services and employee training along with assistance to potential pet owners in the community, which are crucial resources to FCCA’s operations of the animal shelter.

This grant will be utilized to help make adoptions in the local community more affordable by providing vaccinations, spay/neuter and lower adoption fees. In addition, it will assist in helping a shelter employee obtain a Veterinary Technician associate degree which will help lower costs. The grant will also be utilized to expand the Homeward Bound fostering program that enhances the adoptability of longer-stay animals at the shelter. FCCA will also host two adoption events within the community to help the shelter animals find their forever homes in Campbell County.

“We are very grateful for the support of ASPCA as they support FCCA’s initiatives to greatly help us in our life saving efforts for pets. We will use this investment from the ASPCA to increase adoptions in our community and enhance our programs and services to help our homeless animals find a home quicker” said Patricia Siwinski, shelter director of FCCA. “We will also use this investment to enhance the capabilities of our staff to lower our veterinary costs and to afford local residents the ability to adopt a pet into their family. We are regularly facing overcapacity issues at the Campbell County shelter that we operate for our community and the goal is to help more of our shelter pets to find homes in our community.” “ASPCA grant funds are intended to help alleviate the many challenges shelters are currently experiencing by providing them with the resources, staffing, or services they need to care for the animals and pet owners in their communities,” said Christa Chadwick, vice president of shelter services at the ASPCA. “Through our grant funding, along with our extensive shelter partnerships and lifesaving initiatives, the ASPCA is working in and with communities to build strong programs that support vulnerable animals. We look forward to seeing the positive impact FCCA continues to make in Campbell County.”

FCCA is a nonprofit organization that manages and oversees the daily operations of the Campbell County Animal Shelter for Campbell County. The purpose is to preserve animal life through humane sheltering and finding homes for the thousands of homeless animals that enter the shelter every year. Since 2015, we have provided care for over 25,000 animals including finding homes for nearly 20,000 dogs and cats, provided spay/neuter services to over 6,600 animals, and provided low-cost vaccines to over 5,300 animals in Campbell County. They are pleased that these efforts have resulted in increasing the live-release rate for the animals of Campbell County to 93 percent in 2024. For more information about Friends of Campbell County Animals, visit their website at fccanimals.org.

Since 2001, the ASPCA has provided more than $200 million in grant funding to over 3,500 organizations and programs nationwide dedicated to helping vulnerable and victimized animals. Grants are just one example of how the ASPCA is helping animals and communities in need, with funds supporting a variety of programs ranging from increasing adoptions to helping communities build strong programs to rescue, shelter, transport, and support animals during natural disasters, improving access to veterinary care and partnering with food banks to serve more than 4.3 million pet food meals since 2017. For more information about the ASPCA’s grant-making and current initiatives, visit www.aspcapro.org/grants.

(WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED 3/14/2025-6AM)

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