Editor,
What a generous community we live in. Our hearts are moved by all the creative efforts to help those suffering after Hurricane Harvey, from ECHO’s truckload of critical items to the Chamber’s collection for the Texas Diaper Bank and other efforts ongoing.
Having lived in Mississippi when Katrina hit, I know how many companion animals ended up starving, lost or homeless. Local shelters are, even in the best of times, often overwhelmed by the number of animals needing rescue.
For the next month, Good Shepherd Humane Society is collecting donations (cash only) at the two thrift stores to send to several Texas humane societies (vetted by Charity Navigator and Forbes). If you have a spare dollar, do drop by. Those folks in Texas will do their best to reunite pets with their families or shelter them until there is once again a house to come home to. “No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.” (Aesop).
Nan Johnson