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Yup! We're on TikTok!

9/27/2022

Did you know we had our very own TikTok channel?! It's been a lot of fun making cute and silly videos of all of our beautiful cats and dogs! Check us out! tiktok.com/@fchsva Here's our latest for #TabbyTuesday!

@fchsva Celebrate #TabbyTuesday with us! We have Daylily, Heather, Eugenia, Geranium, Indigo, Ulysses, and Thor all looking for their forever homes! Oh! And we'll include our little Torbie girl, Buttercup, too! #TorbieTuesday #adoptme #floydcova #rescuecat ♬ Cute songs for pet videos and easy events - Saku

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Our New Shelter - In the News!

9/25/2022

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The Floyd County Humane Society was in the news TWICE in September! Once on WDBJ-7 and again on WSLS-10. Our efforts are being recognized! Both feature Mary Weeks, FCHS volunteer and board member. Nice job, Mary!

WDBJ-7, September 7, 2022

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WSLS-10, September 19, 2022

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Shelter Update-We're Making Progress!

9/25/2022

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The Floyd County Humane Society's priority is to construct our very own animal shelter. For years, we have relied on our volunteers to foster cats and dog at their homes or rented kennel space.

In 2020 we received a generous estate gift, allowing us to purchase outright a 9-acre property, which includes a brick home on site.

Since then we have made great strides toward creating our own animal shelter in Floyd!
In 2021

In July, we installed internet and a security system and began holding monthly membership meetings at the new site (we formerly met at Zion Lutheran Church).
In September, we met with three different architectural firms to teach them about our organization, and share and gather information about the design of the new shelter.

In 2022

In May, we consolidated all of our offices, storage, and meeting space at the new location and moved donated items, supplies, files, and more from multiple storage areas and organized them.
In June, we passed the mandatory inspection by VDACS Office of Veterinary Services! The approval allows us to care for both dogs and cats at the new site. The shelter committee also looked at shelter design proposals, selected an architectural firm and reviewed schematic drawings. We also received a generous anonymous donation that allowed us to build a small dog shelter (pictured above--large enough to house seven dogs) by October 1! The small shelter will ease the pressure on our limited resources while we continue to raise money for the large, permanent shelter building.
In July, we began housing cats at the site. We also graded the property, implemented VDOT recommendations for the driveway and added a concrete slab with drainage for the temporary dog shelter.
In August, we received new and improved "cat condos" for housing cats at the site.
In September, we moved our first dog to the new temporary shelter!

As of September 2022, we are over 50% of the way to reaching the first phase of our donation goal of $250,000. The amount includes a $22,000 donation from Rob and Whitney Maddox's organization, Cabin Fever raised during their annual concert event in June.

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