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JACKSON COUNTY’S
FRIENDS OF THE
ANIMAL SHELTER

Community awareness is key to the
work of groups like Jackson County’s
Friends of the Animal Shelter (FOTAS).

“Not everybody knows the extent of
what we do,” says Tricia de Felice,
Board Member and Chair of the FOTAS
Publicity Committee.
FOTAS has four main areas where they
need community involvement:
1. volunteering
2. fostering
3. donating
4. adoption.

“We have hundreds of dogs and cats
come into the shelter every year,” says
de Felice, and their ultimate goal is to
keep these animals alive, healthy, and
placed into loving adoptive homes.
That care relies heavily on the generos-
ity of the community to provide neces-
sary funds, and to supply the volunteer
hours necessary to care for the animals
that come through their doors.
For more information about volunteering
or donating, or to talk with them about
adopting a dog or cat, please visit:
www.fotas.org
or call 541-774-6654

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