Tombstone Small Animal Shelter

Guidestar Gold Seal of Transparency

Tombstone Small Animal Shelter was recently recognized for our transparency with a 2018 Gold Seal on our GuideStar Nonprofit Profile!

GuideStar is the world’s largest source of information on nonprofit organizations. More than 8 million visitors per year and a network of 200+ partners use GuideStar data to grow support for nonprofits. In order to get the 2018 Gold Seal, Tombstone Small Animal Shelter shared important information with the public using our profile on www.guidestar.org. Now our community members and potential donors can find in-depth information about our goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress. We’re shining a spotlight on the difference we help make in the world.

Send Love to Shelter Pets

Be a part of the world’s largest virtual valentine to shelter pets and help us win big!

Be a part of the world’s largest virtual valentine to shelter pets and the people who care for them! Submit your photos and videos to the Petco Foundation’s online valentine mosaic for the chance to win some great prizes while also giving us a chance at lifesaving grant awards!

To participate, upload a photo or video valentine message at www.petcofoundation.org/love. Valentine messages can be:

• A message of love to your adopted pet about sharing how they have changed your life for the better.
• A thank you to Tombstone Small Animal Shelter
• A note of encouragement to shelter pets who are looking for loving homes.

Help us win Big
The organization with the most submissions is eligible for a $10,000 grant award. By uploading your photos, you are giving us a chance to win this lifesaving grant. When uploading your photos, please spell out our organization as Tombstone Small Animal Shelter and our website address as: www.tombstoneaanimalshelter.org  so your submission is tied to our organization.

Submit your photos and video by February 13.

Daily Prizes

You can win big too! Each day, one entry will be selected randomly and will receive a $50 Petco gift card, a signed print from MUTTS, a Petco Foundation apparel item, a tote bag from BOBS from Skechers and a coupon for a free bag of WholeHearted pet food. If you’re selected as a winner, Tombstone Small Animal Shelter  will be eligible to receive a $1,000 grant award. Remember: the earlier you submit, the more chances we have to win!

Get the Most Likes

Prize packs will also be given to the top 2 most liked photos, and the adopter with the most liked photo will win a $100 Petco gift card and one year of WholeHearted dog or cat food.

Learn more and submit your entry at www.petcofoundation.org/love.Encourage other adopters to send their #sheltervalentinetoo to help us earn grant awards! Thank you for adopting and choosing LOVE!

Tombstone Small Animal Shelter Volunteers

Video of the shelter Jan 2019

Thank you to Todd and Sophia of Spindrift Empire for shooting this video of the shelter when they were visiting Tombstone.  And thank you for volunteering and walking the dogs.

Septic Repair

TSAS has been informed that the septic system is in need of a major repair. This system is part of the original building installed in 1995. The beginning estimate was $2000 but as worked progressed and more issues were discovered it has grown to $4800.  We currently have a fundraiser going on our Facebook page hoping to raise the funds

https://www.facebook.com/pg/TombstoneSmallAnimalShelter/fundraisers

Thank you to all of you that have donated and shared this request. We appreciate any and all help as this unexpected expense has taken a toll on the limited finances of this small shelter.

We will be forever grateful to any amount you can donate to this unexpected expenditure. Remember we are a 501c3 non-profit and all money donated is tax deductible.

If you would prefer to send a check please send to

Tombstone Small Animal Shelter

P.O. Box 1085

Tombstone, AZ 85638

Annual Potluck and Election of Officers

Tuesday, December 11 the Tombstone Small Animal Shelter held their annual Volunteer and Family Potluck and Election of Officers. Everyone had a great time with good food, prizes and games and welcoming new volunteers.

The following  were elected to the 2019 Board:

President – Tonyia Hallen

Vice President – Elaine Perry

Treasurer – Marcia Spitler

Member at Large – Mary Ellen Atkins

Secretary – still to be filled

Thank You Ryan Meile

As a volunteer for many years at the TSAS I have seen lots of physical changes to the shelter buildings.  I tend to get very excited when major changes occur, all due mainly  to Grants from the Ryan  Meile Endowment  for Animal Welfare. These grants  over the last several years have allowed the shelter to install large outside dog play yards and have them completely graveled. We currently have eight , along with two smaller enclosed puppy pens that were previously there.  They have improved the irrigation system to the trees in the play yards to allow for shade in the summer heat. Improve two thirds of the dog kennels, all the inside kennels and all on the west side due to deterioration of the previous product used and time, causing unsafe conditions for dogs and people. They have also provided the funding for the new kitten room which allowed us to now have  the original cat room with four kennels and the new kitten room with three larger kennels for litters.  This also opened up the main room for supplies, a desk and better and safer working conditions for the volunteers.

The largest part of this year’s grant was for pull down doors over the outside of the dog kennels. My husband and I used to do custodian duty every Sunday morning.  Driving from Sierra Vista to Tombstone to feed and clean the shelter.  That first winter we were shocked to see the temperatures sometimes in the low to below 20 degrees.  With winds blowing like crazy. We had a pretty full kennel that winter and some pretty active dogs.  The outside of the corner kennels were just chain link.  For those that remember Miss Ruby she was in kennel #1 and had decided to chew up her heavy dog flap.  Which meant it was open to her outside run. Someone before us had put up a tarp on the outside of the kennel I believe with clothes pins.  Anything to hold it in place.  Later each winter we would put up the tarps with zip ties. in 2014 we installed some old poly vinyl siding we had and recycled.

These outside walls were later replaced with a solid material when we renovated the dog kennels. The following year Mr. Jeremy did the same thing on the other side of the kennel . One of our volunteers brought a light weight  piece of   board and it was put over the door with clips so that he did not chew the blankets we had first tried.  Until today blankets were put up over the  outside doors.   NO MORE !!! Thanks to Bob Radcliff and his crew at Eco Strada Construction we now have pull down doors to protect the dogs from inclement weather.  When I saw this picture I was so excited! Not sure if it was for the current custodians (as we no longer live in the area) or the dogs!!!!

Tombstone Small Animal Shelter is a very small shelter.  All our donations go to keeping the dogs and cats in our care safe, and as healthy as we can.  We also need to keep good working conditions for our volunteers.  It is grants like this that make all the difference.  We still have other smaller projects to be completed with this grant, but this was a biggie!!  Thank you again Ryan  Meile Endowment  for Animal Welfare  and the Arizona Community Foundation, that manages this fund.

Ryan Meile Grant 2018 received

We are pleased to  announce that TSAS has received a grant from the Ryan Meile Animal Welfare Endowment Fund  of $14,080 to be used for the health and welfare of the pets.This grant is not for medical but for needed improvements to  the shelter to help protect the pets from heat, rain and cold. Grants like this  are essential to the well being of the pets in our care.  Thank you Ryan Meile and the Arizona Community Foundation for this much needed grant.