Thank you for all your wonderful donations for AZ Gives Day April 3rd. This is our first year for this Great Event and we raised $670 in just 24 hours. This is the amount we spent on this day for medical for several of our pets. Thank You!
Saturday March 24TH
9am-3pm
Veterans Memorial Park
Sierra Vista
It’s a time for animal welfare organizations in Cochise County
to come together as one group to celebrate animals. The
Greater Sierra Vista Kennel Club will be hosting an AKC sanctioned
breed obedience and rally match. Please bring
donations and come enjoy adoptions, educational booths,
rides on a horse wagon, alpacas, reptiles, a petting zoo,
demos, raffles, food trucks, and much more!
We are excited to announce that Tombstone Small Animal Shelter is joining this year’s Arizona Gives Day, a statewide, 24-hour online giving campaign. Please consider giving on April 3, or scheduling your gift in advance at https://www.azgives.org click on non- profits and Tombstone Small Animal Shelter #AZGivesDay
4. Volunteers willing to sit at a donation table in Tombstone and share information regarding the shelter and collect cash donations during Special week-end events. The shift can be mornings, afternoons or all day depending on how many volunteers we have. The shelter is funded solely through donations and these Special week-ends are extremely important to the funding of the shelter. All available dates can be found on this site under Special events Calendar 2018 at the top of the page.
You must be over 18 and dependable. . For more information call 520-457-2545.
Tombstone Small Animal Shelter
2018 Annual Fundraiser Newsletter
Send a Donation Today! “Non-profit, no-kill”*
www.tombstoneanimalshelter.org email: emayperry@gmail.com
www.facebook.com/tombstonesmallanimalshelter
Open Saturday 2-4pm or by appointment 7 days a week – call 520-457-2545
1037 S. Landin Park Way; Mailing Address: PO Box 1085, Tombstone, AZ 85638
www.petfinder.com www.adoptapet.com www.rescueme.org
DAISY’S STORY
A True Survivor 
My name is Daisy I was born in a small down in Mexico about 4 years ago. I have no idea what I was called or even if I had a name. I lived near a gas station in this small town. Patrons and owners of the station would give me food sometimes and other times I had to scrounge food from where ever I could find it. It was a scary life but I survived! One day I wasn’t fast enough and I got hit by a car. It was so painful but there was no one to care for me as I did not belong to any one. I was a “street dog”. Eventually my wounds healed but my back foot was never the same and I walked with a limp. I survived!. Another time I got mixed up with other dogs and had a littler of pups, at least once. I don’t remember and have no idea what happened to them. The people at the station were kind but I was a “street dog”. I survived! One day a kind stranger decided I had had enough of being a street dog and she took me to a rescue in this small town. I was taken to the Dr. who did surgery on me so I wouldn’t have any more pups, got me proper vaccinations and then I was brought to Tombstone. The volunteers cared for me and I had a warm bed and did not have to worry about when I would get food. But no one wanted to adopt a dog with a limp. I was shy and because of my former street life I was afraid of larger dogs. It was discovered that my surgery had not been complete and I needed another surgery. I survived! In February after 95 days a wonderful family came to the shelter and decided I was exactly what they wanted and I got to go to a home where love abounds. I go for walks and even have a new best friend with the neighbor’s dog. I am a true survivor!
TSAS would like to thank all our supporters for their generous donations!
MIHA’S STORY
My name is Miha, I am about 6 years old when I came to shelter along with another of my housemates. Our special human had passed away and there was no family that wanted us. Coming to the shelter was a pretty scary event. We had no idea what to expect. A few days later we went to an outdoor event in a crate. It was sunny and warm, lots of people, and dogs. Kids came up to us and we loved being touched, but were pretty shy. My best friend went home with a sweet family and now I was all alone. So back to the shelter I went. Days went by and the shelter volunteers were worried no one would come for me. Then one day about a month after I first got here the phone rang. The lady answering the phone said “hello, yes she’s still here. Yes I think that’s a Great Idea. How soon can you come?” Hmmm wonder what that is all about? You see I had to hear this through the walls. The caller was Dr. Ellen at Benson Animal Hospital. She wanted to know if I would make a good Clinic Cat. Well everyone thought that was great. But I had no idea what “Clinic Cat” meant. The first night I was there I was put to work over seeing some of the tests in one of the rooms. After that it was a “piece of cake” or maybe kibble? Now I have the whole place to roam, I get to greet people and everyone is soooo happy to see me. I have a job and I love it!! Stop in sometime and say “Hi!”
WHAT SOCIAL MEDIA MEANS TO TSAS
Social Media aka FaceBook has been instrumental in helping us with a great majority of adoptions, including sending 17 dogs and 2 cats back to their grateful owners. For those of you that have a FaceBook account please “like” our page. “Follow” our page for up to date information regarding available pets, adoptions, lost/found pets and Happy Tail stories from adopters. “Share” our page so that the information we have is out to more people. We strive to keep this a positive and informative page. This page is “public” so those of you that do not have FaceBook can also see all the comings and goings. If you find something you would like more information on CALL, do not text. We answer all voice messages. Do not wait to see if a pet is “still there tomorrow” as most likely the answer will be “no”. Thank you to all of you that “like, follow and share” our pets and information.
The Tombstone Small Animal Shelter is a non-profit, no-kill shelter dedicated to finding homes for unwanted and abandoned animals in the Tombstone area, and educating the public in the benefits of spaying and neutering. We proudly comply with national no-kill standards. We don’t euthanize except when injury, disease or temperament makes other options impossible. All animals are spayed or neutered and vaccinated before leaving the shelter. Animals are never given or sold for research.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PAST YEAR
ZARA’S STORY
They call me Zara, my owner couldn’t keep me and I came to the shelter in January. I was about 9 months old and looked like a Carolina Dog. Because I was a puppy I had LOTS of puppy traits. I was at the shelter for about 10 days when I had my first adoption. But being a puppy it did not go well and I came back to the shelter. After a month a wonderful gentle man came to see me. He sat outside in the play yard with me for a long time. His calm gentleness caused me to calm down and we got a long really well. I was sad when he went home. A few days later he came to an offsite adoption and took me home. Now I have a wonderful life. I am still stubborn but I get to go camping all the time and live a quiet simple life. My new “daddy” is the perfect human for me. He never gave up!
A DONATION IS HONOR OF SOMEONE IS A WONDERFUL GIFT !
A donation to the Tombstone Small Animal Shelter is a wonderful gift for many special occasions: in memory of a loved one, a birthday gift for a pet lover, to recognize an accomplishment, for any reason really – or “just because.” The “Honored Someone” or their family, will be sent a note notifying him or her of your gift. They will be happy knowing the gift will provide a homeless pet a second chance at a wonderful life or medical treatment for a pet in need.
Thank you to all of you that sent donations in honor of a loved one, their pet or even their birthday!
HOW TO HELP ALL YEAR LONG!
TSAS has signed up with Fry’s Rewards and Amazon Smiles. Just go to their websites and select the shelter as your charity of choice and a percentage of your purchases will be sent quarterly to the shelter. For those of you that like to walk, Wolf Trax walking App is available on your phone to track your walks and it too will send a check to benefit the shelter.
GEORGE’S STORY
Sweet George came to be a guest at the shelter in August. He is a beautiful big cat that no one paid much attention to. His first adoption failed because he wasn’t interested in sharing and back he came. At this time he started acting out a little and the volunteers were a little fearful that he would be with us for a longer period of time. After a couple of weeks he found his forever home. He is the love of their lives. He behaves himself and is a super great cat. Sometimes it just takes finding that perfect place. If you stop into IKES Mini-Market in Tombstone just ask and they will be happy to share stories of George!!!
We need your donations. Please make out a check today!
We also accept, Mastercard, American Express and Visa Too!
Also, T-shirts are available with our logo for a $16 donation at the Rose Tree Museum, Ike’s Mini-Market, Boothill Cemetery Gift Shop, and sidewalk venues.
Donate Today!
It has been an amazing year. We have found forever homes for 251 cats and dogs. We have managed to reunite 17 dogs and 2 cats with their owners. This was mainly due to Social Media. We have over 2200 followers on FaceBook and they are a huge help in finding owners and sharing our pets for adoption.
This year has brought many changes to the shelter, thanks to a grant received in the Fall of 2016 from the Ryan Miele Endowment for Animal Welfare we were able to build a new much needed kitten room and re-organize the main room of the shelter, We also were able to upgrade all the electrical and can now use two washers and two dryers at the same time. We added wall heaters to the cat and kitten rooms and did away with the space heaters and electrical cords. We worked with Sit Means Sit dog trainers for evaluating and helping our volunteers with issues that may arise. We also received grants for spay/neuter and medical for the shelter and for community assist. The shelter is committed to helping the local community keep their pets whether it be medical or food assistance. All animals coming to the shelter receive medical treatment, vaccinations, spay neuter, de worming even dental if needed. Cats are tested for feline leukemia/aids.They also receive flea/tick treatment upon entering the facility. Dogs are micro chipped.
This year also saw more collaboration with other Cochise County Shelters and Rescues. We participated in the 2nd Annual Celebration of Animals at Veterans Memorial Park in Sierra Vista and look forward to next years event.
We continually search for ways to raise money as we are not funded by any city or government agency. Our funds come from donations. We appreciate all those that host fund raisers in our honor. We are run by about 25 volunteers and sometimes spread pretty thin. We participate in all Special week-end events in Tombstone with a donation table, accepting cash donations and sharing information about the shelter. In February we send out our annual Newsletter.
Every Saturday except the first Saturday of the month you will find us at PetSmart or CAL Ranch in Sierra with pets for adoption. Getting our pets out in an area where they can be seen is crucial. We are open 7 days a week BY APPOINTMENT ONLY. We are open to the public without an appointment EVERY SATURDAY INCLUDING HOLIDAYS from 2-4 PM. By making an appointment adopters can come and get a one on one with a volunteer at a more convenient time in their busy schedules. This year 55% of our adoptions were done by appointment.
We thank each and everyone of you that share our story, our pets, post alumni pictures on Facebook and send donations. We have a fabulous group of volunteers who are all dedicated to the animals they interact with. We look forward to even bigger and better things in 2018!
What a great time we had at the Annual Volunteer/Family Potluck Dec 12, 2017
Great food, fun and fellowship. This is the time when new volunteers can meet others and learn about the shelter, and long time volunteers can learn of upcoming events and hear about all the wonderful things they have been a part of. During the awards part of the evening Chris Townsend presented out going President Elaine Perry with a Certificate of Achievement and a gift certificate. Chris shared how with Elaine’s Leadership and commitment to the shelter we have become quite successful. It was also the time for the election of next years Board of Directors.
The 2018 Board will be:
President: Tonyia Hallen
Vice President: Elaine Perry
Treasurer: Marcia Spitler
Secretary: Vanessa Burelli
Member at Large: Chris Townsend
Christmas Kitty Adoption Special
December 1-24
ALL adult cats and kittens
Special $25 Fee for adoption or pre-adoption
Spayed/neutered, tested for feline leukemia/aids,
utd on all age appropriate vaccinations
Call today for an appointment or more information
520-457-2545
TSAS would like to thank the Ryan Meile Endowment for Animal Welfare administered by the Arizona Community Foundation of Cochise for the $10,000 grant received for veterinary/medical use. TSAS is a non- profit, no-kill shelter and is funded by donations and grants like this. In 2016 52% of our budget was spent on medical bills for the dogs and cats in order to get them ready for adoption. We thank you so much for your generosity.
