The Animal Shelter Society holds annual Summer Jam

ZANESVILLE, Ohio — The Animal Shelter Society held their Annual Paws-N-Claws Summer Jam Saturday afternoon at the Muskingum Family YMCA.

Many local businesses participated in the event to show their support for the shelter, but they also used the event as an opportunity to reach community members and spread the message about their organizations as well.

“We’re here today to support the local Animal Shelter. We come to these events to help with the community, help the dogs get homes, the cats. We’re also here to talk about animal nutrition and hand out some free food samples We try to support foods without grains; corn, wheat, and soy. Those are the number one allergens in dogs,” explained Miranda Cartwright, Manager of We Luv Pets.

One local non-profit organization said that it’s always enjoyable when non-profits can come together to support one another, saying that it was a no-brainer for them to help out the shelter on Saturday.

“So Habitat, we’re a non-profit so we like to support other non-profits. It’s great when we can come together and kind of work together on things. I’m here just promoting our build that we have coming up here in the fall. I have a stud signing here so that you can write a message to our future home owners. The Animal Shelter is a great organization and we love to support each other like I said because we’re non-profits, so they reached out and I said ‘absolutely,’ and plus it’s beautiful out,” added Murphie Rambo, the Community Engagement Director for Habitat for Humanity of Southeastern Ohio.

A $5.00 donation was requested for admission for anyone 13 and older, and the event included food and drinks, a DJ, a kissing booth, a photo booth, dance teams, a cornhole tournament, face painting, a celebrity dunk tank, and more.

Shelter Director Jody Murray expected approximately 200-300 community members to attend. He thanked all the businesses and organizations that donated and helped sponsor the event. The money raised will go towards helping care for the nearly twenty-five hundred animals they take in each year.