On Thursday, January 24, the Kern County Planning Commission approved our Conditional Use Permit. This is great news and means that our building permit will shortly follow.

We currently have enough funds on hand to almost finish the building. We need to raise further funds to finish it and make it ready for occupation. As we near our goal of building the shelter we need to ramp up our fund raising to pay not only for the completion of the shelter but also to operate it. We are going to have to pay salaries, taxes, utilities and buy food and supplies to run our shelter. We really need your support now. Please donate what you can to help us make your Shelter on the Hill a reality.

The Wine and Cheese Fundraiser event was held Saturday the 15^th and generated about $4,600 for the Shelter. This money will help us build our shelter building and fund our ongoing efforts such as the spay and neuter voucher program.