After 3 years of planning, meetings, budget sessions, reports, proposals and who knows what else, the plan by Sammies Friends (Cheryl Wicks and Curt Romander and all the supporters of their non-profit) to privatize the Nevada County Animal Shelter is on the Jan. 26 Board of Supervisors meeting agenda! Woo-hoo!
This is a huge step forward and hopefully will result in Sammies Friends running the shelter later this year. Cheryl and Curt work tirelessly already on behalf of animals in our county and I think few would argue that they are responsible for turning our shelter around and getting the euthanasia rate down to low single digits.
They have smarts and charisma, two qualities you need to run anything and motivate legions of volunteers. They are kind, honest, and steadfast and together I am sure they will always put the animals first.
This is nothing like the "privatize the library" debacle. Sammies Friends is non profit. And local. And has 10 years of a track record helping animals in our county!
My 2009 calendar had "Board of Supervisors meeting -- Shelter" crossed out about a half dozen times and I'm beside myself with excitement that this could finally happen..next week! But the action of the Supervisors would begin "negotiations" so it probably is still months away. But still, for the first time, I feel like it could be happening!
You meet people in your life who have various impacts on you. I have always considered it a blessing to know Cheryl & Curt and I admire them tremendously. This is going to be a really, really good thing for Nevada County !!
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