It’s going to be big.
The Kitsap Humane Society will host a Mega Match-a-thon Adoption Event on Oct. 17 to 19, in partnership with the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
According to Rachel Bearbower, KHS marketing and events manager, the goal is to find loving homes for 111 animals during the three day event.
“It’s triple the number of adoptions we did on the same weekend last year,” she said. “Hundreds of pets of all ages, breeds and personalities will be available for adoption.”
Kitsap Humane Society will join other shelters across the country to offer reduced adoption fees and gifts with adoptions as part of this national adoption weekend.
During the three-day event, cats more than six months of age will have reduced adoption fees of $1.11; kittens will be reduced to $100, and patrons can adopt two kittens for the price of one.
Dogs that have been at the shelter for longer than two months will have a “Pick Your Price” adoption fee. All adopters will receive a complimentary collar and engraved ID tag with their adoption.
Many of the animals available for adoption were rescued from overcrowded shelters by Kitsap Humane Society’s life-saving Rescue Transfer Program, Bearbower said.
“With the community’s support, Kitsap Humane Society aims to ’empty the shelter’ as a result of the event, so that there will be space to rescue and save even more at-risk animals,” she said.
The ASPCA has provided grant funds to Kitsap Humane Society and many other shelters across the country to support large-scale adoption events in an effort to save lives of shelter animals. By partnering with the ASPCA, Kitsap Humane Society hopes to raise community awareness about this event and get even more animals into loving homes, she said.
Hours for the event are: Friday, Oct. 17, noon to 8 p.m.; Saturday, Oct. 18 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Sunday, Oct. 19, 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Kitsap Humane Society is located at 9167 Dickey Road NW in Silverdale and is a private, nonprofit, charitable organization that has been caring for animals in need since 1908. KHS admits almost 5,000 animals per year and has a 95 percent lives saved rate, one of the highest in the U.S.
