Humane Society’s Jail for Bail Fundraiser a success
The second annual Jail for Bail fundraiser was held Tuesday, Feb. 2, at the North Battleford Humane Society.
The event started last year in an effort to raise money to build a new facility. Shelter coordinator Michelle Spark said they need to raise about $1.4 million and have banked $400,000 to date. Spark is hoping to raise all the money in the next two years. A location hasn’t be selected yet for the new building.
The final tally had the Jail for Bail fundraiser at $13,000, about $2,000 short of last year’s total, but still a massive success.
Nine people from the Battlefords, including Spark, participated in Jail for Bail. They were all locked in kennels at 5 p.m. and had to call family and friends to bail them out with donations. When they ran out of family and friends to call, they were handed phone books so they could keep calling people until their release at 8 p.m. A few of them even chose to have the furry friends their fundraising for, as cell mates.