ROCHESTER, Minn.– The Paws and Claws Humane society reached it’s goal of raising $25,000 during their Annual Rummage & Bake Sale.
The event took place at the Olmsted County Fairgrounds in order to continue supporting operations with the organization.
A volunteer with Paws and Claws, Pam Egger says it takes more than $300,000 to run Paws and Claws, which supports nearly 1500 animals.
When in comes to preparing for the rummage sale, Egger, says they receive donations all year to go into storage. As the fundraising date approaches, all those items are moved from the storage to the big event. Egger says it takes a lot of dedicated people and a week’s worth of handling and pricing out donations to make sure things run smoothly.
She says organizations such as paws …