Kathy Stevens

Oh Joy! Let the Fun Begin!

December 15, 2011 | Categories: Director's Corner,Fundraising

By Kathy Stevens, Founder and Director

Nine years ago a fledgling CAS closed on our current property, took a deep breath, and got to work. We dug ponds, drilled wells, hauled away everything from piles of tires and old vehicles to…um…toilets that were piled in a stall on this farm that sorely needed rescue!

And rescue we did! In the ensuing years, with your spirit and generosity, we built seven barns and many smaller shelters, fenced twenty pastures, erected paddocks, and enclosures for smaller animals, installed a mile and a half of roads, and put in a solar array to power the entire farm operation…and, well, so much more. Together we created this beautiful haven.

Guess what, friends: it’s time to do it again!

Due to urgent need, and thanks to your incredible generosity, we’ve bought a new farm! Just 2.5 miles from CAS, it needs as much TLC as this place did nine years ago. Yup, the abandoned farm did what abandoned farms do: the buildings decayed, the fencing weakened, fell down, or rotted; and Mother Nature went wild. About six acres is usable as soon as we can install fencing and build shelters; the rest is a dense tangle of vines and briars that have killed hundreds of trees and are choking the life out of the land.

Can we count on you? We need, in short order, money and muscle to prepare this land to accept more animals. With over 200 on our urgent waiting list – a list that grows each day – we’re in overdrive, and hope you’ll come along for the ride! Make your most generous gift today and share our good new with your friends on your Facebook page!

Help us do the impossible…once again.

Happy Holiday from your Friends at CAS

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