SUMMIT —
Lilly McGlone loves animals, especially those at the Boyd County Animal Shelter.
On Saturday, the seven-year-old celebrated her birthday at the shelter, and instead of bringing gifts for her, Lilly McGlone asked them to bring items for the homeless animals instead.
“Some people brought stuff for the dogs and for me!” said McGlone, showing off a pile of pet food, blankets and beds, boxes of treats and other items collected at her party. “It feels good for the doggies. I love doggies. I really like animals and I really like it here,” she added, while holding on to a squirming small mixed breed dog. “There are lots of dogs that I know that are really sweet,” she said.
McGlone and her cousin Sophia Waggoner, 7, often volunteer at the shelter with McGlone’s sister and mother. “We help dogs. We feed them and we take them baths,” said Waggoner. “We like to walk them too,” added McGlone.
Stacy Castle-McGlone, Lilly’s mom, is an avid volunteer at the shelter and always brings her daughter to the shelter. The family has adopted several pets from there and also frequently foster pets when the shelter is full. “She just loves it here. She loves puppies and kittens,” said Castle-McGlone.
“I am very proud. This is something that is selfless,” Castle-McGlone said. “She wants to give back and I am happy for that. That is nothing that was encouraged. It is something that she wanted to do. She went to a party at Petland before, but she hears me say, ‘Don’t shop. Adopt’ and she said ‘I want to have my party here. She didn’t want any presents. She wanted to help the shelter babies,” adds Castle McGlone.
Castle-McGlone said her daughter’s party had already brought in dozens of donationed items on Saturday, along with some much-needed cash for the shelter’s medical fund. “There have been a lot of people who have come and dropped things off that don’t even know her,” she said. The party started at noon, and by 1 p.m. more than two dozen children had already been through the shelter.
Patty Muncy, of Ceredo, W.Va., read about the party on Facebook and dropped in with some donated dog food. Muncy recently adopted her dog Oreo at the shelter and wanted to give back. “I couldn’t believe it,” said Muncy, of the birthday party. “It is a great way to get the word out that shelters need help. (Lilly) She has been here every time I’ve been here. We came several times before we found the right dog for us,” she said.
Aimee Dixon, a shelter staffer, said Saturday’s party was the first of its kind in the more than 40 years of the shelter’s history. She hopes it is the beginning of a trend.
“It is good for these animals to get out and be socialized with the kids. They are having a really good time — a really good time. I hope more kids do it. I think it would be wonderful,” said Dixon. “I just think it is wonderful of Lilly to think of us, and care about these animals like that,” said added.
Dixon said the supplies and funds the party had helped to raise, are always needed and will be well used. “We always need supplies, where we stay so full, we go through things pretty fast. We always need blankets, food, treats, collars, leashes, beds. When we get our pregnant moms here, they need up off that concrete. We would like to get it to where we have beds for all of them. They’ve been out there too long,” she added.
On Saturday, the shelter had about 65 animals including many kittens, puppies and full-size animals. Many are spayed, neutered and housebroken. The cost to adopt an animal is $50 and includes the cost of a first round of shots and the spay or neuter operation.
CARRIE STAMBAUGH can be reached at cstambaugh@dailyindependent.com or (606) 326-2653.
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