Community Connections Mentoring Group Spruces Up the Grounds at the Animal Welfare Society

On Saturday, April 25th, 2009, The Animal Welfare Society held their annual Spring Clean-Up and Volunteer Appreciation BBQ. The event was well attended with over 60 volunteers, who helped rake, sweep, weed, and spruce up the grounds of AWS. The Northern York County YMCA and Kennebunk Rotary Community Connections Mentoring Group attended the festivities for the second year and were a great help. The mentoring group is comprised of adolescent children and adult mentors from the community, this is the second year that they attended the event and AWS greatly appreciated the community support! To learn more about or how to help the Animal Welfare Society with it’s mission visit www.animalwelfaresociety.org.

The Animal Welfare Society in a non-profit animal shelter, which serves 18 towns in York County by providing intake and adoption services as well as outreach programs. Current programs include volunteering, humane education, dog obedience, low-cost spay/neuter assistance, fostering for pets of victims of domestic violence and more.