Humane Society of the Ochocos fundraiser honoring past pets

Anybody who has recently spent time at the corner of Third and Main has probably noticed a building full of decorated Christmas trees. What they might not know is that the trees are all donated, each one in memory of a beloved pet dog that has passed. And each one will later be auctioned off, with all the proceeds benefiting the Humane Society of the Ochocos. The Rainbow Bridge Tree Auction idea came from an unlikely source – it wasn’t a Humane Society staff member or board member who brainstormed and launched the idea. “A couple of girls I went to high school with decided to hold a fundraiser for us,” explained Chanda Wallace, executive director of Humane Society of the Ochocos (HSO). “They put all of this on themselves. They did it in memory of dogs that they lost.” The girls from Wallace’s high school are Cindy Wheeler, Kelly Tibbs and Laurie Hollis. They approached her back in early September with the idea.

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