GivingBackToTheCommunity

SPRUCING UP THE ANIMAL SHELTER: GIVING BACK THE ECONOMY
Chelsea Moffit, right, loads more paint onto her roller as Tiffani Day paints the mortar joints between the blocks inside a pair of kennels at the Vance County Animal Shelter Wednesday afternoon.  Members of the Northern Vance High School Science Club spent Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons painting the smaller kennels inside the shelter along with the waste troughs and the floor with an epoxy based paint donated by Sherwin-Williams. Shelter staff removed the doors to the kennels and those were painted also. The club provided the brushes, rollers and covers along with paint trays. According to Justyn Phelps, adviser to the club, the group will be returning to the shelter monthly to help the animals with socialization and to also take pictures of each animal to post on media websites in the Triangle region.

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