{"id":138688,"date":"2020-12-29T23:43:42","date_gmt":"2020-12-30T04:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=138688"},"modified":"2020-12-29T23:43:45","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T04:43:45","slug":"group-sets-timeline-for-new-shelter-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2020\/12\/29\/group-sets-timeline-for-new-shelter-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Group sets timeline for new shelter project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Van Wert County Humane Society\u2019s capital campaign has progressed, and the society has announced a timeline for construction of an animal shelter\/adoption center on Fox Road.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are in the home stretch,\u201d said Humane Society Board President Deb Sealscott.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"248\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Humane-Society-photo-7-2020.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-133159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Humane-Society-photo-7-2020.jpg 580w, https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Humane-Society-photo-7-2020-550x235.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Van Wert County Humane Society members pose with a sign denoting the location of the group&#8217;s proposed animal shelter\/adoption center. <em>file photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The society purchased 1.76 acres on Fox Road over a year ago and began a capital campaign last winter with the goal of raising $600,000. Currently, the campaign has reached 85 percent of that goal.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Garmann Miller Architects is currently working on the final design draft of the facility, with bidding and a groundbreaking ceremony planned for this coming spring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sealscott noted that local businesses and individuals have shown \u201coverwhelming support\u201d for the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBecause of the generosity of so many, our shelter animals should be in their new home by year-end 2021,\u201d she said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those interested in contributing to the campaign can do so by contacting Michelle White, capital campaign chairperson, at \u200bmichwhite66@yahoo.com\u200b&nbsp;or by contacting the Van Wert County Foundation at 419.238.1743.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent\/submitted information The Van Wert County Humane Society\u2019s capital campaign has progressed, and the society has announced a timeline for construction of an animal shelter\/adoption center on Fox Road.&nbsp; \u201cWe are in the home stretch,\u201d said Humane Society Board President Deb Sealscott.&nbsp; The society purchased 1.76 acres on Fox Road over a year ago [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-24 03:03:25","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138688\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}