Popcorn Park Celebrates 35 Years in Lacey
After starting the shelter with just a fawn and raccoon, the nonprofit will celebrate its 35th anniversary with a series of events starting Saturday, Sept. 22
It all started with a fawn and a raccoon. The Associated Humane Societies and Popcorn Park began their venture in Lacey 35 years ago as a dog and cat shelter and adoption center, servicing the local community and area. “We wanted to become a better service,” Director John Bergmann said, adding that people typically had to go up to the Tinton Falls location to get their dogs or cats. “We wanted to expand and do a better job.” While the nonprofit organization was building in Lacey in 1977, a fawn was picked up and had to be bottle fed and cared for, he said. Then, the staff received a call from Beachwood about a raccoon that was stuck in a leg hold trap. Without veterinary staff in place locally, the raccoon had to go further north. The leg …
In this Article:
frank rizzo
3:55 am on Saturday, September 22, 2012
too bad rude reid and the town committee cancelled a decades long contract with lacey. they were the best thing for every animal in this town. more ›