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FOCAS Meetings

The Friends of the Orange County Animal Shelter (FOCAS) was formed in 2004 to help support and enhance the general operation of the Orange County Animal Shelter. FOCAS may also address more general animal welfare issues which affect North Carolina animals and animal shelters.

FOCAS is an organization of volunteers, independent of Orange County government and operating with its own elected Board of Directors. Membership is open to any individual or organization committed to supporting the FOCAS mission. Everyone is welcome at the meetings.

Make a Donation to Help the Animals
If you would like to help all those adorable animals at the Orange County Animal Shelter, a donation will go a long way in helping to find them new homes. FOCAS is a 501(3)c nonprofit group, so your donation is tax deductible. FOCAS can accept any form of payment thru Paypal: credit card, debit card, check, cash--and it all goes to help those wonderful animals at the shelter. It's easy--just click on the "donate" button in the next column. We thank you, and the animals thank you!

If you would like to help all those adorable animals at the Orange County Animal Shelter, a donation will go a long way in helping to find them new homes. FOCAS is a 501(3)c nonprofit group, so your donation is tax deductible. FOCAS can accept any form of payment thru Paypal: credit card, debit card, check, cash--and it all goes to help those wonderful animals at the shelter. It's easy--just click on the "donate" button in the next column.

We thank you, and the animals thank you!

ORANGE COUNTY, NC ANIMAL SHELTER
Telephone (919) 942-7387 (942-PETS)

1601 Eubanks Road, Chapel Hill, NC

REPORTING ANIMAL CONTROL PROBLEMS

Chapel Hill Town Limits 967-7517 M-F 9am - 6pm

Carrboro Town Limits 918-7418 M-F 8:30am - 5pm

Orange County 245-2075 M-F 8am - 5pm

After Hours 911

Click below for information on:

F O C A S

Friends of Orange County Animal Shelter

P.O. 9652 Chapel Hill, N.C. 27515-9652 --
919-942-2503

Membership meetings are open to the public and are held on the 1st Tuesday of every other month from 4pm to 5pm, usually at the Chapel Hill Library.

We welcome all suggestions and strategies that can help improve the quality of life for our shelter animals and help them find loving homes. Donations are always welcome.

NOTE: UPCOMING MEETINGS 4:00pm to 5:00pm at the Chapel Hill Public Library meeting room: October 6 , 2009

A Few of Our Current Goals are to:

assist in facilitating the shelter animals' adoptions by arranging and staffing off-site adoption centers with volunteers.

raise funds to purchase equipment and materials that will upgrade shelter operations and expand outreach programs such as humane education and animal rescue;

help with the adoption counseling process;

take an active part in the Foster Program to give animals a better chance to be adopted;

train animals;

collect in-kind donations to help shelter animals-including food, toys, carriers, leashes, etc;

help lost animals get home to their owners;

work with the spay/neuter program to help solve the pet overpopulation problem in Orange County;

actively pursue and develop a comprehensive tri-county spay/neuter program that can markedly decrease (if not eliminate) all euthanasia in all our counties' shelters.

Ways You Can Help Our Animals

We need volunteers who are willing to spend a few hours a month to help improve the lives of Orange County's homeless pet population. We have several programs that facilitate contact between potential adopting families and the shelter's animals.
We also need volunteers for a few weekend hours each month to accompany our precious shelter dogs or puppies to and from retail centers to increase their visibility so more animals can find lifetime homes. We also need members to assist with fundraising. Our aim is to improve the quality of life for Orange County's homeless animals.

Please become a part of the solution and help save our animals! Click on the banner image below to visit FOCAS Volunteer Room where you can download the FOCAS Volunteer Application.