Volunteer Spotlight!
Ica and Joe Miller - volunteers for 40 years!
Volunteers come and go, and we're grateful for whatever time we're given when anyone helps our organization and our
dogs and cats. But when volunteers devote almost four decades of their lives helping the same group...well, that's pretty miraculous.
After moving to Mobile in 1972, Joe and Ica Miller's son was bitten by a stray dog on his way to school. Some folks would let such an event drive them away from ever caring about animals...but in their case it simply opened their eyes to the plight of homeless animals in our area. And so Ica decided that she would help the Mobile SPCA in whatever way she could...and not only that, but she also talked her husband into donating his time as well. Their continuing love for animals and their desire to help touched their daughter Peggy Taylor too, and now Peggy manages the Mobile SPCA's Second Chance Resale Shop.
"I have done just about everything through the years...spending hours on the telephone answering pet questions, taking in strays, fundraising, recruiting new members and convincing Joe how he could be an asset too. He was the Treasurer for the group and helped with projects that called for a little carpentry work. I eventually concentrated on the rummage sales we had to make money and I still do that today. We both help with the rummage sales along with our daughter Peggy." "We have enjoyed this group through the years and certainly all of the animal friends we have come in contact with. The work can be challenging and difficult at times but the rewards are great when you see happy pets and their new owners."
Joe and Ica share their family home with a 13-year-old dog they found in the middle of the road in west Mobile and a 12-year-old cat who was born in a pile of brush behind Baker School. "Coming back to Mobile is always a joy for us where we have family, friends and our volunteer work."
Thank you, Joe and Ica, for unmatched dedication to our organization. The impact you both have made and the help you've given the MSPCA is unique and truly special.
Please Regift!
RECYCLE YOUR GIFTS TO HELP RECYCLED PETS
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The Mobile SPCA is helping community members extend the holiday spirit through regifting. Turn your unwanted presents into a tax deduction for yourself, and a Second Chance Resale Shop item for the Mobile SPCA.
Our shelter is looking for recycled presents to help our recycled pets. 
We all receive presents from well-meaning neighbors and family members that are just not an item we love. Whether it’s a picture frame or a lighted water fountain with soothing sounds that just don’t match your decor, or a sweater the wrong size and color, we all get items that aren’t right for us. Instead of letting those items clutter your home or be shoved to the back of your closets, the Mobile SPCA invites you to turn them into a tax deduction! The Mobile SPCA will be accepting regifting items Monday through Friday from 8 to 5:30 and Saturday from 10 to 4 at our shelter located at 620 Zeigler Circle West or Saturday, January 7 at PetSmart from 10 am to 2 pm.
The gifts will be used either as a raffle item in Mobile SPCA’s upcoming Spay-ghetti Dinner in March or as merchandise in the Resale Shop. The money raised from this and other fundraising projects goes directly to help the over 2,500 animals the Mobile SPCA cares for each year. The cost of extensive medical care and surgeries is the greatest factor for some animals, but food and electricity are also needed every day at the shelter. The Mobile SPCA takes on several fundraising projects each year to make ends meet, including the Dogs for Dawgs in September and the Chili Chow Down in October.
“The Mobile SPCA is asking people to regift their unwanted presents this year for our group to use in an upcoming auction or as store merchandise” says Peggy Taylor, Second Chance Resale Store manager. “It’s a win-win situation, since the donors will get rid of a gift they didn’t really want, receive a tax deduction receipt, and Mobile SPCA will receive items we need for our raffle in March. It’s a great way for people to “pay it forward” and help Mobile SPCA by keeping clutter out of their homes” added Taylor.
The Mobile SPCA is a no-kill humane society that places over 1000 dogs and cats a year and assists owners spay or neuter another 1500 owned pets.
For additional information on our shelter, pets for adoption and holiday donations, please contact the Mobile SPCA at 633-3531.
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