The Advance

Issue date: 12/7/07 Section: News

Media Credit: Adriene Similton Jackie Crough can be found at the Animal Shelter any time of the week giving love to as many animals as she can. See video at our website.

The Salina Animal Shelter sees about 86 applications for volunteer work yearly. Out of those 86, there is one that continuously
comes back.

Jackie Crough has been volunteering
for over seven years now. "I thought it was a good place to volunteer - somewhere I could make a difference," Crough said.

She can be found there on any given day at least twice. Her expertise in animal care includes scrap booking, photography and love.
"There are a lot of them," Crough said, "But you give them love one at a time."

When I visited the shelter, Crough was doing just that, giving love to a single dog that needed it.

A little Yorkshire Terrier, by the name of Ms. Ellie, was in desperate need of some TLC. Abandoned by her previous owners due to moving constraints, Crough's main concern was finding a home for her.

During the interview, I saw the dog go from scared and shivering to absolutely calm in Crough's arms.

When she got up to leave the room to grab an information packet for me, Ms. Ellie's eyes quickly saddened and she began shivering again.

But as soon as Crough returned to embrace the dog once more, the shivering ceased.
Crough expressed that her main concern was that Ms. Ellie would never find a home and her life would stop at the shelter.

"We aim for a no-kill shelter, even taking some of the animals to Colorado
where they have no time limits in their shelters," Crough said.

Luckily for both Crough and Ms. Ellie, one woman was searching for a dog with her unique personality and beauty.
Before I left the facility, Ms. Ellie had found a home.

Meetings for volunteers are every first Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m. in the Carver Center.

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