04/01/2024
A Note From The Director
Dear friends,
I have received many emails asking about our Barrow clinics and spay neuter assistance, and I owe you a long overdue update.
As you know, we had to close our Barrow spay neuter clinic in August of 2023 due to financial constraints. What you don't know is that this was also a culmination of several personal events as well.
During 2020 and 2021, both my parents passed away. As they lived out of state, I had to spend months away from home handling the estate and sale of property.
Once that was settled, my husband and I were able to purchase land in Hart County, Georgia, and we began the construction process for our new home.
At the same time as the clinic closed, we ran into some major unforseen financial issues with the new home. We were able to resolve them and finish construction, but I ended 2023 with my clinic closed, my finances busted, and in a new place with new beginnings.
As we have moved our physical location, so too have we changed our focus. We have very few active members and volunteers, and as a result are unable to continue services in Barrow. Without our regular vaccine clinic income, our funds available to assist with spay and neuter surgeries while maintaining our low but necessary overhead have shrunk.
As a result, we are regrouping with a focus on our new home, Hart County. There are no low cost clinics here, but there is a wonderful group, Hart County Humane Society, that has a small but incredibly important voucher program.
We are so pleased that they are letting us partner with them to expand their voucher availability in the counties they serve, Hart and Franklin. We also plan to work with them to offer vaccine clinics to the community.
Long story short, and how appropriate for Easter! we are recreating and restarting our mission in a new location, with new partners, and a new community to serve.
I am truly sorry both that we are no longer able to assist the communities that we have been a part of in the past, and that my personal issues have led me to be less than prompt addressing the multiple inquiries for assistance.
I have updated our list of Georgia low cost spay neuter clinics, and will be reaching out to all our assistance requests with alternative options over the next few weeks. We will have our first event this weekend at the 16th Annual Hart County Humane Society Dam Dog Walk, with discounted spay/neuter vouchers, to introduce ourselves to the community.
Most of all, I want to thank every one of you that helped us begin and grow in the metro Atlanta area. We are so grateful for our clients, supporters, volunteers and staff. You made AAG what it is, and I can only hope to live up to your example as we shift northeast.
Sincerely,
Jen Wagner
Director
Animal Alliance of Georgia
