CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. — The Cumberland Valley Animal Shelter was recently awarded a $35,000 grant from the West Penn Energy Fund to better optimize its energy use and improve the efficiency of its facility at 5051 Letterkenny Road West in Greene Township near Chambersburg.
“This highly beneficial grant from West Penn Energy Fund allows Cumberland Valley Animal Shelter to underwrite and deploy new improved assets in terms of equipment, while providing us with a detailed plan and roadmap that will lead us to future energy cost savings,” noted CVAS Director of Development Todd Willman.
“We’re very grateful for this support. On behalf of our leadership team and board of directors, our dedicated employees and our amazing volunteers, we’re delighted to receive this grant award.”
Opened in 2013, the shelter facility delivers a growing caseload of support and adoption services for homeless animals seeking forever homes, driven in large measure by increasing growth in the local region. Last year the shelter facilitated nearly 900 adoptions, performed nearly 1,100 spay/neuter surgeries in an effort to control the animal population, and made possible more than 220 reunions with happy owners.
About WPEF: The West Penn Energy Fund is a nonprofit seeking transformational projects that will support the deployment of sustainable energy technologies in a manner that will improve the economic and environmental health of communities within the West Penn Power service region.
WPEF’s mission is focused on three broad categories:
· Deployment of sustainable and clean energy technologies;
· Deployment of energy efficiency and conservation technologies; and
· Facilitating economic development, environmental betterment, and public education as they relate to sustainable energy deployment in the West Penn Power service region.
About CVAS: The mission of CVAS is to protect, shelter and adopt homeless animals; act as a contact agency in our service area to assure the safe and speedy return of lost pets to their owners; and promote responsible pet ownership through humane education initiatives. For more information about the Cumberland Valley Animal Shelter, its services and its pets currently available for adoption, visit www.cvas-pets.org or the shelter’s Facebook page, facebook.com/CVASpets.
