Strays on Street Corners raises $78,000 for local Humane Society
Volunteers are at intersections across Windsor and Essex County, Thursday, July 25, 2019. (Melanie Borrelli / CTV Windsor)
A total of $78,000 has been raised for the Windsor Essex County Humane Society (WECHS) at its local community fundraiser, Strays on Street Corners.
The funds will go towards giving the animals under WECHS' care food, shelter, and medical care.
'We are really pushing it here and it's been a tougher year, looking at donations or revenue, looking at the economics of everything in our society right now,' said Lynnette Bain, executive director of WECHS.
'So, this is coming at a great time to help us, to be able to take care of the animals. It goes into our general funds for that.'
Strays on Street Corners is WECHS' biggest fundraiser of the year.
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