Zebrowski Gets $500,000 Grant for Hi-Tor Animal Shelter

One of the big pieces of news at the Furball, Hi-Tor’s capital campaign fundraising dinner March 27, was an announcement from Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski (D-New City) that he secured a $500,000 grant to help build a new animal shelter for the county.

The news was an important development in the fundraising effort to support a new shelter as it represents the largest investment to date, officials said.

“I am very happy that I was able to secure this grant for Hi-Tor, moving them one step closer to making a new shelter a reality,” Zebrowski said in a prepared statement. “ I have a personal relationship with Hi-Tor and have seen the love and care they provide for the animals that come to the shelter, treating them like their own until they find permanent homes. Being Rockland’s only animal shelter, the community deserves a quality facility that better meets the needs of the animals.”

Hi-Tor Animal Shelter, Rockland County’s only open admissions animal shelter, takes in approximately 2,000 animals each year. Founded in 1973, its purpose is to provide a space where adoptable animals are sheltered in comfort, safety and security; where they have a place to exercise and experience joy; and where they can know the love of the community while Hi-Tor seeks to find them their forever homes. Hi-Tor aims to deliver the highest standard of care possible while promoting responsible pet ownership through education and outreach.

“We are thrilled to receive this grant,” said Lizanne Fiorentino, president of Hi-Tor’s Board of Trustees. “It means that a new shelter for our animals is now more than a promise -- we can now begin to turn our needs assessment into a reality.”

To learn more about the Capital Campaign or to donate toward the rebuild effort, visit them at http://www.friendsofhitor.org/#!the-new-shelter/c12gb .

PHOTO: See photos from the Furball and lots of adoptable animals on Hi-Tor’s Facebook page.