SAVE Animal Rescue received a $500,000 grant from the George H. and Estelle M. Sands Foundation to support the construction of a new facility.
The shelter’s current space at Herrontown Road, Princeton, is too small to adequately serve the Princeton area. Scheduled to open in February, SAVE will occupy a 10,000 square foot modern facility in Skillman.
The new shelter will have the capacity to accommodate up to 75 cats and 25 dogs in comfort, offer animal health and welfare services, provide private rooms for families to become acquainted with shelter pets, expand the shelter’s services to Montgomery Township and dedicate dog training areas and orientation classes for staff, volunteers and the public. The shelter will be built adjacent to the historic Van Zandt House, which was donated to SAVE twelve years ago. The House has been fully renovated and will serve as the organization’s administrative headquarters.
George and Estelle Sands, both deceased, were civic-minded residents of Princeton for over 60 years. In 1996, they established the George H. and Estelle M. Sands Foundation in order to support the organizations they cared very deeply about. Through the foundation, they have contributed to the Princeton Public Library, the University Medical Center at Princeton, the Arts Council of Princeton and several other organizations.
SAVE is a private shelter and animal welfare organization dedicated to protecting the health and well-being of companion animals in the greater Princeton area. Through six core programs of Rescue, Shelter, Health and Welfare, Spay/Neuter, Adoption and Humane Education, SAVE strives to substantially reduce animal overpopulation and the corresponding euthanasia of adoptable and treatable animals. For more information call 924-3802.
