Pender County Humane Society

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CURRIE | Moores Creek National Battlefield will offer Battlefield Candlelight Tours on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 18-19.

Participants will walk the battlefield by the soft glow of candlelight to meet men and women from 1776, visit militia camps to learn of their battle plans, and hear the sounds of soldiers and musket fire in the darkness, imagining what it was like to live in those uncertain times more than 200 years ago.

Tours will leave every 15 minutes from the visitors center starting at 6 p.m., with the last one leaving at 8.

Reservations are required: call 283-5591 or visit the National Park Service site in Currie. Groups are welcome, but each tour is limited to 30 people.

BURGAW | Jordan’s Chapel United Methodist Church, 4670 Stag Park Rd., will give away 50 Thanksgiving food boxes on Sunday, Nov. 20. Boxes will consist of a canned ham, green beans, yams and a canister of stuffing.

A ticket will be given to the adults of the first 50 families to register. Registration starts at 5:30 p.m.

There will be a dedication service before the boxes are distributed.

BURGAW | Stover’s Auction House, 302 S. Dickerson St., will hold a benefit auction for Pender County Humane Society starting at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10.

Donated items are now being collected. If you have items to contribute, contact Stover’s at 259-0570 or 443-1374.

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That’s what they say at Pender County Humane Society, according to Treasurer Norma Troutman.

“When they’re picked up along the roadside,” the Carolina Beach resident said, “we rescue them in New Hanover County as well as Pender.”

The shelter has taken in animals from Brunswick County as well, she said. Group president Gloria Johnson hails from Wilmington.

In fact, several earmarks set PCHS apart. An independent group, they own a shelter. And the shelter is a no-kill facility.

“People always get us confused with Pender Animal Control,” Troutman said.

Animal Control, part of the Pender County Health Department, operates a shelter in Burgaw.

Pender County Humane Society takes animals out of Pender Animal Control to save them.

“We work really closely with them. They are a fantastic group to work with,” she said, “But we are a no-kill.”

PCHS adoption codes stand apart as well.

“One thing we do that is unique, we do a home visit for every animal that is up for adoption,” Troutman said.

PCHS requires a veterinary reference check on prospective adopters’ current and previous animals.

PCHS was founded in the 1970s. It closed, then regrouped after 1999 Hurricane Floyd left large numbers of homeless animals in its wake.

Troutman got involved around 10 years ago after reading a newspaper article. It said the humane society was about to close its doors for lack of funds and volunteers.

“And so I started carrying food up there. Gloria started walking the dogs,” she said, “and she and I met and sort of formed a bond.”

Troutman laughed.

“We mostly volunteer up there because it’s no-kill,” she said.

PCHS kicks off fall fundraising with its eighth annual raffle and a televised drawing for cash prizes totaling $2,000, which will air Sept. 9 on the Craig & Sheila Show, 6 to 7 a.m. on WILM-TV, and on Sunny 104.5.

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