Dear Santa,

The cats and dogs at the Hinton and District SPCA have been very good this year. We have eaten our kibble, enjoyed our walks and peed outside or used our litter boxes.

For Christmas we would like the following:

• Homes for all our friends!

• IGA Budget Savers

• Canadian Tire money

• Pedigree Dog Food, wet or dry

• Whiskas or Iams cat food, wet or dry

• Special Kitty Clumping cat litter

• Milkbones/other dog treats

• Dog/cat toys, especially kongs

• Leashes

• Office supplies – photocopy paper, postage, letter size files

• Cleaning supplies – paper towel, Windex, bleach

• Dog walkers / cat cuddlers

We always appreciate donations, they may be dropped at the shelter between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. daily.

If you want to volunteer for us you can come and walk me (or my other doggie friends), or you can play with my cat friends (there are 50 of them here). You can help clean my kennel with the dedicated staff of the SPCA.

There are also ways you can help fundraise so my vet bill can be paid and my food purchased. We like to eat and stay warm! The volunteers here do 24 bingos a year, work casinos, they organize the Dog Jog, silent auctions and recycle bottles. 

Santa, I hope by Christmas Eve I’ll be in my new home, but please stop by and drop off some goodies for my friends who are not so lucky!

Love, Cocoa and the rest of the dogs and cats at the Hinton and District SPCA