HERE - the Santa Fe Animal Shelter and Humane Society

We
have a dedicated crew of staff and
volunteers who love the store and care
deeply about the customers.
Volunteers Don Brown, 66, and
his partner of 40 years, Frank Adano,
83, bring a flair to the store. While
Brown’s background is in physical
therapy, Adano studied set design and
worked in theater and television. The
two also operated an antique store
in Florida and worked at that town’s
humane society thrift store.
They began volunteering at The
Cat about a month after they moved
to Santa Fe. Frank helps with displays,
while Don sorts through donations,
among other jobs. Frank’s displays, or
vignettes as he calls them, capture the
beauty of the varied donations.
While the store’s bottom line is to
support shelter programs, the store has
truly become a community resource
and a source for information about
the shelter and animals. It helps that
the store shares the same building as
the shelter’s low-cost Spay/Neuter and
Wellness Clinic.
That connection to the shelter is
an important distinction, said Madison,
along with a sound business plan.
Because of the tremendous success, the
shelter plans to open a second store
closer to downtown in March.
Flanagan will manage that store,
Look What the Cat Dragged In 2,
541 W. Cordova Road, across from
the Santa Fe Baking Co. She said
she’s excited about bringing the store’s
unique merchandise to a different area
of town.
“It will have its own character,”
Flanagan said, “but will use this store
as its model and foundation. It will
have less space, but we will stock it
with merchandise that people will love
and that will be unique to the store. It
will be a fresh, new space.”
Flanagan, who has a background
in retail, worked in several jobs at the
Shelter, including adoption counselor
and volunteer coordinator. While she
loved working in retail, she said she
never thought of it as a long-term
career until she was able to combine
her two interests.
The Camino Entrada store will
continue to offer customers the best
in quality merchandise and customer
experience, Greene said.
“This is a community place,”
said Greene, a former schoolteacher
whose passion for animal welfare drew
her first to the shelter as an adoption
counselor and then to the store. “It’s a
place where people come not only to
shop, but to visit, to talk to us about
animal issues, or to check out our latest
donations,” she said.
“There are people who come like
clockwork, every day, like Ellie and
Jack. She’ll pick up one or two items
or drop something off, and on the
way out, Jack will get his Milk Bone.
Making people happy, whether it’s by
adopting an animal or supporting the
shelter through this store, is a wonderful
way to start your day.”
2
Second resale Store
Opening in march!
Visit us at Look What the Cat
Dragged In 2, 541 W. Cordova
Road, next to Wells Fargo Bank.
Spring 2013 | 15