Our Christmas Angel Tree is up at Elizabethtown PetSmart, decorated with our sweet adoptable pets! Come out and see what they asked Santa for this year! You can help Santa by selecting an ornament from the tree, purchasing one or more items from their wish list and then leaving it at the PetSmart counter. You are also welcome to drop…
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2024 Christmas for the Animals
Get your jingle bells ready and load up your sleigh!… Our Christmas for the Animals Pawty is next Sunday!!! Join us next Sunday, December 8th, starting at 1pm to celebrate our animals! You can bring them gifts (our animals made a list for Santa Paws), enter to win aMEOWzing raffle prizes, enjoy yummy food and great company! Tour…
Read MoreOur 30th Anniversary Celebration Puppy Plunge
ARC would like to thank all of the wonderful people who came out to celebrate on Saturday with us. We all had a ton of fun and enjoyed meeting everyone and their fur babies, who were very well behaved. A great time was had by all!
Read MoreAnimal Refuge Center Celebrates 30 Years
MARY ALFORD The News-Enterprise 5:30 am September 2, 2019 Vine Grove Animal Refuge Center is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a Puppy Plunge. The pool party and cookout is from 1 to 5 p.m. Sept. 14 at 308 Linda Lane in Elizabethtown. Manager Penny Edwards said it costs $5 for a dog to take a dip in the pool, but…
Read MoreCats, A Few Dogs the Life of the Animal Refuge Center Christmas Party
JEFF D’ALESSIO The News-Enterprise 6 am 12/3/18 As visitors to Sunday afternoon’s annual Christmas party at the Animal Refuge Center in Vine Grove sipped drinks and snacked on cake and other items, some of the dozens of cats who call 185 Basham Trail home rubbed up against their new friends. Others stared as guests walked around. “They like having people…
Read MoreCommunity Champions: Lee’s Tae Kwon Do Kickathon
Amazing Kids Kick Up Donations For Homeless Pets! Always Stand By The Weak What an exciting day at Lee’s Tae Kwon Do Studio! Dedicated Kids Kick up Hope For Homeless Animals …..When you work or volunteer for rescue organizations, it’s easy to see more bad than good in people. You spend most of your time healing, and attempting to repair…
Read MoreJoin Us For the 56th Annual Kentuckiana Championship Cat Show!
56th Annual Championship Show Kentucky Exposition Center, West Hall A 937 Phillips Lane Louisville, KY September 2-3, 2017 9:00am – 4:00pm Continuous judging both days Admission: $3.00 Adults $2.00 Seniors and children under 12 $10.00 Family (2 adults and any number of children) Children under 6 admitted free For complete show information visit Kentuckiana Cat Club’s Website For information…
Read MorePatrick Bergman Visitation
We wanted to give everyone an update and let you know how we are doing so far. Thanks and deepest gratitude to all who have helped us with this memorial fundraiser. We still have a way to go to cover the cost of this expense, but we are hoping to make a final push and meet the cost for the…
Read MoreCostumed Canines Enjoy Halloween Event
Greg Thompson Posted: 10/24/2016 3:00 AM Wagging tails and a barking chorus greeted pet owners and animal lovers Saturday at Playful Paws in Radcliff. Dogs of various breeds and sizes came donned for the spooky season dressed in an array of costumes for the Pup-Tacular Harvest Celebration. Visitors saw a patrol dog, then there was Leo, a 5-month-old German Shepherd,…
Read MorePaws For Yoga-Reiki Healing Weekend Update!
If you were not able to join us for that peaceful one hour yoga class and a one hour Reiki healing session to get your Labor Day off to a stellar start, you missed a fantastic day of sunshine, fresh air and good times! Registered Yoga Teachers Lorene Fowler and Shellie Crow brought everyone together at 9 am for a…
Read MoreGreat Weekend At The Kentuckiana Championship Cat Show!
ARC’s Good Mews Monday We spent the weekend before last at the Kentuckiana Cat Show at the Fair and Exposition Center in Louisville. It was our 3rd year in a row being invited and we always have a great time and have been fortunate to find some of our kitties their forever homes. This year was no different as four…
Read MoreHow you can help Petfinder & Animal Refuge Center, Inc. find forever homes for pets in Hardin County, Kentucky!
Hi, ARC Friends, DID YOU KNOW? With our username, KY27, the Animal Refuge Center was one of THE VERY FIRST animal shelters to sign on and promote their pets for adoption online at Petfinder.com in 1996! Since 1996, Petfinder has helped facilitate more than 25 million pet adoptions through nearly 13,000 shelter and rescue organizations – one of which is…
Read More2014 America’s Got Talent Finalist Emily West to Perform Benefit For Animal Refuge Center
Counting Down The Days!!! We are 9 days out from the performance of Emily West at Historic State Theater in Elizabethtown! Do you have your tickets yet?? Grab yours now before they are all sold out! https://goo.gl/l1QO6F American Country Music sensation Emily West has committed to come perform a benefit concert for The Animal Refuge Center at the Historic State…
Read MoreAnimal Shelter Bathes, Blesses Furry Friends
By Anna Taylor Monday, August 17, 2015 at 3:15 am (Updated: August 17, 3:30 am) Dogs of various breeds, shapes and sizes were treated Saturday to soap and suds at Freeman Lake Park. “We’re raising money for the animals,” said Inge Edwards, Animal Refuge Center volunteer. The Animal Refuge Center, which hosted the dog wash, has two every year and…
Read MoreNetwork hosts pet expo in E’town
By Jill Pickett, The News Enterprise Sunday, April 19, 2015 at 2:54 pm (Updated: April 20, 7:28 am) Copy by ARC Webmaster, Pam Harrison The Animal Refuge Center joined the PAWS United Network yesterday at the Pritchard Community Center in Elizabethtown, KY for the network’s first-ever event, Bail Me Out of the Shelter Pet Expo! A great time was had…
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