Follow the Yellow Brick Road to Saving Grace’s ‘Paws for a Cause’ Aug. 28

ROSEBURG, Ore. - An evening of dinner, local wine and beer, auctions and a little Wizard of Oz magic will help give Douglas County animals something much more important: a place to call home.

Saving Grace Humane Society will host its biggest fundraiser of the year, Paws for a Cause, on Aug. 28 at Melrose Vineyards. This year’s theme, “Wizard of Paws: There’s No Place Like Home,” invites guests to follow the yellow brick road for an evening benefiting the animals and community programs supported by Saving Grace.

The evening will feature appetizers and dinner, local wine and beer, live and silent auctions, and stories highlighting the animals and people whose lives have been touched by Saving Grace.

Tickets are $100 per person, with tables of eight available for $800. Admission includes appetizers, dinner and wine or beer tickets.

Tickets are available now at https://savinggracehumanesociety.org/paws-for-a-cause/.

For anyone who has adopted a pet, reunited with a missing animal, needed help getting a pet spayed or neutered, or simply believes animals deserve care when they have nowhere else to go, Paws for a Cause is an opportunity to directly support that work here in Douglas County.

“There truly is no place like home, and every animal deserves the chance to find one,” said Melissa Owens, Development Director for Saving Grace Humane Society. “Paws for a Cause is a celebration of what this community makes possible and our commitment to serving the pets and people of Douglas County. Every ticket, donation, auction bid, and sponsorship helps provide shelter, veterinary care, and a pathway home for animals in need. We hope you’ll join us for a truly special evening.”

That support reaches well beyond providing animals with a temporary place to stay.

Saving Grace provides comprehensive veterinary care for animals at the shelter while also operating community programs aimed at helping pets remain with the people who love them. Those services include a pet food bank and low-cost spay and neuter services, in addition to the shelter’s work finding homes for animals in its care. Organizers say Paws for a Cause is an important part of sustaining those programs and services.

Saving Grace is Douglas County’s only full-service animal shelter. The nonprofit provides shelter, food and medical care to thousands of animals each year, but its work does not stop with the basics.

Animals waiting to return to their families or find new homes receive attention from staff and volunteers, along with the everyday comforts that can make an unfamiliar shelter environment a little easier - warm blankets, toys, treats and time spent socializing with people who care for them. Saving Grace also continues working to expand programs designed to keep pets and their families together whenever possible.

That makes Paws for a Cause more than a night out at a vineyard.

It is a chance to enjoy dinner with friends, bid on something fun, hear some powerful stories and know that the money spent that evening stays connected to work happening every day for animals across Douglas County.

And the Wizard of Oz theme carries a fitting message for an organization whose work so often ends with an animal walking through a front door and finally being home.

For people who have been looking for an excuse to enjoy an evening at Melrose Vineyards, support a local nonprofit or simply do something good for animals in the community, this may be the night to do it.

Paws for a Cause: Wizard of Paws - There’s No Place Like Home will take place Aug. 28 at Melrose Vineyards.

Tickets and additional information are available at https://savinggracehumanesociety.org/paws-for-a-cause/.

To learn more about Saving Grace Humane Society and its programs, visit savinggracehumanesociety.org.