CAPTION TO PICTURE:   Sherri Craggs (right), co-owner of Fur Love Charitable Resale Shop on the Taylorville square, was Tuesday’s program speaker at the Taylorville Kiwanis Club.   Kiwanis member Adam Jeffrey (left) was program chair.

The Taylorville Kiwanis Club heard from the co-owner of the Fur Love Charitable Resale Shop in Taylorville at their Tuesday meeting at the Moose Lodge.

Sherri Craggs owns the non-profit store with husband Steve.    She shared with Kiwanis members that Fur Love is using all of the 14,000 square foot building on the square, which dates back to the late 1800’s.  They’re currently remodeling the basement for an additional 3500 square feet of space.

Craggs told the Kiwanis Club that the store has 12 volunteers help the staff, and it also has an outreach for low income to help Spay and Neuter cats and dogs. An average of 12 animals are sprayed or neutered each week thanks to funding from Fur Love.

Craggs added this spring, with the help of Faith Bible Christian Academy and the Taylorville FFA, they’ll sponsor a project to trap, spay, neuter and release feral cats and dogs.  The non-profit donates on an ongoing basis pet food to local Food Banks in Taylorville, Pana, Assumption, Kincaid and Morrisonville.  Another Fur Love project is working with the Lincoln Conservancy Bike Trail group to install hydration stations for people and their pets.

Most recently,  Fur Love recently donated 500-dollars to support the SHADOW Home in Taylorville to replace a washing machine.

The Taylorville Kiwanis Club is part of a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world one child and one community at a time.  Weekly meetings are held Tuesdays at noon at the Taylorville Moose Lodge.  For information on the club, go to taylorvillekiwanis.com.