Fifty raffle baskets will highlight Starfish Animal Rescue’s 10th annual “Santa Paws” fundraiser from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12.
The event will be held in the nonprofit’s parking lot at 167 Oswalt Avenue in Batavia; enter off Bond Street.
The public is invited. Admission is free. Masks are required and raffle tables will be socially-distanced.
Raffle tickets are $5 and include a carry-out lunch. In addition to raffle baskets, a bake sale will be held and hot dogs and hamburgers will be served.
An online basket raffle,“12 Days of Santa Paws,” will feature 12 baskets is under way. Baskets are raffled daily through December 12. Tickets are $5. To donate, go to www.paypal.com/paypalme/starfishanimalrescue.
Founded in 2006, Plainfield-based Starfish is a licensed nonprofit rescue that mobilizes volunteers to transport dogs, cats, puppies, and kittens from high-kill shelters in Kentucky for fostering and adoption in Chicago-area homes.
Since its inception, Starfish has rescued approximately 6,000 animals.
Send an E-mail to starfishanimalrescue@Gmail.com, or visit Starfishanimalrescue.com for more information.
—Al Benson