Rescue Village was invited to Chardon Healthcare Center yesterday to visit with the residents. To make it a safe visit during COVID, they requested a Paw Parade so that residents who weren’t able to come outside could see the dogs from their windows as the parade wrapped around the entire building. Initially Chardon Healthcare Center […]

RESCUE VILLAGE NAMES NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The Board of Trustees of Rescue Village is pleased to announce that Kenneth Clarke has been selected as its next Executive Director. Ken assumed his new position on March 16. Ken has spent more than two decades in executive leadership positions at some of the Midwest’s leading nonprofit, educational, […]

Rescue Village has made some important changes to how we manage the large number of calls we receive every year about what to do with orphaned, sick or injured kittens. Every year hundreds upon hundreds of people call us wanting to bring in orphaned, sick or injured kittens they found under their porch or in […]

Like so many other organizations, businesses, and families that were profoundly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, so was Rescue Village. And still today the effects of this malicious virus continue to take a stronghold. When the Ohio Stay at Home Order was initiated last March, Rescue Village had 77 animals in our care. The barn […]

We held our first-ever virtual showcase event on 10/22/2020 in partnership with Adventure Subaru and the ASPCA.  Since our doors are still closed to the public, we were excited to be able to show our animals live so people could see them in real time. While our adoptions have been skyrocketing during COVID, it’s more […]

Rescue Village is selected by The Jackson Galaxy Project (JGP), a Signature Program of GreaterGood.org, to participate in the 2020 class of Cat Pawsitive Pro, a life-saving initiative that introduces advanced, positive-reinforcement-based behavior training and enrichment to shelter cats. Supported by the Petco Foundation, this innovative training program aims to increase feline adoption rates as […]

Rescue Village is proud to partner with Adventure Subaru during the 2019 Subaru Share the Love Event! Join us Saturday, December 7th from 12pm to 3pm for an adoption event at Adventure Subaru (1991 Mentor Ave, Painesville, OH 44077).  In addition to adoptions, this Celebration of Pets includes Pictures with Santa (for you and your […]

  Not sure you are ready to adopt? Try fostering! Rescue Village is thrilled to be participating in Maddie’s Fund Foster Express Challenge. With your help, we will coordinate at least 25 short-term foster care experiences for our adult dogs and cats during the challenge which launches Friday, November 22 and ends on Friday, January […]

The cold weather months are upon us and it is a great time to start thinking about the best way to care for community cats throughout the winter. Community cats are those who are feral, stray, and/or free-roaming without an indoor home. When the cold winter months start approaching, caretakers from all over bundle up […]

Today Rescue Village launched our vibrant new brand. Over the past nearly 30 years, we have grown to become one of the largest and most respected humane societies in the region. With more people involved in animal welfare than ever before – from being donors to adopting – it was time to update the brand […]