Each year the Fremont Area Chamber of Commerce holds a Christmas Silent Auction event during the Fremont Christmas Stroll. The committee chooses a local nonprofit to donate the proceeds to. This year, the profits went to Bellwether Harbors’ Clyde's Collars fund. Clyde’s Collars was created in honor of Bellwether Harbor alumni Clyde, who went missing from his home shortly after adoption. He has not been found. This program provides Fi GPS collars to dogs, like Clyde, who are fearful, skittish, or a flight risk. Families looking to adopt dogs in the program are gifted the collar and a year subscription to Fi’s GPS tracking service upon adoption. While Bellwether is launching this program with the focus on high-risk dogs, they hope to expand Clyde’s Collars to include all dogs at the shelter. Being able to provide adopters with a Fi collar and one year subscription to their GPS tracking service will provide an extra safety measure when combined with an ID tag and microchip. Clyde’s story is heartbreaking but not uncommon. This program is designed to help prevent situations like this from happening in the future. Bellwether Harbor Animal Shelter and Training Center is a nonprofit 501c3 organization; dedicated to the health and well-being of the abandoned, abused, and neglected dogs and cats coming into their shelter. Their facility is located at 7645 W. 48th Street, Fremont. If you want to know more about the fund, you can go to Bellwether's website, https://www.bellwetherharbor.org/clydes-collars/ Thank you to this years’ donors of the Christmas Auction: Linden Floral, Complete Restoration, Flowers by Ray & Sharon, Fremont Christian Church, Liberty Jewelers, Hidden Treasures of Fremont, The Original Print Shop, United Way of the Lakeshore/Jim Rynberg, Mayor of City of Fremont, Clyde Brummel, Fremont Area Chamber of Commerce, Hi-Lites Graphics INC, Norma Talbott, Empowerment Network, and Great Lakes Signature Properties. A special thank you to the sponsors of the Fremont Area Chamber of Commerce 2021 Christmas Auction: Horizon Bank - Fremont, Gerber Life Insurance Company, Harbor Hospice, West Michigan Family Dental, Fremont Regional Digester and Brant Electric. Save the date for the 2022 Fremont Christmas Stroll now, Friday, December 9. Be sure to check out the silent auction items in the Fremont Area Chamber of Commerce office at 7 E. Main Street, downtown Fremont. Your donation will go towards one of our local nonprofits!
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