Library and Humane Association partner up for pets

Petersburg Public Library is in the middle of Words for Whiskers, a fundraising partnership program with the Petersburg Humane Association (PHA) and the Friends of Petersburg Libraries.

For each book, movie or audio review entered by library users, the Friends will give a $1 donation to the Humane Association. The Friends will donate up to $500, which will be used toward building a new cat shelter for PHA, a nonprofit that cares for sheltered animals while trying to find them permanent homes.

“We encourage classrooms, families and workplaces to enroll as groups. The individual or group who giv...