Help AWC Win $100K

Help AWC win $100K. Share a photo of the pet you adopted during the ASPCA Challenge which began Aug. 1 and is ongoing thru Oct. 31. See details in link below. Haven’t found that Crucian friend yet? Visit us now thru the end of the month to adopt. Adoption hours 12:30 to 5 p.m. Mon [...]

Save Lives--Beat the Heat Adoption Open House

Learn about pet care, basic obedience and draw for sizzling adoption discounts during AWC’s Beat the Heat event on Sat. Aug. 27.

Come to the animal shelter Sat. Aug 27 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. to meet our pets, help support AWC in the ASPCA Challenge and help save lives. Potential adopters will draw thermometers [...]

Challenge Carnival--July 30

St. Croix Animal Welfare Center Kicks
Off National Adoptions Event with “Challenge Carnival”

Celebrate Crucian pets—join your friends at the St. Croix Animal Welfare Center (AWC) for a Challenge Carnival.

On Saturday, July 30 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. the pets and staff at the animal shelter will hold a mini carnival to honor local culture [...]

Operation Crucian Companion--FREE Tag & Chip Day--June 4

Join AWC beach side at Rhythms at Rainbow Beach on June 4 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. for Operation Crucian Companion–a free tag and chip event. Due to the gracious sponsorship of EPaymentAmerica, AWC is able to provide Free microchipping to the public during this special event.

This special event is part of AWC’s participation in [...]

Stamps to the Rescue

The Animal Rescue: Adopt a Shelter Pet stamps have REACHED!!

St. Croix Postmaster An-gie Lake says that these stamps are “flying out of stores.”

St. Croix AWC has signed up to be a HALO partner to received either food or funds.

The US Postal Service teamed up with Ellen DeGeneres and HALO: Purely for Pets a first class [...]

Chance Gets Second Chance Thanks to New Stateside Partnership, Local Volunteers and St. Croix Animal Welfare Center

St Croix, VI—April 24, 2009—Chance, a German short-haired pointer surrendered by his owner to the St. Croix Animal Welfare Center (AWC) took off for his new home in Washington state.

Chance is the second air cargo trip that AWC has conducted in April. St. Croix lacks an air cargo option, but St. Thomas offers that [...]