Meet kittens, make a craft
Library, humane society to dedicate new kitten adoption center
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STEUBENVILLE -- The Public Library of Steubenville and Jefferson County, Friends of PLSJ and the Jefferson County Humane Society will celebrate the next chapter of a unique community collaboration with a ribbon cutting and dedication of a new kitten adoption center at the Schiappa Branch at 4 p.m. Thursday.
The public is invited to join the celebration. The event will include feline-themed goodies and a children’s craft starting at 3:30 p.m., along with an opportunity to see the new enclosure and celebrate the kittens, humane society volunteers, library staff and community supporters who have helped make the program a success.
The story of the adoption center began in 2023, when the Public Library of Steubenville and Jefferson County partnered with the Jefferson County Humane Society as part of the library’s Tails and Tales summer reading program. The kittens quickly became popular with library visitors and staff. What was originally envisioned as a temporary summer-reading installation became a permanent fixture. The collaboration has continued since then because each organization brings something different to the effort.
The humane society provides the kittens, supplies and daily care through its dedicated volunteers, while library staff provide additional socialization and attention when their schedules permit. Library patrons get the opportunity to interact with the kittens and, sometimes, fall in love with a new member of the family.
The Friends of PLSJ organization has long promoted the kittens at the Schiappa Branch and wanted to help ensure that this successful collaboration continues for years to come. Earlier this year, the Friends of PLSJ applied for and received a grant from the Nancy Kay Croner Trust to make the next stage of the project possible: a custom-designed adoption enclosure that maximizes vertical space and allows more room and greater comfort for adoptable kittens without significantly increasing the footprint of the original enclosure.
Meet the kittens. Make a craft. Celebrate the new kitten adoption center at the Schiappa Branch Library.