Celebrate Black Cat Appreciation Day with Free Cat Adoptions All Week
August 14, 2026 By: Sarah A. Neikam, SPCA Albrecht Center Marketing Director Umami is a [...]
For Shelter Cats, the Best Day Out Is a Day In
August 8, 2026 By: Sarah A. Neikam, SPCA Albrecht Center Marketing Director Last week, I wrote [...]
Doggie Day Out is More Than a Break from the Shelter
July 30, 2026 By: Sarah A. Neikam, SPCA Albrecht Center Marketing Director Recently, one of our [...]
Empty the Shelters Finds Homes for Hundreds, But the Journey Doesn’t End at Adoption
July 27, 2026 By: Sarah A. Neikam, SPCA Albrecht Center Marketing Director The SPCA Albrecht Center [...]
Free Pet Adoptions During BISSELL Pet Foundation’s “Empty the Shelters” Event
July 10, 2026 By: Sarah A. Neikam, SPCA Albrecht Center Marketing Director If you've been thinking [...]
More than pets – dogs are part of the family
July 5, 2026 By: Sarah A. Neikam, SPCA Albrecht Center Marketing Director Last week I stopped [...]
Keep the Dog: Cash’s Adoption Story
June 26, 2026 By: Sarah A. Neikam, SPCA Albrecht Center Marketing Director In October 2013, a [...]
SPCA Albrecht Center Joins Pick Me! SC Adoption Event June 12-20
June 12, 2026 By: Sarah A. Neikam, SPCA Albrecht Center Marketing Director The SPCA Albrecht Center [...]
Noble, the Dog Who’s Grown Up Waiting
June 5, 2026 By: Sarah A. Neikam, SPCA Albrecht Center Marketing Director Noble learning new [...]
June is Foster a Pet Month & Adopt a Cat Month
May 29, 2026 By: Sarah A. Neikam, SPCA Albrecht Center Marketing Director June is a special [...]
Community Events are a Fun Way to Support Homeless Pets
May 22, 2026 By: Sarah A. Neikam, SPCA Albrecht Center Marketing Director Spring and summer in [...]
As Temps Rise, So Do Animal Shelter Numbers
May 15, 2026 By: Sarah A. Neikam, SPCA Albrecht Center Marketing Director As temperatures climb across [...]
Shaping the Future of Animal Welfare
May 12, 2026 By: Sarah A. Neikam, SPCA Albrecht Center Marketing Director Take a look around the [...]
Feed it Forward to Help Pet Owners in Need
May 1, 2026 By: Sarah A. Neikam, SPCA Albrecht Center Marketing Director At the SPCA Albrecht [...]
Outdoor Cats – If you feed them; fix them
April 24, 2026 By: Sarah A. Neikam, SPCA Albrecht Center Marketing Director Stray cats, often referred [...]
Celebrating Our Volunteers
April 18, 2026 By: Alice Dyches, SPCA Albrecht Center Volunteer Coordinator April 19th-25th is National Volunteer [...]
Bonnie & Buster Await Home Together
April 10, 2026 By: Sarah A. Neikam, SPCA Albrecht Center Marketing Director At the SPCA Albrecht [...]
A Spring Thrift Store Party with a Purpose
March 6, 2026 By: Jaden Garrett - SPCA Albrecht Center Events & Fundraising Manager Spring is [...]
Bridging the Gap Between Love and Veterinary Care
February 20, 2025 By: Sarah A. Neikam, SPCA Albrecht Center Marketing Director When I arrived at work [...]
A Rare Animal Shelter Reunion
February 17, 2026 By: Jaden Garrett - SPCA Albrecht Center Events & Fundraising Manager Teddy, [...]
Take a Shelter Dog On a Date This Valentine’s Day Weekend
February 10, 2026 By: Jade Garrett - SPCA Albrecht Center Events & Fundraising Manager Artie [...]
Spay It Forward: A Small Donation with Big Impact
January 30, 2025 By: Sarah A. Neikam, SPCA Albrecht Center Marketing Director February is Spay and Neuter [...]
Walk for Peace, Health, & Happy Dogs
January 23, 2025 By: Sarah A. Neikam, SPCA Albrecht Center Marketing Director Somewhere along the way, we [...]
Join SPCA’s Annual Playing for the Paws Golf Tournament
January 18, 2025 By: Jade Garrett - SPCA Albrecht Center Events & Fundraising Manager The SPCA [...]
What Aloka Found is What Every Pet Deserves
January 10, 2025 By: Sarah A. Neikam, SPCA Albrecht Center Marketing Director Aloka the Peace Dog; [...]
The Adoptions That Defined 2025
January 5, 2025 By: Jade Garrett - SPCA Albrecht Center Events & Fundraising Manager In 2025, [...]
Five Years Later, Lars Is Finally Home
December 28, 2025 By: Sarah A. Neikam, SPCA Albrecht Center Marketing Director Last week at the SPCA [...]
Home for the Holidays: Give a Shelter Pet a Break This Thanksgiving
November 10 , 2025 By: Jade Garrett - SPCA Albrecht Center Events & Fundraising Manager Wesley [...]
ASPCA Donations Don’t Help Local Animals
November 4, 2025 By: Sarah A. Neikam, SPCA Albrecht Center Marketing Director As the season of giving [...]
Celebrate Thanksgiving Morning with Bloodies & Bagels for a Cause
October 28, 2025 By: Jade Garrett - SPCA Albrecht Center Events & Fundraising Manager Get ready to [...]
SPCA Surpasses 1,000 Adoptions & on Track to Beat Last Year’s Record
October 21, 2025 By: Jade Garrett - SPCA Albrecht Center Events & Fundraising Manager Kid was [...]
SPCA Albrecht Unveils Aiken’s First Pet Microchip Scanning Station
Oct. 10, 2025 By: Sarah A. Neikam, SPCA Albrecht Center Marketing Director The SPCA Albrecht Center has [...]
Aiken’s Top Dog Brings Community Together for Homeless Pets
Oct. 5, 2025 By: Sarah A. Neikam, SPCA Albrecht Center Marketing Director Jade Garrett, SPCA Events [...]
First Ever “Aiken’s Top Dog” is Saturday Oct 4th
September 30, 2025 By: Jade Garrett - SPCA Albrecht Center Events & Fundraising Manager This Saturday, October [...]
Puppy Mill Awareness – How to Spot Bad Breeders
Sept. 20, 2025 By: Sarah A. Neikam, SPCA Albrecht Center Marketing Director Dogs at a breeding [...]
Supporting Mental Health and Animal Welfare
September 13, 2025 By: Seth Quick, SPCA Albrecht Center Adoption & Foster Coordinator The SPCA Albrecht [...]
The Truth About Free Adoptions and Why Cost Doesn’t Define Care
September 9, 2025 By: Jade Garrett - SPCA Albrecht Center Events & Fundraising Manager Whenever we run [...]
Cattyshack Cat Show is for Purebreds and Rescue Cats
Sept. 2, 2025 By: Sarah A. Neikam, SPCA Albrecht Center Marketing Director With over 150 cats and [...]
Second Chance Dogs
August 23, 2025 By: Sarah A. Neikam, SPCA Albrecht Center Marketing Director It happens more often than [...]
Noble: the Shelter Dog Who Should Be Adopted By Now
📣8/19/25 Pupdate: Noble has been adopted! 🐾🙌 August 18, 2025 By: Sarah A. Neikam, SPCA Albrecht Center [...]
The Journey of a Shelter Pet from Intake to Adoption
August 11, 2025 By: Jade Garrett - SPCA Albrecht Center Events & Fundraising Manager This past week [...]
Who Will Be Aiken’s Top Dog?
August 5, 2025 By: Jade Garrett - SPCA Albrecht Center Events & Fundraising Manager Crowning More Than [...]
North Augusta’s Animals Need Your Support
July 25, 2025 By: Sarah A. Neikam, SPCA Albrecht Center Marketing Director Animal welfare is not [...]
Misunderstood, Not Dangerous: The Truth About ‘Pit Bulls’
July 22, 2025 By: Sarah A. Neikam, SPCA Albrecht Center Marketing Director Jean is sweet [...]
When It’s Not Forever – Rehoming a Pet the Right Way
July 15, 2025 By: Jade Garrett - SPCA Albrecht Center Events & Fundraising Manager We often say [...]
Still No-Kill, and Now Officially Recognized
July 3, 2025 By: Sarah A. Neikam, SPCA Albrecht Center Marketing Director The SPCA Albrecht Center [...]
Celebrating Second Chances: SPCA Albrecht Center Wraps Up a Heartwarming Pick Me! SC Week
July 1, 2025 By: Jade Garrett - SPCA Albrecht Center Events & Fundraising Manager The SPCA Albrecht [...]
SPCA Albrecht Center Joins Statewide ‘Pick Me! SC’ Adoption Event Once Again
June 22, 2025 By: Sarah A. Neikam, SPCA Albrecht Center Marketing Director The SPCA Albrecht Center [...]
Tallulah’s Time: How Foster Care Gave One Long-Stay Shelter Dog a Fresh Start
June 11, 2025 By: Jade Garrett - SPCA Albrecht Center Events & Fundraising Manager When Tallulah first [...]
Every Animal Counts – So Every Policy Matters
June 6, 2025 By: Sarah A. Neikam, SPCA Albrecht Center Marketing Director At the SPCA Albrecht [...]
SPCA Albrecht Center Distributes Nearly 39,000 Cans of Cat Food Thanks to Birdie & Louie Donation
June 3, 2025 By: Jade Garrett - SPCA Albrecht Center Events & Fundraising Manager Local animal [...]
SC Becomes No-Kill State
May 27, 2025 By: Sarah A. Neikam, SPCA Albrecht Center Marketing Director An extraordinary milestone has [...]
Healing in Fur and Friendship: How Shelter Pets Support Mental Health
May 20, 2025 By: Jade Garrett - SPCA Albrecht Center Events & Fundraising Manager SPCA Adoptable [...]
SPCA Urgently Needs Fosters
May 13, 2025 By: Sarah A. Neikam, SPCA Albrecht Center Marketing Director It’s not uncommon for [...]
More Than Just Retail: The Life-Saving Power of Volunteering at the SPCA Thrift Store
By: Gabriella Koener, SPCA Volunteer Coordinator May 2, 2025 At the SPCA Thrift Store, every tag, coat [...]
Aiken’s Top Dog is Coming!
April 18, 2025 By: Sarah A. Neikam, SPCA Albrecht Center Marketing Director The SPCA Albrecht Center [...]
Found Kittens? Here’s What to Do (and Not Do)
April 11, 2025 By: Sarah A. Neikam, SPCA Albrecht Center Marketing Director It’s a familiar scene [...]
A Tribute to Pogo, on the anniversary of his passing.
March 26, 2025 By: Alexis Schonberger March 26th, 2025 marks one year since Pogo’s death. It wasn’t [...]
Paws & Petals: A Thrift Store Party in Full Bloom!
April 1,, 2025 By: Jade Garrett - SPCA Albrecht Center Events & Fundraising Manager Spring is the [...]
Sharing is Caring When it Comes to Pet Adoption
March 25, 2025 By: Sarah A. Neikam, SPCA Albrecht Center Marketing Director Over the past few weeks, [...]
How Modern Animal Sheltering is Saving Lives, One Pet at a Time
March 11, 2025 By: Sarah A. Neikam, SPCA Albrecht Center Marketing Director Not long ago, an animal [...]
Expanded Walk-In Clinic Hours at SPCA Veterinary Care Center
March 4, 2025 By: Jade Garrett - SPCA Albrecht Center Events & Fundraising Manager At the SPCA [...]
Going the Extra Miles for Homeless Pets
February 16, 2025 By: Sarah A. Neikam, SPCA Albrecht Center Marketing Director The SPCA Albrecht Center recently [...]
Spay it Forward with a Small Donation to Make a Big Impact
February 9, 2025 By: Sarah A. Neikam, SPCA Albrecht Center Marketing Director February is Spay/Neuter Awareness Month, [...]
Spay & Neuter: The Most Important Way to Save Lives
February 4, 2025 By: Jade Garrett - SPCA Albrecht Center Events & Fundraising Manager Every year, millions [...]
National Change a Pet’s Life Day: Rootie’s Journey to a Second Chance
January 28, 2025 By: Jade Garrett - SPCA Albrecht Center Events & Fundraising Manager Change a Pet’s [...]
Ensuring Animal Safety in Aiken
January 21, 2025 By: Jade Garrett - SPCA Albrecht Center Events & Fundraising Manager When we witness [...]
Avoid the Cost of Confusion When Donating Locally
December 17, 2024 By: Sarah A. Neikam, SPCA Albrecht Center Marketing Director During this season of giving, [...]
Indoor Play Ideas for Pets
January 13, 2025 By: Sarah A. Neikam, SPCA Albrecht Center Marketing Director January has brought Aiken the [...]
Keep Pets Safe and Cozy This Winter
January 7, 2025 By: Jade Garrett - SPCA Albrecht Center Events & Fundraising Manager Winter brings colder [...]
Adopting Pets for the Holidays: A Gift of Love and Connection
By: Jade Garrett – Events & Fundraising Manager December 24, 2024 The holiday season is a time [...]
The SPCA Albrecht Center participates in “Empty the Shelters” Holiday Event
November 26, 2024 By: Jade Garrett – Events & Fundraising Manager The SPCA Albrecht Center for [...]
Thanksgiving Pet Safety
November 26, 2024 By: Jade Garrett - SPCA Albrecht Center Events & Fundraising Manager Thanksgiving is [...]
Breaking Myths About Animal Welfare
November 19, 2024 By: Jade Garrett - SPCA Albrecht Center Events & Fundraising Manager Since 1935, the [...]
Pets are a Lifeline in Times of Mental Health Crisis
By: Seth Quick, SPCA Albrecht Center Adoption & Foster Care Coordinator November 1, 2024 Losing a loved [...]
Puppy Mill Awareness Month: What You Need to Know and How You Can Help
September 10, 2024 By: Jade Garrett, Events & Fundraising Manager September is Puppy Mill Awareness Month, a [...]
The Impact of Pet Adoption and Why It Matters
August 27, 2024 By: Jade Garrett, Events & Fundraising Manager Zola is a 9-year-old sweetheart [...]
5 Tips for Adopting a New Dog from the Shelter
August 13, 2024 by Jade Garrett, Events and Fundraising Manager Meet Odin! This s gentle [...]
Help Shelter Pets Without Spending a Dime
August 6, 2024 By: Sarah A. Neikam, SPCA Albrecht Center Marketing Director When it comes to [...]
113 Pets Find Homes in Three Weeks During SPCA Albrecht Center’s Adoption Events
July 30, 2024 By: Sarah A. Neikam, SPCA Albrecht Center Marketing Director The SPCA Albrecht Center [...]
SPCA Albrecht Center Joins Statewide ‘Pick Me! SC’ Event
July 23, 2024 by Jade Garrett, Events and Fundraising Manager Having spent more than 500 [...]
‘Albrecht Adventure Days’ is a fun, easy way to change a shelter dog’s life!
July 16, 2024 by Sarah A. Neikam, SPCA Albrecht Center Marketing Director Summer is the perfect [...]
SPCA Albrecht Center Joins the Bissell Pet Foundation’s “Empty the Shelters” Event, July 8th-19th
July 9, 2024 By: Jade Garrett – Events & Fundraising Manager The SPCA Albrecht Center for [...]
Ensuring a Safe Summer for Your Pets
June 25, 2024 By: Jade Garrett, Events & Fundraising Manager As temperatures rise and summer heat [...]
Meet Our New Shelter Manager
By: Sarah A. Neikam, SPCA Albrecht Center Marketing Director Jun 18, 2024 Last year, the SPCA [...]
What to Do When You Find a Stray Animal in the City of Aiken
June 11, 2024 By: Jade Garrett - SPCA Albrecht Center Events & Fundraising Manager Galaxy, [...]
SPCA Albrecht Center’s Commitment to Shelter Pets Endures Beyond Adoption
By: Sarah A. Neikam, SPCA Albrecht Center Marketing Director In March, Ranch, one of our beloved [...]
Understanding What it Means to Be a “No-Kill” Animal Shelter
May 28, 2024 By: Jade Garrett - SPCA Albrecht Center Events & Fundraising Manager Executive [...]
After Years at the SPCA Albrecht Center in Aiken, Lars is Ready for a Forever Home
May 14, 2024 By: Jade Garrett – Events & Fundraising Manager For 1,231 days Lars has [...]
Kitten Count up to 98 at the SPCA Albrecht Center
Last Friday morning, our staff at the SPCA Albrecht Center was greeted with an unexpected yet [...]
SPCA Albrecht Center Joins Bissell Pet Foundation’s Empty the Shelters Event
April 30, 2024 By: Jade Garrett - Events & Fundraising Manager Theda one of the [...]
Volunteers: The Heartbeat of the SPCA Albrecht Center for Animal Welfare
April 24, 2024 By: Gabriella Koener - Volunteer Coordinator In the bustling corridors of the SPCA [...]
A Day in the Life of Franklin: an SPCA Volunteer’s Slumber Pawty Experience
April 7, 2024 By: Tristan Myers, SPCA Volunteer Being a volunteer, I am aware of the [...]
Shelter Slumber Pawty Reflections: 24 hours in the life of a shelter pet.
April 9, 2024 By: Sarah A. Neikam, CAWA Saturday night, the SPCA Albrecht Center participated for [...]
A Look at SPCA Albrecht Center’s Spring Calendar
April 2, 2024 By: Jade Garrett, Events & Fundraising Manager Last Friday, SPCA Albrecht Center hosted [...]
SPCA Invites Community to Sleepover for a Cause
March 26, 2024 By: Jade Garrett, Events & Fundraising Manager Remember how much fun slumber parties [...]
What do we do with all the pitbulls?
March 19, 2024 By: Sarah A. Neikam, CAWA At a donor gathering recently, a fairly new [...]
Don’t Overlook Surrendered and Returned Pets when Searching for a Pet.
March 5, 2024 By: Sarah A. Neikam, CAWA Understanding the backgrounds of the pets in an [...]
The SPCA Albrecht Center Offers Purpose and Compassion for Seniors and Pets.
February 27, 2024 By: Sarah A. Neikam, CAWA The SPCA Albrecht Center for Animal Welfare offers [...]
The Strength of Courage
February 20, 2024 By: Sarah A. Neikam, CAWA Imagine the strength it takes to wag your [...]
Tee Off for Tails at the ‘Playing for Paws’ Golf Tournament!
February 13, 2024 By: Sarah A. Neikam, CAWA Get ready to tee off for tails! The [...]
February is a Month of Love and Responsibility for Pet Lovers
February 6, 2024 By: Sarah A. Neikam, CAWA The month of February is often symbolized by [...]
One Date with a Shelter Dog can be Life-Changing
January 30, 2024 By: Sarah A. Neikam, CAWA You’ve probably heard that time spent with companion [...]
Transform Lives on National Change a Pet’s Life Day!
January 23, 2024 By: Sarah A. Neikam, CAWA Oliver is longing for a special connection [...]
Mental Enrichment for Pets in Winter
January 16th, 2024 By: Sarah A. Neikam, CAWA January typically brings shorter and colder days, but [...]
Remembering Bastian, and the Unique Love of Shelter Pets
January 9th, 2024 By: Sarah A. Neikam, CAWA On New Year’s Day, my husband and I [...]
Golden Paws: Finding Lifelong Friends in Senior Pets
By: Sarah A. Neikam, CAWA At the SPCA Albrecht Center, our goal is to find loving homes [...]
Animal Shelter Success Reflects the Community’s Dedication
By: Sarah A. Neikam, CAWA Christmas may be over, but the holiday season continues to bring warmth [...]
