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Chaffeeâs Got Heart Committee recognized Amber van Leuken, Executive Director for Ark-Valley Humane Society. âPrior to COVID-19 we were shelter based,â van Leuken said. âBefore the stay-at-home order, the majority of animals came into our shelters and stayed there until they were adopted or reclaimed by their owners.â  Once stay-at-home came into effect, the shelter shifted to a foster-based model of care which is not the standard of care the majority of animals in the shelterâs care. Ark-Valley also shifted to virtual services. âWe first scrambled to get all our forms and service information available through our website and made it possible for people to pay through our website for our services,â van Leuken said. ....
Chaffeeâs Got Heart Committee recognized Amber van Leuken, Executive Director for Ark-Valley Humane Society. âPrior to COVID-19 we were shelter based,â van Leuken said. âBefore the stay-at-home order, the majority of animals came into our shelters and stayed there until they were adopted or reclaimed by their owners.â  Once stay-at-home came into effect, the shelter shifted to a foster-based model of care which is not the standard of care the majority of animals in the shelterâs care. Ark-Valley also shifted to virtual services. âWe first scrambled to get all our forms and service information available through our website and made it possible for people to pay through our website for our services,â van Leuken said. ....
The Chaffeeâs Got Heart Committee chose Loni Walton, owner of YOLO, for Chaffeeâs Got Heart. Walton said the pandemic changed operations at her shop, keeping customers and staff safe while still maintaining a mission to add to the vibrancy of downtown Salida. Early on, the pandemic pushed YOLO to do more online sales and private appointments. In addition to extra sanitizing, YOLO kept the doors open and limited the number of customers allowed in the shop at once. âWe care about our staff and customers. We felt like we wanted to keep everyone safe,â Walton said. âThis is very important to us. It has been important to do everything that we could to stay open and be viable business, while taking care of everyone in the same process.â ....