Statewide 'Shelter Open House' hopes to find hundreds of animals homes

On Saturday, October 5th - dozens of shelters across Washington will simultaneously open their doors for a special state-wide event aimed at increasing awareness at the plight of the numerous adoptable dogs and cats in Washington, and hopefully finding some of them homes.

We work with Pawsitive Alliance once a week to feature a #WhyNotMe Pet who has had an exceptionally hard time finding a home. You may have seen the pieces on Sam, Fancy, Tulip and Rush so far. But that is only one pet a week, and there are hundreds in the state who need and deserve homes too.

Enter this weekend's Shelter Open House, where participating shelters will be offering adoption specials, raffles, giveaways, fun activities and themed parties.

Here's a list of participating shelters around the state, and when they'll be open:

• Whisker City: 2 to 6 p.m.
• Auburn Valley Humane Society: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Meow Cat Rescue: 12 to 5 p.m.
• Seattle Area Feline Rescue: 1 to 7 p.m. *Special Event: Pumpkin Spice Claw-tté*
• Seattle Humane: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. *Special Event: Football*
• Regional Animal Society of King County: 12 to 5 p.m. *Special Event: 50% off all adoptions! Eastside Adoption Center is also participating in the Kirkland Petco*
• Humane Society of Skagit Valley: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. *Special Event: Fall into senior pet love, adoption fees waived on senior pets 7 +*
• Homeward Pet Adoption Center: 12 to 6 p.m. *Special Event: 12th Man*
• Northwest Organization for Animal Help: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. *Special Event: Adopt Don't Shop*
• SpokAnimal: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. *Special Event: Hawaiian Theme*
• Camano Animal Shelter Association 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. *Special Event: Half off all adoptions*
• Spokane Humane: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. *Special Event: Pet-Toberfest*
• SCRAPS: 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
• Grant County Animal Outreach: 12 to 6 p.m. *Special Event: In with the New*
• Wenatchee Valley Humane Society: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• PAWS: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Adams County Pet Rescue: 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
• Benton Franklin Humane Society: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. *Special Event: Adopt one animal get half off the adoption fee of another*
• Sunny Sky's: 12 to 3 p.m.