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Astro Foundation asks Riverbank for corporate sponsorship as rescue costs rise
Summary
Astro Foundation briefed the council on its decade of rescue work, reporting rising operating costs (from about $425,000 in 2023 to over $500,000 projected) and requesting the city consider a corporate sponsorship for 2025 to support adoptions, spay/neuter services and a pet food pantry.
Riverbank — Jaydeen Vicente, founder and president of the Astro Foundation Pet Rescue, told the City Council the nonprofit has rescued about 10,000 animals over roughly 10 years and that approximately 40% of that work involved animals from Riverbank. Vicente described current operations (a small adoption center in Downtown Oakdale, foster care, veterinary care, vaccination and microchipping…
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