Kennebec Valley Humane Society

Over the past 20 years, Charlie's Family of Dealerships has been a major sponsor of the Kennebec Valley Humane Society. From direct donation, to hosting events such as the annual Kibble's N' Bid's auction and Mutt Strut, Charlie's helps raise $50,000 a year for the shelter.

Since 1927 the Kennebec Valley Humane Society has provided shelter, food, and medical services to local animals in need. Our mission is to care for, protect and place animals for adoption in lifelong homes; to prevent cruelty to animals by educating our communities in the proper and humane care of all animals. Our vision is to end pet overpopulation and to advance the humane treatment of all animals.

Charlie's is proud to support the Kennebec Valley Humane Society in their mision.

For the past 34 years, Charlie and Nancy Shuman as well as the entire Charlie's organization has been huge supporters of many local animal shelters and humane societies, because of their tremendous love of animals of all kinds. Charlie's wife, Nancy, has been especially compassionate about this effort to help the animals and has given hundreds of hours of volunteer time to help out the animals. She and Charlie have always said that "We need to help out those who cannot speak for themselves." Charlie, Nancy, the rest of the Shuman family, as well as countless employees, have recognized the need for a new, state of the art animal shelter for some time. Charlie's decided to step up big time for the cause that so many in the family and company feel so passionate about. Charlie made a commitment to help fund the project in the amount of $1,500,000 to $2,000,000! This commitment helped to speed up the process in erecting the new facility, as Charlie and Nancy were very aware of how important this new facility is for the animals. Nancy and Charlie were in tears when the name of the shelter was revealed as the Nancy Shuman Animal Shelter. Since Charlie opened his first store in 1986, he always said to himself that if that his success allowed it, he would love to build a safe, loving environment for all animals, and the dream shared by him and his wife Nancy has now become a reality.