Young Storm Lake girls surprise Caring Paws Rescue with $180 donation
Three Storm Lake girls sold hand-painted pet rocks and surprised Caring Paws Rescue with $180 over the Fourth of July holiday.
Three young Storm Lake girls surprised Caring Paws Rescue with $180 after selling hand-painted pet rocks. Kiera Thompson, Sofia Thompson and Nora McDonald, the granddaughters of Kari and Doug Thompson, raised the money on their own and presented it to the group over the Fourth of July weekend.
Pet Rock promoted the fundraiser from the stage as the girls sold their painted rocks and collected donations for the rescue.
Caring Paws Rescue keeps pushing to establish Buena Vista County’s first permanent animal shelter. For years, residents needing shelter services had to go to Spencer, about 40 miles away, and the rescue has spent the past two years building support for the shelter.
That campaign has already drawn major backing. In August 2024, the late Tom and Joanne Samsel of Lakeside gave $400,000 to help kick off the shelter effort. In March 2026, Caring Paws bought the former Lake Animal Hospital building at 107 W. 16th St. for $275,000 for the building and another $100,000 for equipment and inventory.
The fundraising kept building in June, when a Rescue Roundup event brought in $15,012.
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