USW Cares: USW Local 105 Women of Steel Rescues Davenport Animal Shelter

Submitted by Amber St. Clair 

The King’s Harvest Pet Rescue in Davenport, IA is thankful for groups like United Steelworkers Local 105 Women of Steel (WOS) committee.  This first-year, no-kill shelter is still finding it a struggle to meet commitments but with more donations like the one they received from the Steelworker women, the financial picture will get better.

On October 30, Local 105 WOS committee set up a pop-up tent at 5 am outside their ALCOA plant and for 14 hours they collected over two carloads of pet food and supplies and $1,300 in donations.

“It was overwhelming,” said WOS Co-chair Amber St. Clair. “The support of the members and workers made this project a tremendous success.”

St. Clair was pleased the committee was helping a shelter like King’s Harvest that adopts, fosters and rescues animals from “death row” kill shelters.

WOS Co-chair Jane Bailey told a local news reporter that a lot of people at ALCOA are animal lovers and it showed in their generous donations.

Local 105 Women of Steel thanks all of those people who donated to this worthy charity and reminds them to watch for another possible donation day in the spring.

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