UPDATE: Power Restored at BVSPCA Following Blizzard, Community Support Sought for Ongoing Recovery
UPDATE 02/25/26: The Brandywine Valley SPCA is providing an update following the blizzard’s impact on its Georgetown facilities. Thanks to quick community support, 22 dogs were placed into foster homes after the Animal Rescue Center lost power for an extended period. Power has now been restored, and both Georgetown campuses are open. The shelter still has several dogs in need of foster homes, and adoptions and fosters are being accepted today at the Animal Rescue Center on Shingle Point Road and the Georgetown Campus on DuPont Boulevard. The SPCA is also seeking donations of towels and blankets, as well as financial contributions to help cover storm-related repairs, including downed trees, fencing, and structural damage. The organization is also hoping to install generators to better prepare for future storms.
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Both Georgetown campuses of the Brandywine Valley SPCA were damaged during this blizzard – they suffered damage to the grounds and extended power outages, however the Animal Rescue Center remains without power.
Your help is needed – if you can become an emergency foster for dogs from the ARC! No advanced registration is needed – if you’re interested in fostering, go to the Animal Rescue Center on Shingle Point Road east of Georgetown between Noon and 5:30pm today to pick up a dog. Fosters will be provided with instruction, and BVSPCA staff will help match folks with a dog to suit their home for the short-term foster.
“We are grateful to our dedicated staff and volunteers who have been working around the clock to ensure the animals in our shelters have been cared for during the storm, but with the extended power outage and extensive damage our locations have sustained, we need the community’s help now more than ever,” said Adam Lamb, BVSPCA CEO. “Welcoming a dog into your home for a few days will help give these dogs a safe place to stay and allow our teams to focus on cleaning up and repairing storm damage.”
Those unable to foster are encouraged to support this effort by dropping off towels and blankets at any BVSPCA location, or by making a donation to support long-term damage repairs at our locations.
“While the priority right now is moving the dogs into foster, we have a long road ahead of us to repair the damage left in the wake of this storm,” said Lamb. “We will also be looking into installing emergency generators to prepare for future storms like this and would need more financial support to make that possible.”
More details and a link to donate are available at https://bvspca.org/news-