During the month of September, the Pearl River County SPCA and 238 other shelters across the nation participated in the Michelson Found Animals Saving Pets Challenge. The challenge was to raise the most money for each shelter and rescue group. Thursday, the challenge came to an end but Pearl River County’s SPCA didn’t win the grand prize of $150,000 but did came in 32nd place and raised $2,005 for the shelter.

An overall total of $878,880 was raised from the combined 238 shelters and rescues groups nationwide.

All the money the Pearl River County SPCA raised from the challenge will go towards funding operation expenses associated with sheltering pets for adoption.