When RAIN Humane Society, SPCA started the RAIN Train program May 2009, we had hopes of helping as many pets in our community move onto brighter futures of adoption. Over one year later, the program, which was the brainchild of Susan Perry and Lynda Mixson, has assisted the local animal controls and Nassau County residents successfully transport over 1000 animals onto major Humane Societies and SPCAs in the southeastern United States for re-homing. The program has grown from a rented van, to owning our own van, and obtaining a donated RV for larger transports. New kennels and travel gear has been purchased for the animal’s comfort, along with a wonderful team of people which has been established to help ready the pets for the big trips.

A majority of the pets do stay within the state of Florida going to the Tampa Bay, Orlando and Ft. Lauderdale areas. However, RAIN has transported to Charlotte, NC, Atlanta, GA, and Raleigh, NC. RAIN’s dedicated driver, William Just, will practically go anywhere, if it means saving a life…!!!! The largest transport on record just recently went off in July 2010 with 50 animals loaded onto the RV, and was received with excitement at Broward County Humane So. in Ft. Lauderdale, with all pets being adopted into new homes within a two week period. With community support, RAIN looks forward to expanding this pro-gram to save as many lives as we can.