Selma’s Purrfect Pals is hoping to help people in Selma and Dallas County decorate their homes for the Christmas season while helping the many cats at the Selma Animal Shelter at the same time.

They are selling wreaths and other holiday decorations to help raise money to pay for vetting cats at the Selma Animal Shelter.

“I think it is so important for us to take care of these animals, and it is just so expensive and it is just one way that we can try to give back by making the crafts and getting them available to folks,” said Jacque Johnson with Purrfect Pals.

“It is a win-win for them because they get a really nice wreath or whatever the craft is, and they know that their money is going to a really good, important cause.”

Alabama and Auburn themed wreaths, treat jars, vases, picture frames are just a few of the crafts they are selling to help their feline friends.

“Rather than asking people for money, I just make stuff,” said Shannon Lynch, founder of Selma’s Purrfect Pals. “So that’s just my hobby. I’ve really been kind of doing it through Selma Animal Hospital since last Christmas. I make ornaments, cookie jars and just whatever would sell because it rolls straight back into the vet account.”

Johnson said it only costs $50 to adopt a cat from the animal shelter, but it takes much more to make them available to people to take home with them.

“Getting a cat vet checked and getting the initial injections and the rabies shot and spaying and neutering is over $200 in value,” Johnson said.

“And when we put a cat up for adoption, we do that for only $50 because we’re trying to encourage folks to adopt them, so we try to keep it priced as low as possible.”

The animal shelter once averaged around 2,000 cats a year, but that number has dropped because of the work Purrfect Pals has done to help make cats adoptable.

Besides getting them vetted, Purrfect Pals has also started a free roam room for the cats that have been vaccinated and spayed and neutered.

“We wanted to do free roam because it is better for the cats because they are happier and they are not confined in a kennel,” Lynch said. “It also makes it a really pleasant place for people to come in and find that cat and bond with it and watch how it does.”

Lynch and Johnson encourage people to buy some of their crafts and to go adopt one of the cats at the shelter.

Johnson said cats can be adopted any time, but on each first Saturday of the month they hold an adoption day to show off the cats at the shelter from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.

The crafts range in price from $15 to $45, and anyone interested in buying them can call Johnson at 505-1226 or go to Selma’s Purrrfect Pals on Facebook.

Some of the crafts are available at the Selma Animal Hospital.