License Plates Raise $100,000 For Local Shelters
The Pikes Peak Humane Society is among many Colorado animal shelters receiving grants paid-for through the sale of specialty license plates.
The Adopt-A-Shelter Pet license plates went on sale in January of 2011. They are available for purchase at the Colorado Division of Motor Vehicles for $80. For each sold, $30 goes to the Colorado Pet Overpopulation Fund or CPOF.
A spokesman for the CPOF said during the first full year of sales, they generated $100,000. He said the plates are the third most popular specialty license plate and will likely get into the number two spot behind breast cancer.
The CPOF awards the money to animal shelters and rescue groups to provide medical care and microchip identification.
So far in 2012, the Pikes Peak Humane Society has received $4,000 in grants from CPOF.
Currently, there are 28 license plates in the “Group Special Plates” category.
The Colorado Rockies charitable organization is hoping to get on the band wagon.
A bill in the Colorado legislature would create a special plate for the professional baseball team. The plate would cost $52.80 with proceeds benefiting underprivileged and at-risk youth.
