The Chattanooga Humane Educational Society and radio station KZ-106 are teaming up to honor the memory of KZ-106 radio personality and animal lover Kelly McCoy, who died March 22 at age 58.
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From noon-5 p.m. Saturday, McCoy’s birthday guests can come out to the humane society at 4155 Randolph Circle for “Kelly’s Rock On Adopt-a-thon.” Jeanine Cloyd, the community outreach and education manager for the humane society, said in a news release the event honors the longtime partnership McCoy worked to build with the rescue.
“Everyone who knew Kelly or listened to her show felt the undeniable love she had for shelter dogs,” Cloyd said in a phone call. “I met her years ago when we hosted huge offsite adoption events. She would come out with the KZ-106 truck, hand out drinks to all the volunteers and always call me at the end of the weekend to ask how many animals found forever homes; she was the real deal.”
It was those weekend adoption events that inspired McCoy to launch “Kelly’s Pet Projects” with KZ-106.