Kids raise money for animal shelter

<p>An eight-year-old boy and his friends showed up at the Petaluma Animal Shelter on Wednesday, Dec. 19 to donate $132 that they raised selling snickerdoodles, mistletoe and holly. </p><p>The boy, Cooper Hulett, had the idea after adopting a black and white cat from the animal shelter in July. </p><p>The shelter was having trouble adopting the three-year-old cat, who is now named Chance, as he has a feline immune disorder that means he must be kept inside. But upon visiting the shelter to look at cats, Cooper became immediately attached, his mom Katie Hulett said. </p><p>They went back to visit the cat over the next couple months and ultimately took a chance on adopting him. </p><p>“He's been an absolute blessing,” Katie Hulett said. “Chance is like a dog. He follows Cooper everywhere, even wrestles with him.” </p><p>Katie Hulett volunteers at the shelter, and so Cooper learned from her that the shelter needed money. He and his dad came up with the idea to do a fundraiser. </p><p>So last weekend, Cooper and two friends, Elliot and Roxy Gorath, stood outside Petco for three hours, selling the snickerdoodles they'd baked and the decorations they'd made. </p><p>“People couldn't have handed over donations any quicker,” Hulett said. “They worked hard, and it was neat to see how easy it was to do.”</p>