SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY, P.A. -- When Susan Boeresen first visited the Montrose Adoption Center, she planned to only bring home one dog.

"He had such a dignified, beautiful look about him and I thought, he's so proud, let me take care of this boy," recalled Boeresen.

But after falling in love with her first canine, she couldn't resist.

"Well, and then of course I came back and adopted two more," said Boeresen.

When Susan heard the adoption center may be closing, she, along with hundreds of others from the Montrose area, came to the center's open house Saturday to show their support.

The Pennsylvania SPCA had planned to close the facility because of lost revenue, until a handful of the center's volunteers stepped in.

"I made it my mission, along with a few other people to show them that it could be run differently and better and not lose money," said Corey Cohen, one of the shelter's co-managers.

The volunteers convinced the Pennsylvania SPCA that the shelter was being mismanaged. Now the volunteers are running the show and are rallying the community behind them. They have until the end of July to prove to their new bosses how much the center is needed in the region.

"Even though the Pennsylvania SPCA owns this building, this really belongs to the whole community, and we want to show the community we're worth keeping," said Cohen. "We're an asset to this. So it's not even a donation, you can make an investment and we're going to give back tenfold what you give to us."

Organizers say they are were pleased with the open house's turnout and they're hoping that new incentives will encourage more adoptions which will ultimately mean more money for the center.

The shelter is giving ten percent off adoption fees for any animals adopted during the open house, and they are now offering unlimited, free behavioral training for any animal adopted from the shelter.

The new management is optimistic that with the new outpouring of support, they'll have the proof they need to keep the shelter's doors open for good.