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Heillyn Viquez (left) and Pam Fox, volunteers with Paws UnChained, handed out straw and dog houses at Oglethorpe County Feed and Hardware Supply earlier this month. (Erin Kenney/The Oglethorpe Echo)
Heillyn Viquez (left) and Pam Fox, volunteers with Paws UnChained, handed out straw and dog houses at Oglethorpe County Feed and Hardware Supply earlier this month. (Erin Kenney/The Oglethorpe Echo)

As temperatures began to dip ahead of the arctic blast on Dec. 22, Pam Fox and Heillyn Viquez stood outside Oglethorpe Feed and Hardware Supply, giving out bales of straw and dog houses. Bundled in ha…