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www.HartfordBusiness.com • November 13, 2018 • GIVING GUIDE • Hartford Business Journal 19 We envision a state where each companion animal finds a permanent, compassionate home, where communities are enriched by the special bond between people and animals and where cruelty no longer exists. GOALS • Provide quality medical attention and compassionate veterinary care statewide to prepare homeless pets for adoption and allow owned pets to remain with families who love and know them best. This is pursued at CHS' three locations and Fox Memorial Clinic and through free and reduced-fee community pet wellness and vaccine clinics. In 2017, CHS provided more than 14,000 medical treatments to pets, including over 500 pets from local municipal shelters who received medical and behavior care pro bono. The Fox Memorial Clinic, a donor-subsidized veterinary hospital open to the public, treated 6,500 pets from all corners of the state. CHS reached a 96.5% successful placement rate (3,572 adoptions) in 2017, an exemplary rate among animal welfare organizations. • Shift from reactionary responses to preventative efforts that aim to keep pets in homes that love them, so they don't have to come to shelters at all. While there will always be the need for animal rescue operations, as well as the continuance of spay/neuter and adoption services, there needs to be a greater shift to prevention efforts. To that end, CHS: – Provides donor-subsidized, low-fee, full-service veterinary care at the Fox Memorial Clinic to companion animals in need. This is the only clinic of its kind in Connecticut. – Provides three Pet Food Pantries that distribute 52,000 pounds of pet food annually to help owners keep their pets during financial hardship. – Curtails other challenges that lead to broken human/ animal bonds (behavior, transportation, etc.) through traveling community veterinary clinics, vaccine clinics, dog obedience classes and an animal behavior helpline. • Strengthen collaborative and constructive partnerships. CHS provides pro bono veterinary care and adoption services for animals in municipal and private shelters and training for municipal animal control officers and animal welfare workers in everything from animal behavior and safe, stress-free handling, to infectious disease management and more. • Champion legislation that improves the lives of animals and their families across the state. CHS maintains an active presence at the State Capitol to ensure that companion animals, regardless of their status as homeless or owned, are treated with compassion and respect. GIVING OPPORTUNITIES Anyone who's passionate about giving pets bright and healthy futures have opportunities to donate through shares of stock, a donor-advised fund, a monthly donor program, a matching gift and a planned gift through estate or retirement fund donations. PHOTO | JOYCE B. COMER (Left) CHS volunteer Keith Lindstrom and hound/shepherd mix Baskerville take a break from an afternoon walk. (Right) Dr. Jean Kucia examines a cat at CHS' Fox Memorial Clinic, a low-fee veterinary hospital that's open to the public. ABOUT US Year established: 1881 Annual revenues: $8,366,563 (most recent fiscal year) Total number of employees: 89 GEOGRAPHIC SERVICE AREA(S) Statewide, with locations in Newington, Waterford and Westport. TOP FUNDING SOURCES Investment income: 41.61% Private Contributions: 34.3% Program Service Revenue: 19.77% Grants: 2.6% Event Revenue: .91% Corporate Gifts: .73% Other Income: .08% Vice-President Gretchen Dale Loftex Industries Vice-President LuAnn Giunta Marketing, sales, real estate (retired) Treasurer Cynthia Hargadon North Point Advisors Secretary Dr. William A. Haines Hartford Veterinary Hospital Jim Basquil ESPN Peter Cable Physicist (retired) Eric Lopkin The Modern Observer Group Steve Parker Independent Media Consultant JoAnn Roberts, Esq. Connecticut General Assembly Executive Director Gordon Willard President Ellen Sharon CompetitivEdge Connecticut Humane Society 701 Russell Road, Newington, CT 06111 | 800-452-0114 CThumane.org OUR MISSION: The Connecticut Humane Society is the leading resource in the state for companion animal welfare, enriching the lives of families and communities through adoption services, medical care, education and prevention of cruelty. BOARD OF DIRECTORS I 've been a volunteer cat cuddler/socializer with the CT Humane Society for 4.5 years. When I decided to retire from a corporate environment after 33 years, I knew I wanted to spend time volunteering with cats. After all the love and companionship my pets have provided me, it was time to give back to those waiting to be adopted. To play a small part in the process of an animal's journey to what is so important to us all — a place to call home — was one of the best decisions I've ever made. Janet Palmer , retired corporate manager