2007 Grant Awards
In 2007, Banfield Charitable Trust awarded more than $325,000 in grants to non-profit, Pet-centric organizations. Here is a sampling of the organizations that received funding.
The Albany Damien Center - Albany, NY
Grant Award: $10,138.12
Project: PAWS NY (Pets are Wonderful Support)
The mission of the Albany Damien Center is to improve the health and quality of life for people living with HIV/AIDS in a non-judgmental, comfortable and supportive atmosphere. The PAWS project increases the quality of life for patients by providing Pet care with the aid of volunteers.
American Museum of Veterinary Medicine - Birdsboro, PA
Grant Award: $8,000
Project: A Partnership to Educate the Public on Veterinary Medicine
The American Museum of Veterinary Medicine's goal is to teach the public about the rich heritage of veterinary medicine and its present and future role in Pet and human welfare. Funding through this grant will support veterinarian guided museum tours and lectures, education and promotion of preventive Pet healthcare, teaching children about veterinary medicine, and further study of the human-Pet bond and how it relates to longer, healthier lives for Pets and people.
Animal Advocates, Inc. - North Dartmouth, MA
Grant Award: $2,200
Project: The Pet Help Hotline
Animal Advocates' mission is to decrease the number of homeless, neglected, displaced and abused Pets by providing education, community outreach, rescue, rehabilitation and re-homing. The Pet Help Hotline provides a much-needed service with advice, direction, and education on a variety of Pet related issues which, left unsolved, could lead to abandonment or euthanasia.
Animal Care League - Oak Park, IL
Grant Award: $2,700
Project: Behavior Counseling and Obedience Training Program
Animal Care League acts as a critical link between the community's most needy and neglected Pets and the residents who want to welcome them into their homes. These funds will promote healthy Pet owner relationships by implementing a comprehensive behavior and obedience-training program for Pets awaiting adoption as well as current Pet owners having difficulties with their animals.
Arizona Animal Welfare League - Phoenix, AZ
Grant Award: $8,500
Project: Camp Ruffin' It
The Arizona Animal Welfare League and SPCA strives to be a leader in innovative behavior training, medical care, adoption, education and community outreach programs that emphasize the bond between people and Pets. Camp Ruffin' It is a hands-on camp for 9 to 12 year olds that takes place for ten weeks each summer. The camp offers youth the opportunity to learn about a variety of Pets and the care that different species require, along with researching a potential Pet.
Canine Partners for Life - Cochranville, PA
Grant Award: $8,640
Project: Prison Puppy Raising Program
Each year Canine Partners for Life places about 24 puppies with inmates through the Prison Puppy Raising Program. Inmates raise and train the puppies for the dog's first year of life, teaching them basic obedience skills, socializing the puppies and providing loving care. The program benefits not only the recipients of the trained dogs, but the inmates who learn both life and vocational skills for their return to society.
Humane Association of Wilson County - Lebanon, TN
Grant Award: $4,142.50
Project: "Kind News"
The Humane Association of Wilson County is dedicated to improving the welfare of companion animals in their community through shelter, care, placement, spay/neuter, education and awareness. This grant will help to provide "Kind News" (a publication of the Humane Society of the United States that teaches the value of kindness toward people, animals and the environment) to 385 elementary school classrooms in Wilson County and should reach over 12,000 students.
Jacksonville Humane Society - Jacksonville, FL
Grant Award: $10,000
Project: Veterinary Equipment Replacement
The Jacksonville Humane Society's mission is to find loving, permanent homes for Pets and to provide counseling and education to foster responsible Pet-people relationships resulting in the humane treatment of all Pets. A fire destroyed the JHS adoption facility and administrative offices, including an area, which housed the shelter's on-site treatment department. These funds will help to replace veterinary equipment that was lost in the tragedy.
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Meals for the Elderly - San Angelo, TX
Grant Award: $5,000
Project: H.E.L.P. (Helping Elderly Love Pets)
Meals for the Elderly provides the homebound elderly with a hot, nutritious, home-delivered meal each weekday. Recognizing the importance of Pets to the homebound elderly, this program will offer Pet food to those recipients who are unable to purchase food. This grant will help to fund a new Pet food program for their clients. By keeping their furry companions healthy, they, in turn, will help keep their owners happy and healthy as well.
San Francisco Community Consortium - San Francisco, CA
Grant Award: $10,000
Project: Veterinary Street Outreach Services (VET SOS)
Improving the health of companion animals of homeless guardians, decreasing the spread of infectious disease, and reducing Pet overpopulation are the focus of the San Francisco Community Consortium's VET SOS Program. The volunteer-based project provides free veterinary care for the Pets of homeless San Franciscans. This funding will help to provide physical examinations, basic medical procedures, vaccinations, and acute medical care to homeless Pets.
2nd Chance for Pets - Los Gatos, CA
Grant Award: $2,500
Project: Veterinarian Outreach Program
2nd Chance for Pets' mission is to reduce the number of Pets unnecessarily euthanized each year due to the death or incapacity of the human companions who care for them. Through participation in national veterinarian conferences across the United States and interactive workshops, the Veterinary Outreach Program's goal is to incorporate lifetime care planning as a standard of care in thousands of veterinarian offices nationwide.
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Teacher's Pet - Rochester Hills, MI
Grant Award: $10,000
Project: Dogs and Kids Learning Together
Teacher's Pet uses the power of the human-animal bond for the betterment of both youth and shelter dogs. The Dogs and Kids Learning Together program pairs emotionally impaired youth with homeless dogs from a local rescue shelter for ten weeks of humane education and positive training. It addresses the issues of empathy, cruelty and violence in today's society while providing hard-to-adopt dogs another chance. The students in the program have shown vast improvements and Pets that were overlooked have been given a second chance of finding a home.
Therapy Pet Pals of Texas, Inc. - Austin, TX
Grant Award: $2,750
Project: Educating the Public about Animal Assisted Therapy
The mission of Therapy Pet Pals of Texas is to provide elderly and ill institutionalized patients/residents an opportunity for bonding with their trained Pet Pals teams, and to work with health care professionals where Pet therapy would enhance the quality of life for patients. This grant funds the production of the semi-annual newsletter, which educates the public to the importance of animal-assisted therapy and is a valuable tool for recruiting new Pet Pal volunteers.
Tri-County Humane Society - St. Cloud, MN
Grant Award: $3,500
Project: Educational Outreach: Dog Obedience Program
In recognition of the bond between Pets and humans, Tri-County Humane Society promotes humane principles, compassionate care and prevention of cruelty to Pets. A large percentage of Pets are surrendered due to behavioral issues. The grant funds will be utilized to help get the word out about Tri County's new training facility and the various classes being offered. By educating more dogs and people through these new training classes, behavior problems can be corrected and result in fewer relinquishments to the shelter.
World Forestry Center - Portland, OR
Grant Award: $10,000
Project: "Wolf to Woof: The Story of Dogs"
This grant will help to bring the interactive educational dog exhibit, "Wolf to Woof: The Story of Dogs", the largest and most comprehensive traveling exhibit that explores the history, science and development of dogs and their role in human societies, to the Portland area.
