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Pet Insurance for your dog and cat.
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About Donations
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Our organization exists to provide humane care for the thousands of homeless
animals in our community and to support the citizens with our services. Money to
operate the Humane Society and care for these animals comes solely from public
donations and grants, so any contribution you can make is needed and
appreciated.
We have added a few key donation options so that you can better choose how you
would like to support the animals of the Humane Society. Each of these are
detailed below, and public income and expense reports will be available for each
category.
NO MONEY will be used for animal control services. We have contracts with
the City and County Governments which cover these expenses. All money
donated goes directly to the care of the animals and the operation of the Humane
Society of Henderson County. Daily bookkeeping is conducted by an
Accountant and annual financials are audited by an outside Accounting firm for
accuracy. We are also now listed as a GuideStar Exchange Partner in Trust. |
General Funds Donation
| Estimated Annual Need: $60,000. This donation option helps to
cover all types of expenses for the Humane Society, including all animal care
expense, equipment repair or replacement, building maintenance, administrative,
utilities, fundraising expenses, etc. |
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General Funds
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Animal Welfare
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| Estimated Annual Need: $45,000. This donation option restricts
donated money to be used specifically for the daily care, enrichment, and
medical support of the animals in our facility. These expenses may
include: vaccinations, medical supplies, veterinary care, food, cat litter,
toys, bedding, and any other direct need of our animals. We cared for nearly
2400 animals in 2010, each staying an average of 11 days. |
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Animal Welfare
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Spay/Neuter Initiative
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| Estimated Annual Need: $40,000. Combating the pet overpopulation
problem in Henderson County is one of our core missions. Money donated to
this option is used for the direct costs associated with the spay/neuter
surgeries of our animals prior to adoption. This estimate is based on
800-1000 surgeries per year. We had 724 surgeries in 2010. |
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Spay/Neuter
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Facilities and Program Development
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| Estimated Annual Need: $20,000.
This option is designed to build resources for future capital projects, new
equipment, and public services such as community education.
In addition, as this fund grows, it can serve as a revenue source through
investment income to help provide for a stable future of the HSHC and its
programs and services. |
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Facilities and Programs
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Special Projects:
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Intake Kennel Addition
- $12,000 BudgetWe have an average intake of 5 new dogs per day, every
day. We
are in desperate need of adding additional kennel runs to the back room of the
shelter to help hold them while we can either wait for their stray hold period
to expire, or evaluate for possible disease, before moving them up to the
adoption area. We also need a few extra
kennel runs to hold dogs while they are treated for medical issues so that can
be isolated from other animals and can have a more quiet area to rest.
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Intake Kennels
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Computer and Software Upgrades- $5,000 Budget
We currently use 6 computers at the shelter, plus one laptop
for our bookkeeper. Each of the shelter
computers have been donated and are several years old. We have had continued reliability problems
with these computers, as well has problems with the speed of operation to
perform the basic daily data entry tasks by the staff and lack of basic business
software such as Microsoft Office. We
also do not have any way of doing data backups or providing a basic networked
office environment. We have people in our
organization with expertise in designing, installing, and maintaining office
networks and computer systems, but we need equipment to make this work.
This budget includes 6 new desktop computers, 2 network-ready laser printers,
new software for each computer and a network backup storage device. | |
Computer Upgrades
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