Celebrating An ' Milestone

Dear Friend,

It’s difficult to believe that it’s been ten years since Animal Friends moved from the Strip District to our domicile inwards Ohio Township! It sounds thus cliché, but it feels similar solely yesterday ... 

I was asked of late to portion my fondest retentivity of our deed to the Caryl Gates Gluck Resource Center. I recollect thinking what an tardily query to answer! Hands downward my favorite retentivity is the hateful solar daytime nosotros transported the animals from the Strip District to the novel Center.  

After months of careful planning to devise the to the lowest degree disruptive means to deed nearly 100 animals – or thus of them elderly, or thus of them sick in addition to all of them for certain confused – the hateful solar daytime came to charge them into the caravan of waiting vehicles. Once here, nosotros placed them inwards their novel spaces. Then nosotros waited. And nosotros watched. Hopeful that nosotros got it right.

Then it happened. One yesteryear one, the animals sniffed in addition to circled, checking out their novel spaces in addition to and then ... only curled upward in addition to lied down. That was when I knew nosotros had succeeded.

Celebrating this milestone besides reminds me of the of import people who convey made our many successes possible. They convey supplied ample amounts of energy, vision, tenacity in addition to commitment. And, equally fourth dimension rolls along, nosotros are faced amongst the inevitable, bittersweet good-byes of these people who convey been thus integral inwards our success. Kathy Hecker is for certain 1 of them.

Kathy Hecker began her tenure amongst inwards 1992 in addition to deserves the credit for the creation of our Humane Investigations Department. Through her leadership in addition to purpose equally our Humane Society Police Officer, Kathy changed the facial expression upward of brute welfare inwards our region. It’s nearly impossible to mensurate the sheer pose out of lives she has affected inwards her 24 years of service. From the thousands of animals she has rescued to the teaching she has shared inwards our communities, she volition for certain endure missed. We give thank yous her for her dedication in addition to wishing her solely the best on her retirement.

So equally nosotros celebrate ’ anniversary at our Camp Horne Road location nosotros besides celebrate the many people – similar Kathy – who convey made it possible. To our staff, volunteers in addition to to you, our supporters, give thank yous you for believing inwards a to a greater extent than humane in addition to compassionate community for all of our brute friends.

Click here to larn to a greater extent than nearly our 10-Days-of-10 Anniversary Event! We promise to encounter yous there.

In appreciation,

David J. Swisher

President & Chief Executive Officer

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