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Strategic Goals: Continuing Compassionate Work |
In the spring of 2009, the Board of Directors of Larimer Humane Society worked to develop six strategic goals that will guide us into the future. The six strategic goals are:
- The placement of all healthy and treatable animals.
- Enhance staff and volunteer development with an emphasis on training and accountability.
- Establishment of a viable funding framework that provides for the growth of Larimer Humane Society programs and services.
- Promote a collaborative effort with other concerned entities in Larimer County focusing on responsible pet ownership and increasing live release rates.
- Design, fund and construct a new state of the art facility for Larimer Humane Society.
- Recruit new Larimer Humane Society Board members and promote increased training for new and existing Board members.
Our board and staff recognizes that we cannot be satisfied with simply
responding to the needs of our community by taking in any animal in
need, but we need to be working to help solve the issues that create
pet overpopulation and turnover in homes for other animals. By
understanding more about the animals that come to us, when, why and in
what condition, we can work to develop programs and services to reduce
the numbers of animals coming in and increase our ability to re-home
those animals that do come through our doors.
The board recognizes that we are able to help animals only if we have
good, well-trained staff and volunteers working on behalf of the
animals and people of our community. To this end, we will be looking at
ways to continue and strengthen the training, support and development
of both our staff and volunteers.
Additionally, working with others in our community through
collaborative and supportive efforts will help to make Larimer County
and Northern Colorado an even better place for animals. We hope to
expand and increase the collaborative work we do with other animal
welfare groups, animal related businesses and human service groups to
re-home more animals, keep more animals in their homes, prevent cruelty
and neglect and build an even more humane community.
Our existing shelter is thirty-five years old and is inadequate for the
work we do currently, much less conducive to additional work we would
like to do over the next several decades. In late 2007, the Board
authorized the purchase of 27 acres of land north of the Loveland/Fort
Collins Airport. This land will ultimately become the home of our new
facility. The recent economic crisis has demonstrated how important
careful planning is for any organization, business or individual and we
will be very careful and deliberate in our planning for this new
facility.
None of this work can be accomplished without the last two goals – a
strong funding framework that includes significant community support
and a strong board of directors that will continue to lead and guide us
into the future.
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