Programs

  • Program 1 [2020]

    EDUCATIONAL SERVICES A TOTAL OF 4,500 NEWSLETTERS CALLED HUMANE NEWS & VIEWS WERE DISTRIBUTED TO AREA RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES ONCE DURING 2020. THE KALAMAZOO HUMANE SOCIETY (KHS) HELD NO SPONSORED OUTREACH EVENTS OR OUTSIDE FUNDRAISING EVENTS DUE TO COVID-19. ONGOING CONTACT WITH MEMBERS OF THE NEWS MEDIA THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WAS LIMITED. A TOTAL OF THREE BROADCAST INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED WITH WKZO RADIO, TOPICS INCLUDED WINTER HEALTH HAZZARDS, THE NEW ANIMAL CARE & RESOURCE CENTER AND 4TH OF JULY HAZZARDS FOR PETS. EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES - HUMANE SOCIETY STAFF MEMBERS RESPONDED TO APPROXIMATELY 16,875 CALLS (60/DAY) AND 7,500 (60/WEEK) AT CURBSIDE VISITS FROM PEOPLE ASKING PET-RELATED QUESTIONS OR REQUESTING EMERGECNY FOOD ASSISTANCE. DURING COVID KHS REMAINED OPEN FOR FOOD BANK DRIVE UP SERVICE ON TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS. THE REMAINING WEEK DAYS THE KHS WAS CLOSED TO DRIVE UP OR CALL IN SERVICES. ANIMAL WELFARE/CRUELTY COMPLAINTS - KHS STAFF MEMBERS RECEIVED AN AVERAGE OF THREE CALLS PER WEEK PERTAINING TO ALLEGED ANIMAL ABUSE OR NEGLECT. REFERRALS, COUNSELING AND EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION WERE GIVEN BASED ON AN EVALUATION OF THE CALLER'S COMPLAINT/CONCERN. THE KHS BOARD AND STAFF WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE KALAMAZOO ANIMAL SERVICES AND ENFORCEMENT SHELTER TO HELP MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SHELTER FACILITY TO IMPROVE ANIMAL HEALTH AND HELP INCREASE PET ADOPTIONS. KHS WAS EXCITED TO SEE A NEW COUNTY SHELTER OPEN UP FOR AREA LOST AND HOMELESS PETS.
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
    –
    $119.1K

  • Program 2 [2020]

    ANIMAL SERVICES ANIMAL CARE & RESOURCE CENTER CAPITAL CAMPAIGN - THE CHARLES & LYNN ZHANG ANIMAL CARE AND RESOURCE CENTER OFFICIALLY OPENED IN DECEMBER OF 2020. COVID-19 DELAYED THE PROJECT BY ABOUT THREE MONTHS. THE 11,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY CONTAINS A LARGE RECEPTION/WAITING ROOM AREA. THERE ARE FOUR EXAM ROOMS (ONE HAS AN AJOINING ISOLATION AREA) AND ONE COMFORT ROOM FOR END- OF-LIFE SERVICES. THE FACILITY CAN HOUSE A MAXIMUM OF 144 PETS FOR SURGERY OR TREATMENT. A SURGERY SUITE CONTAINING FOUR SURGERY AREAS ALSO HAS FOUR PREP AREAS. SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT IN THE FACILITY INCLUDES UNTRASOUND, DIGITAL X-RAY, DENTAL CLEANING. THE IDEXX COMPANY PROVIDES THE DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT FOR LABORATORY TESTING. ANIMAL SHELTER VETERINARY SERVICES - VETERINARIANS WERE REIMBURSED BY KHS TO PERFORM ROUTINE HEALTH CHECKUPS ON STRAY ANIMALS AT THE COUNTY OPERATED ANIMAL SHELTER. A VETERINARIAN WORKED APPROXIMATELY 30 - 45 HOURS, WHEN AVAILABLE TO DO CHECKUPS OF DOG AND CAT RESIDENTS. DOGS WERE PROVIDED WITH A HEARTWORM TEST PRIOR TO ADOPTION, COURTESY OF KHS. ADOPTION COUNSELING - A TOTAL OF 4 VOLUNTEERS PROVIDED ADOPTION COUNSELING AND ASSISTED THE PUBLIC WITH FINDING LOST PETS DURING EXPANDED ADOPTION HOURS ON WEDNESDAY NIGHTS AT THE COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER. PRIOR TO THE COVID- 19 OUTBREAK, THE SHELTER NORMALLY CLOSED AT 4:30 PM, BUT AS A RESULT OF THIS PROGRAM, THE SHELTER WAS KEPT OPEN ON WEDNESDAY NIGHTS UNTIL 7:00 PM. WITH THE OPENING OF THE NEW COUNTY SHELTER, KHS WILL PROVIDE VOLUNTEERS AT THE SHELTER TO WORK ON SATURDAYS AND OTHER DAYS DURING THE WEEK (AS ALLOWED) AFTER COVID RESTRICTIONS ARE REDUCED. SAFE PET HOUSING - AID TO VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ASSAULT - THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, KHS STAFF MEMBERS MADE PICKUPS AND SAFE HOUSING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FOLLOWING ANIMALS THAT WERE COMPANIONS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS OR VICTIMS OF A DISASTER. A TOTAL OF FIVE DOGS AND SEVEN CATS WERE PROVIDED WITH SAFE HOUSING. THE ANIMALS WERE HOUSED FOR A GRAND TOTAL OF 91 DAYS. KHS COVERS THE COST OF ANY BOARDING FEES OR MEDICAL CARE THE ANIMALS MAY NEED. MANY VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ASSAULT WILL NOT LEAVE AN ABUSIVE SITUATION BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THEIR PETS. THIS PROGRAM GIVES THEM A SAFE AND SECURE SHELTERING OPTION FOR THEIR PETS. LOST AND FOUND AND PET IDENTIFICATION MICROCHIPS - KHS RESPONDED TO APPROXIMATELY 60 CALLS FROM THE PUBLIC ASKING QUESTIONS RELATED TO LOST OR FOUND ANIMALS. CALLERS WERE REFERRED TO THE LOST/FOUND REPORT AREA ON THE COUNTY'S WEBSITE. A TOTAL OF 514 ANIMALS WERE MICROCHIPPED BY THE KHS STAFF FOR IMPROVED IDENTIFICATION. HUMANE SHELTER PROGRAM - A TOTAL OF 10 DOGHOUSES AND 22 OUTDOOR CAT HOUSES AND 15 BAGS OF STRAW WERE ISSUED TO PET OWNERS LACKING PROPER SHELTER/BEDDING FOR THEIR PETS. ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS FROM THE KALAMAZOO COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES & ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT MADE REFERRALS FOR DOGHOUSES TO THE KHS. A PET SUPPLY COMPANY, ONE LOCAL CORPORATION AND LOCAL RESIDENTS DONATED THE DOGHOUSES, AS WELL AS, PROVIDED FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE PROGRAM. ASSISTANCE TO THE UNHOUSED AND THOSE WITH LIMITED RESOURCES - KHS PROVIDED VETERINARY CARE AND EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE TO INCOME CHALLENGED OR UNHOUSED PET OWNERS WHO HAD PETS NEEDING FOOD AND MEDICAL ATTENTION. A TOTAL OF 59 PEOPLE WITH 5 CATS AND 62 DOGS WERE ASSISTED WITH THIS PROGRAM WHICH WAS FUNDED BY A SPECIAL GRANT FROM THE KALAMAZOO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION. CARE INCLUDED EMERGENCY HOUSING, SURGERY, VACCINES, X-RAYS, BLOOD TESTS, ANTIBIOTICS/MEDICATION AND HUMANE EUTHANASIA IF NECESSARY. SPAY/NEUTER ASSISTANCE - A TOTAL OF 3,500 CATS AND DOGS WERE SPAYED/NEUTERED THROUGH OUR OPERATION FIX-IT COMMUNITY SPAY/NEUTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT PAID ALL OR A PORTION OF THE SURGERY COSTS. EVENT DISPLAYS, POSTERS AND INFORMATIONAL BROCHURES PROMOTING THE BENEFITS OF PET POPULATION CONTROL WERE SPONSORED BY KHS. THE MISSION OF OPERATION FIX-IT IS TO SPAY/NEUTER THE PETS OF PEOPLE WHO CANNOT OR WILL NOT HAVE THEIR PETS SPAYED/NEUTERED BY A VETERINARIAN IN THEIR AREA. PET OWNERS USING THE OPERATION FIX-IT PROGRAM ARE ASKED TO PAY A GREATLY REDUCED FEE OF 40 (M/F CAT) OR 80 (M/F DOG) TO ASSIST WITH SURGERY COSTS. NUISANCE ANIMAL CONTROL - LIVE TRAPS WERE LOANED TO 3 INDIVIDUALS SEEKING TO HUMANELY TRAP AND RELOCATE NUISANCE ANIMALS LIVING ON THEIR PROPERTY. REFERRALS WERE MADE TO OTHER TRAP LOAN AGENCIES/BUSINESSES AND ANIMAL REMOVAL SERVICES. EMERGENCY PET FOOD BANK - THE KHS EMERGENCY FOOD BANK HAD 3,394 VISITS. IT DISTRIBUTED 5,010 BAGS OF DRY PET FOOD, 4,062 CANS OF DOG/CAT FOOD AND 2,286 BAGS OF CAT LITTER TO 517 INDIVIDUALS/FAMILIES EXPERIENCING TEMPORARY DIFFICULTY FEEDING AND CARING FOR THEIR PETS. SIX AREA BUSINESSES, TWO ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANIZATIONS AND 34 PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS/FAMILIES PROVIDED FOOD AND CAT LITTER TO THE PROGRAM. SOME ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS PROVIDED FINANCIAL SUPPORT SO THAT KHS COULD PURCHASE FOOD FOR THE FOOD BANK. OVER 51,904 POUNDS OF PET FOOD AND CAT LITTER WAS PROVIDED TO AREA FAMILIES IN NEED. VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS - THE KHS VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR SUPERVISED 40 ACTIVE VOLUNTEERS WHO WORKED A TOTAL OF 675 HOURS ON BEHALF OF KHS. A TOTAL OF 2 COURT-APPOINTED/COMMUNITY SERVICE VOLUNTEERS WORKED AN ADDITIONAL 40 HOURS. A TOTAL OF 8 NEW VOLUNTEERS WERE INTRODUCED INTO OUR PROGRAMS AND ATTENDED ONE OR MORE ORIENTATION/TRAINING SESSIONS. A TOTAL OF 4 VOLUNTEERS ASSISTED THE KHS OFFICE STAFF BY PROVIDING CLERICAL ASSISTANCE ON 10 PROJECTS OR BY BAGGING PET FOOD IN THE EMERGENCY PET FOOD BANK. THE OPERATION FIX-IT PROGRAM UTILIZED 2 VOLUNTEERS TO ASSIST WITH CLINIC OPERATIONS. COVID-19 ELIMINATED OUR ABILITY TO RECRUIT/UTILIZE VOLUNTEERS AND WE TRIED TO MINIMIZE THE PEOPLE COMING INTO THE KHS OFFICE.
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $604.9K

  • Animal Care and Resource Services

    ANIMAL SERVICESANIMAL CARE & RESOURCE CENTER - THE CHARLES & LYNN ZHANG ANIMAL CARE AND RESOURCE CENTER HAD ITS FIRST FULL YEAR OF PROVIDING NON-EMERGENCY VETERINARY SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC. A TOTAL OF 939 WELLNESS CHECKUPS WERE GIVEN ALONG WITH 646 SICK APPOINTMENTS, 190 RECHECK APPOINTMENTS AND 76 SURGERY APPOINTMENTS IN 2023.ANIMAL SHELTER VETERINARY SERVICES - A KHS VETERINARIAN PERFORM WEEKLY ROUTINE HEALTH CHECKUPS ON STRAY ANIMALS AT THE COUNTY OPERATED ANIMAL SHELTER. A KHS VETERINARIAN PROVIDED EMERGENCY CARE TO ANIMALS PICKED UP BY ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS THAT NEEDED IMMEDICATE CARE. DOGS WERE PROVIDED WITH A HEARTWORM TEST AND RABIES VACCINE PRIOR TO ADOPTION, COURTESY OF KCHS.ALL CATS/DOGS DEEMED GOOD SURGICAL CANDIDATES WERE SPAYED/NEUTERED PRIOR TO BEING ADOPTED.ADOPTION COUNSELING - A TOTAL OF 10 VOLUNTEERS VOLUNTEERED 274 HOURS OF SERVICE CONDUCTING ADOPTION COUNSELING, DOG WALKING AND CAT GROOMING AT THE COUNTY RUN ANIMAL SERVICE SHELTER.SAFE PET HOUSING - AID TO VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ASSAULT - THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, KHS STAFF MEMBERS MADE PICKUPS AND SAFE HOUSING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FOLLOWING ANIMALS THAT WERE COMPANIONS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS OR VICTIMS OF A DISASTER: A TOTAL OF EIGHT DOGS AND TWO CATS WERE PROVIDED WITH SAFE HOUSING. THE ANIMALS WERE HOUSED FOR A TOTAL OF 268 DAYS. KHS COVERS THE COST OF ANY BOARDING FEES OR MEDICAL CARE THE ANIMALS MAY NEED. MANY VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ASSAULT WILL NOT LEAVE AN ABUSIVE SITUATION BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THEIR PETS. THIS PROGRAM GIVES THEM A SAFE AND SECURE SHELTERING OPTION FOR THEIR PETS.LOST AND FOUND AND PET IDENTIFICATION MICROCHIPS - KHS RESPONDED TO APPROXIMATELY 260 CALLS FROM THE PUBLIC ASKING QUESTIONS RELATED TO LOST OR FOUND ANIMALS. CALLERS WERE REFERRED TO THE LOST/FOUND REPORT AREA ON THE COUNTY'S WEBSITE. A TOTAL OF 1925 ANIMALS WERE MICRO CHIPPED FOR IMPROVED IDENTIFICATION BY THE KHS STAFF.HUMANE SHELTER PROGRAM - A TOTAL OF 7 DOGHOUSES AND 54 OUTDOOR CAT HOUSES AND 80 BAGS OF STRAW WERE ISSUED TO PET OWNERS LACKING PROPER SHELTER/BEDDING FOR THEIR PETS. ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS FROM THE KALAMAZOO COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES & ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT MADE REFERRALS FOR DOGHOUSES TO THE KHS. A PET SUPPLY COMPANY, A HIGH SCHOOL WOODSHOP CLASS AND LOCAL RESIDENTS DONATED THE DOGHOUSES AS WELL AS PROVIDED FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR MAKING DOGHOUSES.ASSISTANCE TO THE UNHOUSED AND THOSE WITH LIMITED RESOURCES - THE KHS PROVIDED VETERINARY CARE AND EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE TO INCOME CHALLENGED OR THE UNHOUSED PET OWNERS WHO HAD PETS NEEDING FOOD AND MEDICAL ATTENTION. A TOTAL OF 78 PEOPLE WITH 10 CATS AND 74 DOGS WERE ASSISTED WITH THIS PROGRAM WHICH WAS FUNDED BY A SPECIAL GIFT FROM THE KALAMAZOO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION. CARE INCLUDED EMERGENCY HOUSING, SURGERY, VACCINES, X-RAYS, BLOOD TESTS, ANTIBIOTICS/MEDICATION AND HUMANE EUTHANASIA IF NECESSARY.SPAY/NEUTER ASSISTANCE - A TOTAL OF 4,947 CATS AND DOGS WERE SPAYED/NEUTERED THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY SPAY/NEUTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT PAID ALL OR A PORTION OF THE SURGERY COSTS. EVENT DISPLAYS, POSTERS AND INFORMATIONAL BROCHURES PROMOTING THE BENEFITS OF PET POPULATION CONTROL WERE SPONSORED BY KHS. THE MISSION OF OUE ROBECK SPAY/NEUTER CLINIC IS TO SPAY/NEUTER THE PETS OF PEOPLE WHO CANNOT OR WILL NOT HAVE THEIR PETS SPAYED/NEUTERED BY A VETERINARIAN IN THEIR AREA. PET OWNERS USING THE COMMUNITY SPAY/NEUTER PROGRAM ARE ASKED TO PAY A GREATLY REDUCED FEE TO ASSIST WITH SURGERY COSTS.FERAL CAT TRAPPING/NUISANCE ANIMAL TRAPPING - LIVE TRAPS WERE LOANED TO 7INDIVIDUALS SEEKING TO HUMANELY TRAP AND SPAY/NEUTER ANIMALS LIVING ON THEIR PROPERTY. REFERRALS WERE MADE TO OTHER TRAP LOAN AGENCIES/BUSINESSES AND ANIMAL REMOVAL SERVICES. EMERGENCY PET FOOD BANK - THE KHS EMERGENCY FOOD BANK HAD 3,147 VISITS. IT DISTRIBUTED 144,931 POUNDS OF DRY PET FOOD, 21,961 CANS OF DOG/CAT FOOD AND 76,930 POUNDS OF CAT LITTER, AND 5,000 BAGS OF CAT/DOG TREAT WERE GIVEN TO 404 INDIVIDUALS/FAMILIES EXPERIENCING TEMPORARY DIFFICULTY FEEDING AND CARING FOR THEIR PETS. SIX AREA BUSINESSES, THREE ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANIZATIONS, ONE HUMAN NON-PROFIT AND OVER 30 PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS/FAMILIES PROVIDED FOOD AND CAT LITTER TO THE PROGRAM. SOME ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS PROVIDED FINANCIAL SUPPORT SO THAT KHS COULD PURCHASE FOOD FOR THE FOOD BANK. OVER 211,000 POUNDS OF PET FOOD AND CAT LITTER WAS PROVIDED TO AREA FAMILIES IN NEED.VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS - THE KHS VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR SUPERVISED 51 ACTIVE VOLUNTEERS WHO WORKED A TOTAL OF 2,479 HOURS ON BEHALF OF KHS. A TOTAL OF 5 COURT-APPOINTED/COMMUNITY SERVICE VOLUNTEERS WORKED AN ADDITIONAL 60 HOURS. A TOTAL OF 21 NEW VOLUNTEERS WERE INTRODUCED INTO OUR PROGRAMS AND ATTENDED ONE OR MORE ORIENTATION/TRAINING SESSIONS. A TOTAL OF 35 VOLUNTEERS ASSISTED THE KHS OFFICE STAFF BY PROVIDING CLERICAL ASSISTANCE ON3 PROJECTS OR BY BAGGING PET FOOD IN THE EMERGENCY PET FOOD BANK. THE ROBECK SPAY/NEUTER CLINIC UTILIZED 5 VOLUNTEERS TO ASSIST WITH CLINIC OPERATIONS.COMFORT SERVICES - THE KALAMAZOO HUMANE SOCIETY PROVIDES COMPASSIONATE CARE TO PET OWNERS NAVIGATING THE END OF THEIR PET'S LIFE. EUTHANASIA AND CREMATION SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN APPOINTMENT BASIS. THE KALAMAZOO HUMANE SOCIETY CREMATED APPROXIMATELY 1,400 PETS DURING THE YEAR.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2023 – Dec 31, 2023
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $1.9M