SHS adoption programs place nearly 2800 animals each year. Through
adoptions from the main shelter in Columbiana and various off-site
adoptions, they have provided individuals and families with animal
companions that suit their lifestyles. The extensive pre-adoption
survey helps place animals in appropriate and loving homes,
and constant attention to pet population and the
varying personalities of the animals helps them easily match pets to
potential adopters. They have unique van service that ships animals to
partner areas where they will more likely be adopted.
As a coalition
of 18 member groups in 14 communities, stretching along the coast from
Ketchikan to Yakutat, their goal is to safeguard the integrity of
Southeast Alaska’s unsurpassed natural environment, while
supporting the sustainable use of our region’s natural
resources. Together with local communities, commercial and sport
fishermen, Alaska Natives, tourism and recreation business owners,
small-scale high-value added wood product manufacturers, hunters and
guides, and Americans from all walks of life to protect important fish
and wildlife habitat and reduce destructive clearcutting on the Tongass
National Forest.
ARIZONA
Center For
Biological Diversity
Combining conservation biology with litigation, policy advocacy, and an
innovative strategic vision, the Center for Biological Diversity is
working to secure a future for animals and plants hovering on the brink
of extinction, for the wilderness they need to survive, and by
extension for the spiritual welfare of generations to come.
Angel Charity For Children
Angel Charity for Children, Inc. was founded by a mother motivated to
ensure that her child’s short life would have a special
meaning. In 1982, after losing her 9 year old son Michael to
cancer, Louise Thomas invited Jane Loew Sharples to help her form a new
organization with a mission to improve the lives of children in Pima
County, Arizona. Together, they recruited 100 individuals who
believed in this cause and were willing to make it happen.
All volunteers, the membership included community and business leaders,
friends, and those who would become friends, each of whom was committed
to the mission of helping children.
Homeward Bound
Founded in 1990 by a grassroots committee of community activists,
Homeward Bound is a transitional housing program for homeless and
domestic violence families with children in metropolitan Phoenix,
Arizona. Homeward Bound is recognized as the largest provider of
transitional housing in Arizona. Our mission is to assist families
achieve economic independence, secure long-term, safe, decent,
affordable housing and break multi-generational cycles of homelessness
and domestic violence.
Beginning with one family and one home, Homeward Bound now owns and
operates 162 housing units, which house as many as 595 people, more
than 400 of whom are children.
With private support, the FPL Foundation can expand collections,
maintain cutting edge technology and enhance literary and humanities
programming for children, teens and adults. The Foundation also works
to promote a greater awareness of the library’s valuable
services. The FPL Foundation secures private support that provides the
margin of excellence that creates a great library.