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Humane Society of Redmond
Community Outreach Summary, 2010:
Although the majority of the efforts of the Humane Society of Redmond’s Board, Staff and
Volunteers were focused on fundraising to support the shelter, significant effort was put toward
education, new programs, and activities dedicated to benefit our community.
Support of our community expanded in 2010 to include our low cost spay and neuter program
(results below), medical care providing relief to the pets of low income residents, and our Trap-
Neuter-Release program to reduce the population of breeding animals in the area. These
successful programs are designed to support the animals while fostering good will within the
community we serve. Other community activities included:
Howl-O-Ween Event: An event focused on the children of our area was a huge success for the
kids and parents as they displayed their costumed animals for the media and attendees. A
number of activities were provided by volunteers and guests toured our shelter and were able see
our great animals. Adoptions benefited as did memberships and donations throughout the day.
Low Cost Vaccination Clinic: A successful low cost vaccination clinic was held in Redmond
in 2010 to provide a low cost alternative to pet owners in our area. The event was well attended
and generated good will throughout the community.
Education: Information kiosks were set up at Redmond’s Summer Music Series events. We
shared information about the shelter, animal care, and our activities such as the low cost spay and
neuter program. Additionally, each of our events, be they fund-raisers or friend-raisers focused
on the animals and their need for care and support.
Adoption Events: We held several off-site adoption events in 2010 to find homes for the
animals at the shelter. Events were held in Sisters at the Fall Festival, Bend’s Farmer’s Market
and Redmond serving our entire area. We highlighted some of the less adoptable animals at a
special event and were able to find welcoming homes for these often overlooked animals.
Photos with Santa: An annual event put on by a volunteer professional photographer yielded a
great response as the community brought their pets by the Thrift Store for free photos with Santa.
Voluntary donations and memberships benefiting the shelter were a bonus to this free offering.
At each of these events, staff and volunteers are available to answer questions, offer advice, and
provide information about animal care.
Adoptions, 2010:
Adopting stray and unwanted animals is the single most important service we provide to our
community. Finding lifetime homes for these animals requires skill and training which we have
provided to our staff. The results for 2010 follow:
Month Dogs Cats Total
January 51 75 126
February 43 39 82
March 44 44 88
April 55 47 102
May 53 75 128
June 57 61 118
July 58 127 185
August 52 80 132
September 51 93 144
October 63 50 113
November 39 69 108
December 43 45 88
Totals 609 805 1414
Low Cost Spay and Neuter Program, 2010:
Results of this highly successful program are shown below:
Month Dogs Cats Total
January 74 43 117
February 135 26 161
March 138 35 173
April 112 40 152
May 101 21 122
June 93 49 142
July 86 33 119
August 88 55 143
September 91 48 139
October 100 56 156
November 79 64 143
December 72 65 137
Totals 1169 535 1704
In addition to the animals that were spayed or neutered for the public, our veterinarians also
spayed or neutered 876 of the animals that were adopted from the Humane Society of Redmond.
Website:
Our Website has proven to be an effective tool in providing information about our shelter to our
community. In addition to pages dedicated to adoptions, events, spay and neuter, fostering,
volunteering and others, the site provides links to useful sites for animal care. The website is our
primary tool for updating and communicating with our membership and is a valuable addition to
our services.
Our website had over 150,000 page viewings in 2010. This represents an active website which
allows interested members of our community to access important information about our shelter.
Conclusion:
The Humane Society of Redmond remains committed to the programs that we have developed
over the last year to reach the community through adoptions, adoption counseling, advice on pet
care, educational programs, offsite adoption events, fundraisers and our spay and neuter
program. We are making an impact within our community that is measureable by the increase in
our adoptions, spay and neuter numbers, and the amount of money raised through fundraisers
and donations. We are looking forward to increasing our community outreach in 2011.
Respectfully submitted,
Chris Bauersfeld
Shelter manager