Humane Society of Northwest Georgia
(Serving Whitfield County)
Our Mission
The mission of the Humane Society of Northwest
Georgia is to reduce the number of healthy animals euthanized in Whitfield
County through the continuation of our successful adoption program, aggressive
spay/neuter program, promotion of responsible pet ownership and humane
education.
The Humane Society of Northwest Georgia, Inc. is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization and is comprised completely of volunteers.
The Humane Society of Northwest Georgia (HSNWGA) prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, age, marital status, national origin, mental or physical disability, political belief or affiliation, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information, and any other class of individuals protected from discrimination under state or federal law in any aspect of the access to, admission, or treatment of those persons in its programs and activities, or in employment or applications for employment. Furthermore, HSNWGA policy includes prohibitions of harassment of members, volunteers and persons who adopt our animals, i.e., racial harassment, sexual harassment, and retaliation for filing complaints of discrimination.
The organization depends on special fund-raising events,
donations and grants to fund these projects.
Education: One of our objectives is to develop and mold the behavior of
children towards animals, and through the influence of children, change adult
behavior. We work towards achieving this objective by:
Providing subscriptions of Kind News to teachers, K-6, to use in their classrooms. This newsletter promotes kindness to people, animals and the earth and is paid for by HSNWGA.
Providing grades K-8 in our area with books, videos and classroom activities to
instill in children, respect, compassion and responsibility towards animals.
These same materials are available at the Dalton Regional Library.
We also have a goal of teaching adults to understand and accept their
responsibility to animals they choose as companions, and to understand the
consequences of irresponsibility. Therefore, we conduct educational programs for
community groups upon request, provide articles on pet care and responsibility
to the Daily Citizen News and El Informador, and PSA's to local television and
radio stations.
Rescue and Placement: We are now operating out of a leased facility where we house the many cats and dogs that are rescued but we are still limited to the amount of animals we can take in. Most of these are obtained from the local animal control facility where they face almost certain death. That facility euthanizes between 4000 and 5000 unwanted and abandoned dogs, cats, puppies and kittens each year, hence the importance of our Spay and Neuter program. We hold adoptions at our facility each Saturday and advertise that in the local paper and television station We also place our animals through various Internet pet adoption sites. With our new facility we project that we will be able to rescue and place on average, 300 or more animals a year to good forever homes.
Elected Officers 2009-2010
President .................... Micky Burrows
1st Vice-President ..... Catherine Riddle
2nd Vice-President ... Missy Mauldin
Secretary ................... Dana Richard
Treasurer .................. Tracy Burke
Committee/Program Chairpersons
Education.... Nancy Mason
Event Coordinator.... Carol Burton
Kind News.... Catherine Riddle
Legislative .... Micky Burrows
Membership.... Debbie Daniels
Newsletter.... Tanya Barnes
Publicity.... Debbie Daniels
Web Master.... Carl Roderick
Spay/Neuter.... Grace Cook
Telephone.... Linda Roderick
Adoption Team Coordinator.... Rita Burrows
Volunteer Coordinator.... Lynn Miller
Advisory Board Members
Dan Davis
Jane Harrell
Dr. Jay Hendley
Minnie Marsh
Mary McCleery
Jeff Mutter
Dr. Timothy O'Boyle
Freda Stephenson
Gandi Vaughn