Saving Pets - Twice as Fast Challenge

Your help is important now more than ever.  A generous donor has committed to match your donation on a dollar for dollar basis up to $1 million.  Yes, she will give us $1 million dollars once we have raised an additional $1 million.  So we are asking the Lynchburg community for help.
You can literally help us Save Pets- Twice as Fast.  We know this community will step up and give, the quicker we raise the money the quicker we can begin construction.  To give click on the paypal link to the left and make sure you put in the memo section that it is for the campaign. And give as much as you can because every dollar counts twice!


The Lynchburg Humane Society's facility today is unwelcoming and unsustainable for the future of animals in this region.  The environment is unfriendly for the animals and makes it difficult for people to visit and adopt.

The Board of the Lynchburg Humane Society has committed to develop a new humane care and education center.  To make this amazing center a reality, we need the community's support, your support, specifically.  Please read below the details of where we are today and the positive future we are headed toward. 

Artist's rendering of the adoption center that would be in our new building

UNSAFE
Rust, cracks and mold plague the areas where the animals live, creating an unhealthy and unsafe environment

UNINVITING
The institutional looking metal and cinder block building houses so many animals that the odor and cramped living conditions are overwhelming to visitors.  Poor building design limits our volunteer programs and eliminating the chance for educational programs. Space for potential adopters to visit with the animals is limited to outside in the elements or inside the animal cages.  The noise, odor and decay of the property are often a conversation piece for visitors

UNHEALTHY
Over crowding and tight living quarters expose all the animals to disease and germs. There is no suitable area to separate and quarantine the sick animals. The design and structure of the current kennels makes it impossible to properly and thoroughly clean them.  In addition, poor ventilation in treatment rooms leads many animals to contract illnesses.

THE BOTTOM LINE
The current shelter is an embarrassment.  It lacks the space, the sanitation and the safety required of an animal shelter.  Because of this unwelcoming environment, it is difficult for people to visit and adopt animals. 

The Board of the Lynchburg Humane Society committed to the develpment of a new humane care and education center.  This center will happen for Lynchburg with the community's support.  When completed the Lynchburg Humane Education and Adoption Center will be an integral part of the fabric of our community.  This center promises:

* To be a nurturing a spacious environment that will support the mental and physical healthy of both animals and visitors.  The new shelter will increase the capacity to care for animals by 147%

* To be the primary tool in creating a NO KILL community.  Without this building we will not be able to accomplish this goal

* To be a beacon of advocacy for the proper and humane care of animals.  As such, this new building will be inviting, well-lit and temperature controlled so that each guest, whether human or animal, is treated with the utmost respect. 

* To be a welcoming and friendly adoption center that provides dogs and cats wtih real life environments.

* To be a safe haven for both sick and healthy animals.  Separate rooms will be used for contagious pets to avoid the spread of disease

*To be a place to promote pet care and welfare.  Specific rooms in the new building have been designed for teaching humane concepts and pet obedience training.  In addition, it will be a space used for community events, summer camps and birthday parties.

View our campaign video to learn more
click here.

On December 31st the Lynchburg Humane Society closed on 9.6 acres of land located at 1211 Old Graves Mill Road.  This beautiful property is home to a large pasture, wooded walking trails, a house and a red barn.  We are in the final stages of designing the floor plan and features in our new building and have chosen a contractor to assist us in this project.  Click here to get a closer look at the current design of the new building.


 

     

We are in the "building" or quiet stage of our Capital Campaign.  Under the leadership of Rosemary and George Dawson as Co-Chairs of this campaign and Sara Candler our Vice Chair and Chair of our Leadership Gifts Committee, we are reaching out to major donors and building our committee of private, professional and corporate individuals.  The total amount of this campaign is $4.8 million.  As of February 4, we have raised $2.3 million through private and corporate donations. The quicker we raise the money the quicker we can begin contruction.

If you would like to make a donation you may send checks to Capital Campaign Lynchburg Humane Society, 3305 Naval Reserve Road, Lynchburg, Va  24501.   Or you may use the Pay Pal link on the side bar and put Capital Campaign in the memo section so we know that you would like the donation to go toward the new building.  For stock donations please contact: makena@lynchburghumane.org.  If you would like to make a pledge please download the pledge form and mail it to us at Naval Reserve Road.  To make a stock donation click here for instructions. All gifts are tax deductible as provided by law, our federal tax id number is: 54-0570901

Thank you Committee Members

Capital Campaign Committee
George Dawson, co-chair
Rosemary Dawson, co-chair
Sara Candler, vice chair
Steve Blickenstaff
Jeanna Chapman
Ted Hunt
Daniele Mason
Brenda Gray
Makena Yarbrough

Corporate Campaign Committee
Kathy Graves, co-chair
Mike Madden, co-chair
Steve Blickenstaff
George Dawson
Steve Fullerton
Rie Godsey
Brenda Gray
Ted Hunt
Larry Jackson
Terry Jamerson
Phil Jamerson
Tray Petty
Walker Sydnor

Professional Committees
Attorneys
Kevin Cash, co-chair
Joy Lee Price, co-chair

Dentists
Dr. Carrington Crawford, chair
Dr. Ryan Anderson
Dr. Mark Blanchette
Dr. Brian McAvoy
Dr. Shep Sittason
Dr. Dan Yeager

Veterinarians
Dr. Al Henry, chair
Dr. Jay Harper