2010 Annual Report - The Washington Animal Rescue League

2010
ANNUAL
REPORT
The mission of the Washington Animal Rescue League is to rescue, rehabilitate, and rehome animals who have nowhere else to go. We are committed to strengthening and preserving the human-animal bond by supporting animals in their homes through affordable
veterinary care, community outreach, and education.
Founded 1914
Rescue · Rehab
Rehome
A Message from the Chair
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his past year has been, I believe, one of the most significant in the Washington Animal Rescue League’s 97-year history. With our centennial anniversary approaching—the League turns
100 in 2014—we began exploring options for the future, considering which of the many avenues the organization might take that will benefit animals most and assessing the resources
needed to propel the League into the future we envision for it.
In short, we are seeking to expand the League’s focus on animal rehabilitation so as to meet
the acute physical and emotional needs of animals who are recovering from traumatic past lives. is means
enhancing our ability to respond to man-made and natural disasters—floods, hurricanes, puppy mills, hoarding situations, and the like—outside of our immediate area and taking in as many of the displaced victims
as we can. In our own community, it means being able to offer competent, state-of-the-art veterinary and
behavioral care and support to all the animal victims of cruelty, neglect, abandonment, injury, and disease
who need it.
We deeply appreciate the generous support of the many people, businesses, and foundations that make
this work possible. Please join us as we forge ahead into the League’s second century of rescuing, rehabilitating, and rehoming animals who have nowhere else to go.
On behalf of the board of directors, the staff, and the animals whose lives you have helped save, thank you.
Board of Directors
Roger Marmet
Chair
Susan Ridge
First Vice President
Carolyn Miller
Vice President, Finance
Lois Godfrey Wye, Esq.
Vice President, Legal Affairs
Kathleen Ewing
Secretary
Brian Ball
Eugenia Castleman
Doug DeLuca
Maggie Eisemann
Benjamin Fishman
—Roger Marmet, Chair
Colleen Girouard
William Herman
Anita Ledsinger
Betsy Marmet
Amy Meadows
Jane Taylor
Robin Weiss
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A Message from the CEO
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ear Friend of Animals and the Washington Animal Rescue League,
Last year’s annual report introduced the League’s new motto: RESCUE·REHAB·REHOME. is
year’s report shows how the League has brought that motto to life and, in essence, blazed a
new trail in the field of animal welfare. e days of simply feeding and housing homeless
and abandoned animals until a new home can be found for them are over. We still do that,
of course. In fact, with our uniquely designed and supportive facility, we do that better than any other animal group I know of. But what was once the ultimate goal for an animal shelter has now become the bare
minimum, an assumed starting point from which we expand and develop our mission.
e animals who come to us for help—because they have literally nowhere else to go—need so much
more from us than a place to wait for an adopter. ey come in broken in body and spirit. It is up to us to
heal their bodily and mental wounds so that, when they walk back out of our doors with an adopter, they
can positively thrive in their new homes as they never have before.
To that end, the League maintains animals in a shelter that truly is alone in its class. No other facility can
boast of all the amenities that we provide: natural light, separate ventilation systems for each housing unit,
heated floors, indoor and outdoor exercise space, and more.
And surprisingly few other animal shelters have a veterinarian on staff, let alone a full-service, professionally staffed, modern hospital like ours. With our equipment, staff, and specialists, we can do as much
for homeless animals as any private veterinary facility anywhere can do for its animals.
Finally, since physical injuries are not our animals’ only problem—severe abuse and prolonged neglect
leave many of them deeply wounded in spirit—the League employs professional, certified trainers to help
both cats and dogs overcome the emotional hurdles that can separate them from a brighter future.
e best thing we can give an animal, however, is a home. It’s what they need more than anything else.
In 2010, we brought together 1,286 animals and adopters, making the year one of the busiest for adoption
in the League’s history. at’s 1,286 new bonds of love and companionship, at least 2,572 lives—human and
animal—changed for the better forever.
At the League, we are committed to strengthening and preserving the human-animal bond wherever it
might be. And that, too, is an innovation in the field of animal welfare in which, once again, we are leading
the way. Oen the best thing you can do for an animal is help the person that animal is attached to.
at’s the idea behind our Project Rescue, which expanded rapidly in 2010 and became an absolutely
vital lifesaver for so many of our low-income neighbors. rough Project Rescue, they now have a source
of free pet food and supplies, low-cost medical care at our weekly vaccine clinics and through appointments
at our Medical Center, affordable (and even free) spaying and neutering, free professional behavioral advice,
and emergency pet housing for those in transitional living situations.
In pioneering this new world of holistic, 360-degree animal protection and welfare, the League’s motto
might easily have been “doing whatever it takes to succeed.” Whether it’s helping a former fighting pit bull
learn to be a companion animal, or reversing the effects of years of neglect in a puppy mill breeding dog, or
teaching a feline survivor of a medical research lab that people can be trusted, or making sure that an elderly neighbor on a fixed income can keep her cat fed and healthy, we are up to the task.
anks to all of you who make this wonderfully rewarding work possible with your gis of money and
time. Together we are building a new future for animal welfare and bringing hope of a brighter day to animals
everywhere.
Warmly,
—Gary Weitzman, DVM, MPH, cawa
Chief Executive Officer
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Review of Operations
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he Washington Animal Rescue League has a unique mission to “rescue, rehabilitate, and rehome animals who have nowhere else to go.” at means we seek out and work with animals
who are truly at the end of their rope—animals for whom there is no hope without the League.
Most of them come from other shelters that cannot help them for a variety of reasons: typically overcrowding, lack of medical facilities, insufficient financial resources, or an environment that does not support the rehabilitation of physical or behavioral trauma. Other animals are rescued from natural disasters or situations involving large-scale cruelty. Because of their numbers
or the level of care needed, they oen cannot be accommodated at traditional shelters. e League’s doors
are always open to these animals who have suffered so much and have nowhere to turn.
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Authorities in rural Mississippi seize 70 emaciated dogs from a hoarder, whose neglect of the animals
led to the death of 30 others. e authorities were too late for them.
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Aer an undercover video shot at a North Carolina medical research lab reveals routine and horrendous
abuse of the animals there, the lab decides to get rid of 200 badly shaken and scarred animals.
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Ohio police obtain a search warrant as part of their investigation into illegal weapons and find 200 pit
bulls chained on the property. ey suspect the pit bulls are part of a dog fighting ring.
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A local animal control shelter calls. ey have just picked up a cat who was hit by a car. e cat’s hind
legs are fractured, but the animal control contract puts a $100 ceiling on veterinary care for stray animals.
e League opened its doors and its arms to these animals because these are precisely the sorts of animals we are looking for: animals who have nowhere else to go. In fact, the animals rescued out of state drove
past numerous shelters en route to the League.
We RESCUE the most desperate of cases.
We REHAB them, giving them whatever they need to heal their wounded bodies and spirits.
We REHOME them, matching them with compassionate and responsible people and families who will
cherish and care for them the rest of their lives.
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Expanse of League Rescues:
A Three-Year Overview
IN NUMBER OF ANIMALS
2008
218 US; 20 Canada
2009
997 US; 13 Canada
2010
814 US; 37 Kuwait
Rescue
The Washington Animal Rescue League built the first animal shelter
in the District of Columbia and has been saving mistreated, abandoned, and homeless animals for nearly 100 years. We rescue animals whose guardians cannot care for them, animals in higheuthanasia shelters who have no hope of finding a home, sick and
injured animals with no one to care for them, and animal victims of
disasters and large-scale cruelty cases.
An Unusual Detour on a Routine Commute
On her regular commute home from work one day
in May, a woman was stopped at a traffic light when
she noticed two young men tossing a small, gray object back and forth. As she inched forward in traffic,
the woman noticed—to her horror—that the object
was a live kitten. When one of the young men,
laughing, began swinging the kitten as if preparing
to throw him into the busy street, the woman
jumped out of her car—leaving it idling, driver-less,
in the lane—and ran to confront the youth.
Keeping her temper in check, the woman asked
the teenagers what they were doing with the kitten
and was told that they had found him, did not want
to keep him, and thought they might just throw him
into the street. Handing them a $20 bill, the woman
grabbed the kitten, got back in her car, and drove
straight to the League (where she had previously
adopted a pet).
Animal protection groups in the Washington
metropolitan area are still struggling with a nearly
overwhelming number of homeless cats. In 2010,
the League held monthly free spay/neuter clinics for
feral cats, treating a total of 386 felines. We also
spayed or neutered another 477 owned cats. At the
same time, we took in and found homes for a total
of 232 homeless kittens.
e Medical Center found nothing wrong with
the four-week-old kitten, whom they named Flynn,
except that he was not quite old enough for adoption. So Flynn spent two weeks hanging out in one
of the window condos that look out into our lobby.
But the time passed quickly: Flynn became great
friends with a pair of siblings, who were also a few weeks
shy of adoption age. All three got along fabulously: ey
were either wrestling and chasing for all they were worth
or fast asleep in a kitten-heap.
As soon as the threesome reached adoption age, our
adoptions manager called an Arlington, Virginia, couple
who were looking to adopt a pair of sibling kittens. ey
came in and fell in love with Flynn’s friends, but when
they heard Flynn’s story and saw how well the three got
along, they decided that their home had room for three
kittens, instead of just two as had been originally
planned.
All three cats still live together and pass the hours
playing and sleeping inseparably, a luxury Flynn came
very close to never experiencing.
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At Long Last, He Can Do the Things Cats Are
Supposed to …
Among animal protection groups, the League is well
known for its ability to carry out large-scale rescues.
When natural and man-made disasters displace large
numbers of pets, leave many animals sick and injured,
and overwhelm local shelters, the League is always
ready to help. In 2010, we did so to rescue a total of 142
animals from Mississippi, Ohio, Kuwait, and elsewhere.
It was not a surprise, then, that our telephone rang
one morning in September; and we were asked to drive
to North Carolina and pick up 10 cats and 20 dogs who
had, up until that moment, been laboratory animals,
kept solely for the purpose of being the subject of medical experiments. Our van le at 5:30 a.m. the next
morning.
e animals we brought back had been surrendered
by the lab aer an undercover PETA video revealed the
extreme cruelty to which they had been subjected. In
response, the USDA launched an investigation into conditions there.
Aside from the unimaginable suffering they endured
in the course of the tests that the lab did, the animals
were also the victims of wanton, absolutely pointless
cruelty at the hands of the people hired to care for them.
e dogs and cats were so traumatized when they
arrived that it seemed doubtful that they would ever be
able to live as normal pets. In particular, they suffered
from “metal noise reaction,” which caused them to instantaneously cringe, cower, and tremble whenever they
heard the clank of metal on metal. To them, the sound
meant a person was coming, and that could only mean
pain and horror.
Cyclone, one of the cats, was the animal about whom
we were most concerned. Terrified, he seemed to want
nothing more than to disappear entirely. But with days
of patient coaxing we got him to the point where he was
confident enough to be moved to the adoption area.
Last December, Cylone’s adopter (who has renamed
him “SweetiePie”) wrote us this e-mail: “Within less
than eight hours, he was exploring his new home and
playing. Within two days, he was allowing me to pet him.
Aer only 10 days, he regained his purr. In three weeks,
he started sleeping on the bed all night, and as of yesterday, he let me pick him up and hug him. . . . At long last,
he is able to be a cat and do all the things felines are supposed to do. Other than the blue tattoos in his ears, there
is virtually no sign of the trauma he experienced, and
adopting him has been 100 percent easy!”
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In 2010, the League rescued
1,425 animals:
502 animals whose
guardians could not care for them
791 animals from partner shelters
142 animals from large-scale
emergencies
Nearly 70 percent of all the animals who came through the League
in 2010 needed physical or behavioral rehabilitation before they
could be made available for adoption. The League’s Medical Center
routinely treats sick and injured animals from other shelters that lack
the resources to meet the animals’ medical needs. A behavior and
training department consisting of four professionally certified trainers evaluates the temperament and behavioral character of each animal. They guide the animals—both dogs and cats—through sometimes intensive “behavior modifications” to correct problems that
stand as obstacles to adoption and might have contributed to the
animals’ being surrendered to a shelter in the first place.
Aside from its work with shelter animals, the League’s Medical
Center sees dogs and cats of low-income clients who cannot afford a
regular veterinarian. Special, regularly scheduled Medical Center clinics offer free spaying and neutering of pit bulls and feral cats and lowcost vaccinations, parasite treatment, and micro-chips. At the same
time, the behavior and training team gives free behavioral advice by
telephone or in person and offers low-cost positive reinforcement dog
training classes, which enable dog guardians of any income to train
their animals using the most modern, humane, and effective methods.
A Lucky Dog Indeed
Late one February night, a fire broke out in Victoria
Gilchrist’s Northeast Washington home. Lucky, an 8year-old, 70-pound shepherd was asleep next to Victoria’s bed, and he woke her up. Calling her dog, Victoria
stumbled through the smoke-filled hallway, down the
stairs, and outside. When the firefighters arrived, she
noticed that her faithful dog, who had awakened her,
was not by her side. e firefighters found Lucky upstairs in the room of Victoria’s son.
“My son wasn’t home that night,” Victoria recalled.
“But Lucky must have gone into the bedroom to find
him, and he wasn’t going to leave without him.”
By the time the firefighters got Lucky outside, the
skin on the dog’s back and legs was all but burned off.
He was taken to an emergency veterinary hospital
and transferred to the League’s Medical Center the next
day.
Many of the League's Medical Center cases—at least
70 percent—are referrals from private veterinarians.
Ours is the only local veterinary hospital that subsidizes
the care of animals whose owners can't afford private
veterinarians' rates and also is a place to which those
veterinarians can refer clients they cannot afford to
help. In gratitude, many of these veterinarians contribute supplies and time to the center.
Lucky’s burns were the most extensive that our veterinarians had ever seen on a living animal. e pain
must have been intense and relentless. But even with
round-the-clock medication and a nearly full-body
bandage, Lucky was slow to heal. About a month aer
Lucky’s arrival, a veterinary surgeon who specializes in
treating wounds volunteered her time to give Lucky a
series of skin gras, and the fortunate dog was released
to Victoria’s custody one week later.
Although Lucky had been deeply wounded on the
outside, his inner self was unfazed. His tail would wag
and he always managed a canine smile when anyone
came to see him. But nothing could compare to the exuberance he showed when Victoria came to collect him
and bring him home to her mother’s house. Despite his
bandages and wounds, Lucky sang and danced for a full
ten minutes on that happy day.
Because Victoria lost everything she had in the fire,
all charges for Lucky’s care were waived.
Rehab
A Discarded Cat Lands on His Feet . . . All Four
of Them!
The Medical Center, in 2010, treated
4,240 animals of low-income clients
242 pit bulls, 330 owned male cats,
and 416 feral cats were treated at free
spay/neuter clinics
102 dogs graduated from the
League’s training classes and hundreds
of dogs were assisted with free
training consultations
Sadly, every animal shelter knows that it’s not unusual
for people to decide to get rid of their cats. Cats are
brought to shelters by the dozens every day. In 2010,
the League received 309 cats (55 percent of all the cats
it took in) from people who no longer could—or
would—care for them.
But Pinto’s person didn’t bother with a shelter. She
just opened her upper-story window, and threw Pinto
and his brother out.
A neighbor, who witnessed the two siblings’ unceremonious eviction, came to their rescue and took
pity on them. She retrieved them from under a bush,
where they were hiding and brought them home. As
far as we know, Pinto’s brother is still with the rescuer.
But when the woman realized that Pinto’s paw was
badly hurt—whether from the fall from the window
or from an older injury, we’ll never know; but the paw
stuck out at an odd angle, and Pinto could not walk
on it—she brought him to her local animal control
shelter. ey, in turn, brought him to the League’s
Medical Center for treatment.
Our veterinarians had never seen an injury quite
like Pinto’s, so they took an X-ray and sent it to an orthopedic specialist. According to the specialist, the
paw could be healed with a simple splint, as long as
we could manage to straighten it out so that the bones
aligned properly. A cat’s paw has about 25 bones in it,
so the process took a full half an hour on the sedated
cat. In the end, every bone was back in position and
the splint was applied.
Pinto was none too pleased to be wearing a splint.
He had to wear it for six long weeks—a virtual eternity for a young and playful feline. But we figured
that, in the end, it was a small price to pay for a lifetime on all four paws.
In fact, once the splint came off and Pinto made it
to the adoption area, he immediately forgot all about
his past trouble. His new feline playmate, Quiche,
helped him rediscover the joys of running and
wrestling. e two now live together in Bethesda,
Maryland, with a woman who adopted the pair in the
hopes that they would have “a long, happy life together.”
Love Is Blind
Brynn’s people had no income. ey also had no heat or
electricity in their house. When the February 2010 blizzards hit, the family decided that they had to find their
five cats a better situation. So they brought them to us.
is past year, the League took in 309 cats and 193 dogs
whose families could no longer afford their care.
Brynn’s family didn’t know it, but one of the cats,
Brynn, was blind.
It’s hard enough to find homes for adult cats like
Brynn, let alone blind adult cats, though Brynn did not
seem too put out by her handicap. We moved her to the
adoption area and hoped for the best.
Not long aer that, Brynn met Linda, a new volunteer who had once had another blind cat. In Linda’s
words, “I immediately fell in love with Brynn and pretty
much decided that she had to come home with me.”
Although Brynn hated the trip to Linda’s house in
the carrier, once there she settled in quickly. Linda carried her around and showed her where to find food,
the litterbox, and the pet steps that Linda installed so
that Brynn could climb onto the bed with her. Brynn
discovered the toys all by herself and soon began
wrestling with a yoga mat and her toys.
Perhaps because she is blind and relies on her other
senses, Brynn likes to be touching Linda. Brynn
weaves in and out of Linda’s legs when she is washing
dishes or brushing her teeth and she sleeps up against
Linda (or with at least one paw on her) at night. Linda
says that Brynn sometimes makes her laugh out loud
at night, “listening to her purr up a storm.”
Brynn’s blindness doesn’t seem to bother her at all,
nor does it bother Linda. “Brynn is adorable,” she says,
“and others have missed out on having a sweetheart pet
just because she is blind, which is not a problem at all.”
Rehome
Each year, the League’s upscale, clean, bright, and airy facility attracts
more and more people seeking to adopt a pet. Many of these have
never before visited an animal shelter. Using an “open adoptions”
process that emphasizes conversation over paper forms and education
over judgment, the League placed more than 1,200 animals in wellqualified homes in 2010. An additional 28 animals were transferred to
partner rescue organizations (abandoned Canadian sled dogs, for example, went to groups that specialize in placing these working animals).
2010 adoptions:
756 dogs, 530 cats,
1,286 total.
Samson Hits Bottom but Bounces Back
Just before Christmas, one of the League’s trainers was
at one of our principal partner animal control shelters,
looking for animals to transfer to the League for adoption. Passing one dog run, she noticed an old dog
curled up in the farthest, darkest corner of the run.
“Hello, old shepherd,” she called out to the dog. e
dog had no reaction; he didn’t even li his head. He lay
in the corner, his face to the wall, “as if he were just
ready to die.”
“Oh, he’s not old,” the shelter employee who was
showing the trainer around corrected. “He’s only about
a year. At one time he was in training as a bomb dog.”
at was all it took. “Let’s put this one on the van,”
the League staffer told her colleague.
Samson was one of a total of 230 dogs in 2010 who
were transferred to the League for adoption from an-
other local shelter that was at or near their holding
capacity.
Once the dog, a beautiful Czech shepherd
named Samson, was safely on the League van, we
learned more of his story. He was from a long line of
working dogs and had been singled out for training
in bomb detection. He did well with his training until a veterinarian found a slight—very slight, it turns
out—heart murmur that ended his career as a working dog before it ever began.
No longer in training, Samson was given to a police officer as a pet. Shortly aer that, the officer
moved to the Washington area, where she had difficulty finding housing that would accept her new 60pound dog. So Samson ended up at animal control,
where we found him.
League veterinarians checked out Samson’s heart
murmur, which was so slight they could only detect
it with some difficulty. ey determined that it
posed no immediate threat to the dog’s health. He
also had a respiratory problem but was ready for
adoption once that cleared up.
Just prior to Samson's being made available for
adoption, the League's humane education director
called the D.C. Fire Department K-9 officer who is
oen invited to her classes. She thought he might be
interested in the dog. Officer Holmes and his supervisor came to the League and met the dog, and
though they ultimately decided that the dog did not
have the drive to become a detection animal, they
were very taken with Samson. “He has a bombproof temperament,” they wrote, “and is gorgeous
inside and out.”
ey put out word via their network of law enforcement dog handlers that an excellent dog in
D.C. needed a home, and that word found a receptive ear in a retired NYPD dog handler on Long Island, who was accustomed to working dogs’ needs
for exercise and mental stimulation.
So eager was he to help, in fact, that he arranged
to take his three children (aged 9, 12, and 15) out of
school the next day to come meet Samson. e family of five, plus their current Labrador retriever, Amber, were on the road to Washington by five o’clock
the next morning.
By three o’clock that aernoon, all seven of them
were on their way back to Long Island to the home
that a very fortunate Samson will call his for the rest
of his days.
Financial Statements
Statement of Cash Flows Years ended December 31
2010
2009
Cash flows from operating activities
Change in net assets
2010
FUNCTIONAL EXPENSES
Management
and
Shelter General
8%
Operations
19%
$ (460,591)
Adjustment to reconcile change in net assets to net cash
provided in operating activities
Depreciation
272,408
Net realized and unrealized (gains) losses on investments
(642,436)
(1,131,774)
Donated stock
(157,892)
(33,896)
(6,219)
(12,530)
Unrealized loss on perpetual trusts
Campaign pledges written off
Hospital
Operations
31%
Change in present value discount
Inventory
Prepaid expenses and other assets
Promises to give
21% Adoptions,
Communications,
Humane Education
237,090
19,039
30,000
(24,749)
8,085
(148,002)
210,263
(17,700)
25,043
3,922
(9,249)
457,950
(118,019)
(17,364)
70,287
(651,347)
(45,388)
0
74,370
Decrease (increase) in:
Bequests receivable
21%
Development
$ 922,830
(Decrease) increase in:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
Charitable gi annuities
Net cash provided in operating activities
Cash flows from investing activities
Net proceeds from sale of investments
1,760,943
4,478,771
Purchases of property and equipment
(221,329)
(207,228)
Payment of escrow deposit
(150,000)
Purchases of investments
(678,610)
(4,652,041)
Net cash (used) provided by investing activities
711,004
(380,498)
Repayment of note payable
(113,077)
(106,133)
Net cash (used) by financing activities
(113,077)
(106,133)
Increase in cash and cash equivalents
(53,420)
(412,261)
0
Cash flows from financing activities
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year
1,178,314
1,590,575
Cash and cash equivalents, end of year
1,124,984
1,178,314
215,676
227,022
Supplemental disclosures
Interest paid
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Statements of Financial Position Years ended December 31
2010
2009
The League relies
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents
on private donations from
$ 1,121,894
$ 1,178,314
250,000
101,998
Inventory
61,367
43,667
Prepaid expenses and other assets
75,411
79,333
240,331
692,571
Investments, at fair value
6,383,287
6,552,215
It receives no federal, state,
Restricted Investments
3,377,888
3,490,965
or city funding.
150,000
0
7,233,452
7,284,531
Bequests receivable
Promises to give, net
Escrow Deposit
Property and equipment, net
Beneficial interest in perpetual trusts
Total Assets
106,490
100,271
19,003,120
19,523,865
124,808
142,172
3,377,888
3,490,965
Liabilities and Net Assets
Liabilities
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
Note payable
Charitable gi annuities
Total Liabilities
70,287
0
3,572,983
3,633,137
10,517,678
10,717,808
1,092,313
1,131,737
11,609,991
11,849,545
567,313
794,569
Net Assets
Unrestricted
Undesignated
Board designated
Total unrestricted net assets
Temporarily restricted
Permanently restricted
3,252,833
3,246,614
15,430,137
15,890,728
$ 19,003,120
19,523,865
Total Net Assets
Total Liabilities and Net Assets
2010 REVENUE AND SUPPORT
Other 1%
In-kind contributions 3%
43% Individual contributions
Corporations 3%
Foundations 4%
Investments 4%
Adoption and hospital fees 9%
23% Bequests and gift annuities
Special events 10%
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individuals, businesses,
and foundations to sustain
its lifesaving programs.
Generous Donors Increase League Revenue Dramatically
2010 Donors
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hanks to the generosity of our supporters, 2010 was a banner year for the League. With increased contributions from many sectors—individuals, corporations, workplace giving, and
foundations—donations exceeded our anticipation by $300,000. Giving from individuals led
the upsurge with a $470,000 (34 percent) increase over 2009.
Our direct mail program, with professional guidance from Alexandria-based Griswold &
Griswold, brought in hundreds of thousands of dollars and remained our largest source of
revenue. e 2010 program was buoyed by three donor matching-gi challenges: Dr. Shari Barton’s $60,000
challenge for the new custom-built rescue vehicle, the Friendship Hospital for Animals $25,000 matching
grant for humane education, and the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation’s $20,000 leverage gi for
our Medical Center. A special letter from journalist Eleanor Cli helped introduce the League to new donors.
With more than $1 million in bequests in 2010, the estate plans of deceased friends constituted the
League’s second-largest source of income. Charitable annuities brought in another $84,000; and the League’s
1914 Society, made up of those who have included us in their planned gis, now has over 100 members, up
37 since last year.
New online soware and a growing number of dedicated social media friends helped the League realize
a 67 percent gain in electronic gis over 2009.
is past year also saw an impressive rise in contributions from foundations (up 60 percent) and corporations (up 29 percent). e League was one of only 10 animal shelters nationwide to receive a highly competitive Pedigree Foundation grant (ours was in support of the League’s innovative behavioral rehabilitation
program for dogs). e Life4Animals thri shop in Gaithersburg, Maryland, kindly sent a generous total of
more than $30,000 in donations. In addition to cash contributions, area businesses gave the League approximately $90,000 in pro bono services and in-kind goods in 2010.
Funds received from workplace giving—primarily the Combined Federal Campaign and United Way—
rose 21 percent, or $25,000, over 2009 totals.
A number of the League’s close friends made gis in support of special League programs. In addition to
the Dr. Barton, Friendship Hospital for Animals, and Cafrtiz Foundation challenge grants mentioned above,
a donor launched Buster’s Fund for Kittens with two large gis; and donor and volunteer Judi Ziegler collected $2,500 for a new capnograph (to monitor animals under anesthesia) for the Medical Center and several hundred dollars for the rescue vehicle.
e League’s 2010 fund-raising events—the Rescue
Me Gala, Pasta for Pets, a champagne brunch for our
Disaster Rescue Fund, a series of “yappy hours” at the
Park Hyatt Washington, a high tea hosted by Tiffany &
Company, and others—took in more than $300,000. e
Rescue Me Gala, an annual event attracting more than
500 League friends and 150 dogs to Union Station in
April, was responsible for almost two-thirds of that total. Two dinners at the Park Hyatt Washington in December gave donors the opportunity to respond to Dr.
Barton’s gracious $60,000 challenge for the rescue vehicles. Both dinners sold out and raised a cumulative
$105,000.
We are grateful to all of the generous friends of animals listed on the following pages and hope that we have
the honor of seeing your name in this report again next
year. It is only with your thoughtful, strong support that
we are able to help so many animals and people.
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League Leaders
It’s a Wonderful Second Life
$100,000 and Greater
Estate of Joan Slatkin Barton
Estate of Dennis William Curtin
Freed Foundation
Global Impact PCFO for Combined
Federal Campaign of the National
Capital Area
Estate of Elsie M. Krick
Estate of Phyllis Porter McClure
Abraham and Virginia Weiss
Charitable Trust/
Amy and Marc Meadows
Estate of Ruth H. Young
$50,000 to $99,999
Dr. Shari M. Barton
Friendship Hospital for Animals
Hunter Howe
Dr. Phyllis A. Huene
Estate of Marion Hume
$25,000 to $49,999
Estate of Helenah H. Allen
Mrs. Betty Jane Baer
Capt. John Willoughby Brown,
USN Ret.
Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz
Foundation
Philip L. Graham Fund
Mark and Anne Hansen Foundation
Life4Animals ri Shop
Pedigree Foundation
Susan B. Strange and Patrick M.
Parkinson
$10,000 to $24,999
Elinor Patterson Baker Foundation
Drew Bear
Ms. Marie Louise Burkart
Ms. Suzanne Cavanagh
Choice Hotels International
Dimick Foundation
Max and Victoria Dreyfus
Foundation, Inc.
Fannie Mae SERVE Program
Griswold and Griswold, Inc
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Ledsinger, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. eodore J. Leonsis
Marriott International, Inc.
Marshfield Associates
Dr. and Mrs. Matthew A. Parker
Richard and Lisa Parker
Mr. Richard J. Perry, Jr.
Susan Lynde Duval Phipps Foundation
Ms. Susan E. Ridge
Dr. George R. oma
United Way of the National
Capital Area
Julie Walters and Sam Rose
Estate of Marianne Walther
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Weiss
World Bank Community Connections
Fund
Anonymous (3)
Heidi, a mixed hound from a hoarding situation in Mississippi, managed to cling to life until the rescuers arrived—some of her canine companions were not so lucky—but her survival was far from guaranteed. When
she arrived at the League, she was covered in mange and had almost no hair. ere was a bullet lodged in her
side, she had heart worms, and she required eye surgery.
Heidi needed a miracle, and that miracle appeared in the form of a guardian angel: Lisa Parker of Bethesda.
Lisa’s son James was a volunteer at the League the summer Heidi was there, and he introduced Lisa to Heidi
(their own dog was also named Heidi).
“e minute I met Heidi, I knew she was a very special dog. Unlike my Heidi at home, this Heidi was almost furless and she was afraid
of people. I knew I had to help her get well, so I donated funds to ensure her recovery.”
For several months in 2010, Lisa gave $800 (the average amount
that the League spends on each animal) to support Heidi’s care and
rehabilitation. ese gis continued until Heidi found a home.
“Animals do not get to choose their circumstances,” Lisa pointed
out, “but they deserve to be cared for by us because they are living,
sentient beings with deep feelings. e Golden Rule applies to all animals, regardless of their circumstances.”
With Lisa’s generous support, Heidi ultimately found a home in
McLean, Virginia, one thousand miles and a world away from her
miserable beginnings. “When I saw the video of her in her new yard,
it brought tears of joy!” recalls Lisa, who played such a pivotal role in
Heidi’s rehabilitation and rehoming.
Rescuers
Ms. Lois Godfrey Wye
$5,000 to $9,999
$1,000 to $4,999
America’s Charities
Estate of Lucille B. Beall
Estate of Raymond Beall
Ms. Audrey B. Buyrn
Ms. Eugenia B. Castleman
CityPaws Animal Hospital
Ms. Anne P. Claysmith
Ms. Lynn Dixon
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert S. Doherty
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Dussek
Frank M. Ewing Foundation
Helen Clay Frick Foundation
Estate of Edith J. Goode
Ms. Rebecca Gorski and
Mr. Monte Jackal
Estate of Linda E. Hartung
Humane Society of the United States
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Marmet
Ms. Carolyn Miller
Miller & Chevalier
Ms. Kate M. Perry and
Mr. George R. Dellinger
Ms. Karen Polyak and
Mr. Robert K. Mohr
Prince Charitable Trusts
Pro Feed
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Savage
Ms. Jacquie L. Segal
Mr. and Mrs. Ivan D. Socher
Ms. Jane L. Taylor
Ms. Diane Werneke
Mrs. June K. Abel
Ms. Jaine Ackley/Boehringer
Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc.
Michelle and James Alberg
Ms. Jennifer Alfonso
America’s Health Insurance Plans
Ms. Karin Lynn Anderson
Mr. Allen D. Argentieri
V. Au
Ms. Hope M. Babcock
Ms. Carol Barnard
Ms. G. Jaia Barrett and
Mr. Timothy A. Tulenko
Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Barris
Ms. Dora Bayliss
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Bedore
Ms. Megan Beecham and
Mr. omas Sylvester
Ms. Ava Bell
Ms. Elsie V. Benson
Ms. Pamela I. Bernstein
Ms. Susan McGee Bienvenu
Mr. Scott S. Binder
Ms. Lisa Diane Binner
Anne and Stephen Black
Mr. Robert Blizard
Tansy and Dennis Blumer
Mr. David Bower
Mr. Randy Bowman
e Bozzuto Group
Mr. William W. Brackett
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Mr. Joe Braverman
Brightheart Holdings LLC
Ms. Amy Brown
Mr. and Mrs. David S. J. Brown
Ms. Janet Huidekoper Brown
Susan Coe Brown and David E. Garratt
Frances and Townsend Burden
Foundation
Ralph Burnham Charitable Lead Trust
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Burns
C. Fox Communications, LLC
Ms. Carol A. Campbell
Capital Sprints, LLC
Capitol Hill Veterinary Clinic, Inc.
Mr. Peter A Cari
Ms. Elizabeth Carl
Mr. Bruce Carlton
Ms. Carol J. Carmody
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Catto
Ms. Michelle Chovan and
Mr. Forrest Shull
Ms. Nancy Chu and
Mr. Lance K. Hoboy
CMDI
Mr. Stanley Collender
Community Foundation for the
National Capital Region
Ms. Christine Condon
Deborah and Robert Copito
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Cotter
Mr. Douglas R. Cox
Ms. Teresa Cox
Ms. Elizabeth L. Critchley and
Mr. David Sobel
Ms. Michelle T. Delemarre and
Mr. Ronald Vavruska, Jr.
Mr. Edward Dennison
Ms. Barbara J. Diehl
Ms. Kathleen A. Dixon
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Dobranski
Mrs. Sunshine V. Dudley
Mr. Earl S. Dye
Ms. Jo Ann Dyer
Ms. Marianna G. Dyson
Miss Anne C. Eagles
Ms. Fynnette L. Eaton
Mr. Ronald R. Eckert
Mr. W. B. Edge
Mr. and Mrs. Joel Eisemann
Ms. Betty Buchanan Elmore
Mrs. Elizabeth Dalton Emes
Estate of William Edwin Emory
Ms. Dorothy L. Etzler
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Falb
Fairmont Hotel
Mr. and Mrs. Michael K. Farr
Ms. Sue T. T. Feehan
Ms. Dorothy L. Filbert
Ms. Dania Fitzgerald
Ms. Genowefa M. Fiuk
Ms. Cynthia H. Ford
Ms. Kathryn A. Ford
Ms. Sharon K. Freiman
Mr. Bradley S. Frey
Ms. Joanne Fungaroli
Ms. Barbara A. Furmanek
Ms. Caroline D. Gabel
Mr. Nicholas Galassi
Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Gatti, Jr.
Estate of Eileen M. Gaylard
Ms. Elsa M. Gibson
Lisa Gill Trust
Mr. and Mrs. John E. Girouard
Mrs. Victoria S. Goldman
Jill and Bradford Gordon Family
Foundation
Mr. Frederick J. Graboske
Jeri and Edward Greenberg
Ms. Ellen Steen Greer
Dr. Robin Gross
Mr. Richard D. Grossman
Ms. Wendy Grubbs
Estate of Helen Hanson
Ms. Jessie Harris
Ms. Leslie A. Harris and
Dr. Peter A. Basch
Ms. Maxine Harris
Mr. Alan R. Harrison
Ms. Annie M. Hartsock
Mr. and Mrs. Rob Harvey
Ms. Lois R. Hatch
Ms. Julia A. Hatcher and
Mr. Andrew D. Roth
Ms. Anne L. Haulsee
Mrs. Rebecca G. Hayes
Mr. Neal Henderson
Mr. William N. Herman
Mr. Kent B. Hickman
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hickman
Ms. Laura Hillenbrand
Ms. Cathy MacNeil Hollinger
Independent Charities of America
International Monetary Fund
Mr. Marc S. Jacobson
Mary and John Jarvis
Ms. Jennifer Jewett
Ms. Sally Lane Johnson
Rosemary and Stanley Jones
GivingExpress Online/Just Give
Mrs. Dorothy S. Karkanen
Ms. Dana Michelle Karp and
Mr. Hank Messick
Ms. Patricia E. Kauffman
KavaSnaks, LLC
Ms. Jacqueline Kelly
Estate of Kenneth Kemper
Mr. Dan Keniry
Ms. Mary C. Kennedy
Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Kessler
Dr. and Mrs. Paul D. Kiernan
Ms. Martha King
Ms. Frances Kingery
Ms. Ceceile F. Klein
Mr. Paul C. Knepp and
Mr. William D. Knight
Mr. Albert Knoll
Mr. Christopher P. Kolditz
Sheila Lachs and Scott Westfahl
Ms. Janet C. LaMarre
Mrs. Patricia Lambert
Allene and Jerome Lapides
Foundation, Inc.
Mrs. Lynda LaTour
Legacy Productions, Inc.
Legg Mason
Ms. Mary Nell Lehnhard
Mr. Daryl A. Libow
Ms. Leslie A. Lightbody
Mr. William C. Lloyd
Ms. Elizabeth Lous
Ms. Constance B. Lohse
Ms. Gloria M. Lonergan
Dr. Andrew T. Maccabe
Maddie’s Fund
Ms. Carol A. Mader
Mr. John P. Magee
Ms. Beth A. Mallory
Ms. Libbie J. Mansell
Estate of Mrs. Jane Shalley Mansfield
Mrs. Barbara D. Marmet
Ms. Lori Marshall
Ms. Cynthia Martin
Mr. Ernest N. May, Jr.
Mr. Erik McConnell
Mrs. Janice D. McKeever
Ms. Carol Melamed
Col. Rhoda Messer, USA Ret.
Mr. James Meyers/Imagination
Publishing
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Michetti
Microso Matching Gis Program
Mr. and Mrs. David J. Mihalchik
Ms. Ellen M. Miller
Estate of Isabelle Prout Miller
Ms. Elaine L. Mills
Mission Critical Information Services
Investing in the Community
For Dr. Peter Glassman, the director of Friendship Hospital for Animals,
supporting humane education has personal roots.
“At a very early age, I began riding horses in Rock Creek Park,” he explains. “Soon, I was working at the stable—teaching horseback riding,
mucking out stalls, and cleaning horses. I really developed an understanding and compassion for animals. e
fact, however, is that many local young
people do not have opportunities to develop a compassion for animals.”
In 2010, Dr. Glassman made a generous donation of $25,000 for humane education in the spring and then offered to
give an additional $25,000 before year
end—but only if other League friends together matched Friendship’s gi. In the
end, these friends gave almost twice that
amount.
“By exposing children to an understanding of animals that they might not
otherwise experience and by helping
them discover their own innate compassion, humane education helps break the
cycles of violence,” Dr. Glassman points
out. “In place of indifference, children
learn to care. Instead of complacency, they learn to speak up. In place of the
power to hurt, they learn about the power to heal. e way we see it, we’re
not just making a charitable contribution. We’re investing in the community, helping it become a better place for both animals and people.”
Ms. Vanessa Mitchell
Mr. Fred Mitzner
Ms. Marian Mlay
Ms. Helen T. Mohrmann
Mr. omas Monahan
Ms. Sandra S. Monje and
Mr. Alan Bromborsky
Ms. Rafaela Monochek
Mrs. Pamela H. Moore
Ms. Gail A. Morin
LTC Michael W. Morrow, Ret.
Mr. Richard Morrow
Ms. Debra A. Moss
Ms. Lynn Murphy and
Dr. Daniel J. Murphy
Ms. Afsoon Rebecca Namini
Network for Good
Ms. Audrey Lynne Newton
Mr. Michael Occhuizzo
Ms. Mary L. Oehrlein
Ms. Carolyn E. Ortwein
Mr. Michael Osborne
Dr. Robert E. Osterberg
Park Hyatt Washington
Lori A. Paserchia, M.D.
Ms. Laura H. Peebles
Jane and Dennis Pelehach
Ms. Eileen A. Pennington
Mrs. Carter Perry
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Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Petersen
Petfinder.com Foundation
Mrs. Lynne Sparks Pickard
Ms. Catherine A. Plume
PNC Bank
Lynn and Steven Pomponi
Reichert Analytical Instruments
Mr. and Mrs. Jack T. Reidhill
Ms. Mary Richter
Mrs. Jean M. Riddell
Mr. James F. Rill
Ms. Celia A. Roady
Ms. Susan Gail Robertson
Ms. Barbara A. Robinson
Ms. Gail A. Robinson and
Mr. Michael Wolyniec
Mrs. Janessa Robinson
Ms. Laurel O. Robinson
Kathy and John Rooney
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. T. Rosenfeld
Mr. and Mrs. Garry D. Ryan
Ms. Alison J. Sackman
Ms. Elsa M. Santoyo and
Mr. Carl Golob
Ms. Bethany Scanlon
Amy and Paul Schoenhard
Schwab Charitable Fund
Hon. Carol Schwartz
Ms. Mary Scofield
Mr. Stephen A. Scott
Ms. Ann M. Seeger
Ms. Sara Elizabeth Senich
John M. Shapiro Charitable Trust
Dr. Louis Shapiro
Ms. Denise E. Sheehan
Ms. Clare Siegel
Ms. Yvette Freeman Sigal
Mr. and Mrs. Neil R. Simons
Ms. Claudia A. Simons and
Mr. Alan R. Korn
Ms. Sylvia Sloan and Mr. Blake Nichols
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan D. Smith
Wilbur S. Smith and Margaret P. Smith
Foundation
Ms. Sabrina Sodja
Ms. Christen Anne Sproule
Dr. Howard Stark
Mr. Jeff M. Stoiber and
Ms. Maggie Hudak
Mrs. Marion G. Strack
Ada M. and Gertrude Goble Pearl
Strickland Foundation
Ms. Patricia Sullivan
Sunoco, Inc.
Mr. W.D. Tenney, Jr.
Ms. Dannelet A. Teske
Ms. Barbara J. ompson
Mrs. Sally S. orpe
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Toll
Ms. Stephanie Vance
Ms. Jan E. Vinicombe
Susan and Andrew Vinisky
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas K. Vollmer
Mr. David J. Vos
Ms. Clelia Anne Walker
Ms. Kristi E. Walseth
Ms. Elsa Walsh
Mr. Robert Starrett Waters
Dr. Gary L. Weitzman
Ms. Wendy J. Wertheimer
Mr. Matthew Wetzel
Dr. Gail R. Wilensky
Wiley Rein, LLP
Mr. Richard Wilkof
Mr. Chandler R. Williams
Mr. Kelly W. Williams and
Mr. Michael Beidler
Ms. Nancy E. Williams and
Mr. Robert I. Schramm
Mr. and Mrs. James D. Wilner
Ms. Shelly Wilsey
Mrs. Eleanora M. Worth
Ms. Nancy H. Yeide
Ms. Marilyn M. Young
Ms. Dottie Yunger
Dr. Martha Zeiger and
Dr. John T. Britton
Ambassador Robert B. Zoellick and
Ms. Sherry L. Ferguson
Anonymous (4)
$500 to $999
Ms. Gina Ferguson Adams
Mr. Paul Aines
Alexandria Animal Hospital
Ms. Deborah alia Ambers
American Express Foundation
American Pest Management, Inc.
Ms. Valerie L. Amerkhail
Mr. and Mrs. Terry M. Ames, Jr.
Ms. Athena K. Angelos and
Mr. J. Kevin Carroll
Mr. Richard Armstrong
Aronson and Company
Matthew J. Arozian and
Carol Gilbert-Arozian
Ms. Nancy Asman
Mr. Robert Asselin
Mrs. Pamela K. Austrich
Ms. Mona K. Badgett
Ms. Jennifer Baker
Kara and Jim Ball
Banfield Pet Hospital of Alexandria
Ms. Camile Tai Bao
Ms. Pauline M. Barnes
Mr. and Mrs. eodore C. Barreaux
Ms. Louise Beale
Ms. Elisabeth A. Beatrez
Ms. Betty Beauchamp
Mr. Harry Lammot Belin
Ms. Julie A. Bell
Ms. Kyle Z. Bell
Ms. Lisa M. Bell
Ms. Amanda Benjamin
Ms. Patricia Bennett
Mr. Edward J. Bentz, Jr.
Wendy B. Bernstein, M.D.
Mr. and Mrs. Eric L. Bernthal
Ms. Ann H. Bissell
Mr. Mark Blackburn
Julie and Eric Bloecher
Ms. Carol S. Bonson
Ms. Deborah Bowles
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Boyd
Mrs. Mary Brandenburg
Mrs. Ronell C. Brindell
Mr. Kingman Brown
Ms. Sherri Brown
Mr. Stephen Brown
Carolyn and Mark Brownawell
Estate of Michael W. Budd
Dr. Eileen Buese
Ms. Diana K. Bulger
Mrs. Valerie K. Burden
Burlington Medical Supplies
Ms. Patricia A. Cake
Ms. Stephanie Campbell
Mrs. Susan Wooddell Campbell
Dr. Sylvia Campbell
Mr. Brian Card
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
Mr. and Mrs. Terry F. Carraway
Linda and Jay Casselberry
Ms. Joyce Chandler
Ms. Audrey I. Chang and
Mr. Michael J. Vernick
Mr. David T. Cherry
Ms. Sukgi Choi and
Mr. Charles Monk, Jr.
Ms. Claudette Christian and
Mr. Donald Hertzmark
Ms. Ellen M. Chung
Ms. Susan K. Claffey
Ms. Diana S. Clagett
Ms. Patricia Ann Clarke
Dr. Katherine Anne Coerver
Allison and Jeffrey Alan Cohen
Mr. and Mrs. James Cole
Ms. Susan M. Cook
Ms. Victoria R. Cordova
Mrs. Tanya Alan Correa
Mr. Frank D. Correl / Correl Family
Trust
Alan B. Cox Charitable Lead Trust
Mr. Edmund B. Cronin, Jr.
Crowell and Moring, LLP
Mr. Robert S. Crum
Mr. Allan G. Dansie
Ms. Rebecca Darlington
Ms. Louise Davidson
Ms. Sally F. Davidson
Ms. Lisa Davis
Ms. Jeanne De Sa
Mr. Daniel Decker
Ms. Deborah J. DeHaas
Mr. Doug DeLuca
Ms. Diane Derby
Lynn Marie and Chris Desautels
From a Fire in the Desert to an Oasis of Hope
The League’s reputation for being able to respond to large-scale animal crises has led to a number
of intensive and dramatic rescues. In 2010, a total of 142 animals came from cruelty and disaster
responses outside of our area. But even so, we were a bit surprised to get a call for assistance from
Kuwait.
When that Middle Eastern country’s primary animal shelter went up in flames in March 2010,
the staff there had to find another shelter that could take the 27 dogs who’d survived. And they did
not have much time. Most of the dogs were living in temporary outdoor pens, but with frigid temperatures at night
soaring to 140 degrees in the day, they could not survive
for long. The shelter asked friends at Humane Society International to recommend a shelter.
So although an ocean and multiple time zones separated the League from Kuwait, and although it was going
to be a logistical nightmare to get the dogs to Washington while a volcano closed airports all across Europe, we
got the call.
We immediately told them to send the dogs on the first
available flight. And in the end, 37 canine refugees (the
original 27 plus 10 new arrivals), made the long flight to
Dulles, settled in at the League, and eventually moved on
to their permanent homes in and around the District.
“This wasn’t our first international rescue,” noted Dr.
Gary Weitzman, the League’s CEO. “We’ve saved
dogs from Canada on two previous occasions. But these
dogs traveled farther than any others to get here, and
we are pleased to offer them the help they need in settling in as some of America’s newest canine citizens.”
We’re Getting Good at This
“The staff was amazed at how far the dogs had come in just one week. The new charges had
shaken off some of their kennel stress and already seemed much happier.... Limited as it may have
been, this was the first time these dogs were allowed to simply be dogs.”
That is how author Jim Gorant described the recovery of 11 of Michael Vick’s fighting pit bulls
in their first few weeks at the League in November 2007, where for the first time in their lives, they
saw a veterinarian, got regular meals, and were treated with kindness. But the League quickly
learned that, as deeply scarred as these dogs were emotionally, their rehabilitation would require more than simple kindness, no matter how generously bestowed. They
would need careful behavior assessments and wellthought-out training plans specifically tailored for fighting dogs.
Over the next three months, in which these plans were
developed and implemented, the League learned a lot
about teaching fighting dogs to be companion animals.
We’ve been putting that knowledge to good use ever
since. In fact, in 2010, we helped 49 pit bulls recover and
find homes.
In September 2010, the Humane Society of the United States brought us 10 pit bulls from a suspected fighting ring in Ohio. Like Vick’s dogs, these pit bulls came in badly damaged, both externally and internally.
For example, Coolidge, a large yellow male with an odd nervous grin, was initially scared of
everyone. And why wouldn’t he be? In the past, any contact with people was a precursor to a terrible experience. But with days of hand feeding for every meal and lots of patient attention, he
learned he didn’t have to be afraid. And that took the edge off his fighting aggression.
Slowly and quietly, each one of the former fighters dropped their steely and suspicious demeanors
and began to show all the qualities that make these dogs such wonderful beings.
Ms. Shari Director
Ms. Nancy Ruyle Dodge
DogCentric/Cheryl Staab
Ms. Glennalee K. Donnelly
Ms. Susan Donovan
Ms. Barbara Dormann-Meyer
Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Downey
Ms. Stacy Fields Dranginis
Ms. Elizabeth C. Driver
Mrs. Debbie K. Duel
Dr. Mary C. Dufour
Mr. William Dunn
Mrs. Diana B. Dunnan
Ms. Ann C. Dunnington
Ms. Stefanie Duval
Ms. Debera L. Edwards
Ms. Rita J. Ellsworth
Ms. Kelleye Elmore
Emergency Veterinary Clinic of
Northern Virginia
Estate of Adelaide Margaret Ervin
Mr. Joseph P. Esposito
Ms. Kathleen Ewing
Ms. Donna T. Fagerholm
Mrs. Beth Falcao
Ms. Suzanne Farrell
Mr. Ron Faycik
Elizabeth and Andrew Fenzel
Fetch Pet Care of Silver Spring
Fickes Family Foundation
Fidelity Charitable Gi Fund
FIND
Mr. Clay Fink
Mr. Hugo Paul Fleischman
Ms. Lydia Fleischmann
Freddie Mac Foundation
Mr. Anthony D. Frederick
Dr. Helene C. Freeman
Ms. Joy Freeman
Ms. Susan Furr
Ms. Marianne Gallagher
Ms. Mary Gardner
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred E. Garratt
Ms. Jill Gehring
Ms. Juliana Gendelman and
Mr. Christopher Goldberg
General Electric Foundation
Ms. Sally Gere
Ms. Avis Gienav
Mr. John R. Gill
Ms. Barbara Glickman
Mr. Robert Glomb
Mr. David A. Golden
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Goldman
Jinny, Michael and Eric Goldstein
Ms. Gail Gorlitz/Gorlitz Foundation
Ms. Amy L. Goyer
Ms. Catherine Graham
Ms. Constance D. Graham
Ms. Patricia D. Granados
Ms. Liza Greenberg and
Mr. Phillip Brooks
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Greenfield
Ms. Mary Ann Griffin
Mr. John Groth
Ms. Gail Gugel
Ms. Julia L. Gustafson
Mr. Carroll Hanson
Ms. DeLania L. Hardy
Mr. Jeffrey Harris
Ms. Kris Havens
Ms. Margaret L. Havinga
Mr. and Mrs. Chip W. Heartfield
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hering
Ms. Andrea K. Herrick
Ms. Joanne M. Hess
Jill and Dan Hirsch
Ms. Elizabeth Horst
Ms. Jennifer Howard
Ms. Virginia H. Howard
Mr. and Mrs. Joel Hunter
Mr. Brian Glenn Huss
Ms. Ellan R. Hylton
IBM Employee Services Center
Mr. John Peters Irelan
Mr. Curtis Jackson
Ms. Jordan A. Jackson
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Bev and Tim Jacobs
Ralph N. Johanson, Jr.
Ms. Patricia Ann Johnson and
Mr. John Harry Jorgenson
Ms. Paula M. Jones
Ms. Natalie Kahla
Ms. Margaret M. Kane
Ms. Deb A. Kapler
Mrs. Laine Kaplowitz
Ms. Marilynn Katatsky
Ms. Margaret H. Kavalaris
Ms. Helen A. Kay
Ms. Margaret Kehoe
Ms. Judith Keyserling
Mr. Roger A. Kindler
Ms. Lisa Kirk
Ms. Diane Robinson Knapp
Ms. Amy S. Koch
Ms. Diane M. Kohn
Mr. Rex Korden
Ms. eresa Kramer
Ms. Julie Kurland
Ms. Ellen Kurlansky
Ms. Ann Kutrow
Ms. Blair H. Kutrow
L & E Meridian / Ms. Sylvia Pearson
Ms. Joan E. Lane
Ms. Edith M. Larson
Mr. Jack Lass
Mr. Andrew M. Lebby
Mrs. Hun-MinLee
Mrs. Dawn Lehker
Mr. Paul E. Leiberton
Mrs. Helga Leis
Mr. David Lesser
Mr. Alain Yves Letort
Mrs. Tara Renne Lewis
Ms. Beth Libow
Ms. Martha Liggett
Beth and Barry Lindley
Ms. Miriam Lindner
Ms. Susan M. Livingstone
Mr. Jeff Lloyd
Ms. Lee Enfield Lockwood
Ms. Sharon D. Long
Ms. Barbara J. Lucas
Mr. Alexander C. MacIntyre
Ms. Ellen Mackey
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Madsen
Ms. Kathryn M. Maiers
Mr. Vaughn Carlton Maley, Jr. and
Mr. Blake H. Spraggins
Ms. Melissa Mann
Dr. Robert Mapou and
Mr. Michael Zufall
Ms. Lorrie M. Marcil
Mr. and Mrs. David G. Marinaccio
Ms. Ellen Marshall
Ms. Carolyn M. Martin
Mrs. Kim McClary
Ms. Ann McGuire
Ms. Judith D. McKevitt
Ms. Luann McKinney
Ms. Beverly McKittrick
Ms. Christine McNerney and
Mr. Tom Rogers
Ms. Jeanne Medina
Ms. Lucinda C. Meehan
e Meltzer Group
Ms. Patricia A. Melvin
Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. Menna
Ms. Ellen R. Mercer
Merial, Ltd.
Ms. Maria Teresa Meyer/ Robert
Bensen Meyer, Jr. Foundation
Ms. Marilyn B. Meyers
Ms. Jacqueline Michaels
Mr. and Mrs. Christian T. Miles
Ms. Nancy Milstein
Ms. Mary Mintz and
Mr. James Phillip May
Ms. Fran W. Mitchell
Ms. Shira Modell
Dr. Lee H. Monsein
Ms. Marjorie Moore
Ms. Rhonda Moore
Ms. Valerie Moore
Morgan Stanley
Ms. Brenda C. Morris
Ms. Lucille Munger
Dr. Daniel Murphy
Ms. Jennifer Murphy and
Ms. Nina Young
Ms. Mary A. Murphy
Mr. Roy W. Muth
Mr. Jeffrey Myers
Mrs. Susan Myrick
Mr. David L. Nace
Ms. Yasu Narita
Navigant Consulting
Mr. Robert Neighbour
Ms. Ingrid Newkirk
Mr. John Nicholson
Ms. Georgia A. Niedzielko
Mr. and Mrs. W. omas Oliver
Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. O’Reagan
Dr. Donald C. Oxenhandler
Mrs. Gayle G. Page
Ms. Kay L. Papanicolas
Ms. Susan E. Pascale
Mrs. Marlene K. Patterson
Ms. Faith N. Payne
Mr. Christopher B. Peak
Mrs. Janet C. Peckarsky
Mr. Lance Pelter
Ms. Maria T. Pena
Ms. Marilyn S. Phelps
Ms. Lana Pipes
Ms. Jo Priest
Ms. Marie Carol Pulzone
Ms. Patricia A. Quintana
Ms. eresa Rabel
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick M. Raher
Mr. Matthew A. Ramos
Ms. June S. Raney
Ms. Sioban Reyes
Ms. Dianne M. Reynolds
Ms. Dianne Louise Rhodes
Dr. Melvin C. Riddick
Ms. Nena N. Riegger
Ms. Gretchen Robenhymer
Ms. Alexia J. Roberts
Ms. Gretchen R. Roberts
Ms. Amy Louise Robertson
Ms. Carol L. Rogers and
Mr. Stephen T. Quigley
Ms. Helga B. Rollins
Dr. Janet Rosen
Ms. Susan B. Rosenblum
Ms. Debbie Roumell
Ms. Mona B. Rowland
Ms. Susan Rude
Mr. Donato M. Russo
Ms. Elizabeth A. Rutherford
Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Sackleh
Mr. Terry S. Salinger
Linda and Randy Salzman
Dr. Leah Sartorius
Mr. Benjamin F. Saulter
Mr. John M. Scheurer Family
Foundation
Ms. Lisa Schreiber
Ms. Mary B. Schwab
Ms. Ellen Seeherman
Melissa and omas Sellevaag
Courtney and Bruce Semisch
Mr. Curt Sharp
Ms. Betsy Sherman
Ms. Christina S. Shutes and
Mr. Anthony Heilizer
Robin E. Siegel
Ms. Danielle Simon
Mr. William Simpson
Ms. Corey Slavitt
Ms. Sita Slavov
Ms. Danielle M. Smallcomb and
Mr. Jerome P. Bjelopera
Mr. and Mrs. omas J. Smith
Ms. Victoria Sneed
Mr. Norman R. Snyder
Ms. Jennifer L. Spaziano
Ms. Maryellen Spector
Sport Automotive/Montgomery
Automobile Sales Park
Mr. Christopher Sprangel
Mr. Randolph Stayin
Robin D. Sterrett
Ms. Aisha Stevens
Mr. Sholto Stewart
Mr. Harry B. Stoffer, Jr.
Ms. Olga Stone
Adopting a Dog for the Family and the League as a Cause
e Hansen family loves dogs and enjoyed a wonderful 11 years with their golden retriever Emma. ey
lost Emma in the summer of 2010 and were all still grieving when they came to the League for a visit.
“We were not planning on adopting,” Mark Hansen recalls. “We were visiting to see for ourselves the
good work and to consider making a contribution beyond what we'd made in prior
years. But as we walked through the halls, a bold and playful flat-coated retriever
literally leaped over the half door and draped his front paws over the shoulders of
my daughter Caroline. He was going to come home with us, and that was that.”
e Hansens were impressed that the staff took the time to make sure that this
spirited dog was right for them and vice versa. ey asked lots of questions: Could
the Hansens offer the dog lots of activity? How did they imagine him fitting in with
their lives? ey said it gave them an increased confidence that the League really
looks out for the best interests of the animals as well as the families.
Chester is now home with the Hansens, “racing all over, poking his shiny black
head into everything, and generally stirring things up wherever he goes.” Not long
aerwards, the League received a very gracious gi from the family in support of
the work we do for animals and in the hopes that other dogs and families might be
brought together with as much success as the Hansens enjoy with Chester.
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Ms. Carolyn P. Summerville
Mr. Michael Surgalla
Mr. Trey Sutten
Ms. Valerie R. Swan
Ms. Katharine Swanson
Ariane and Garnett Sweeney
T. Rowe Price
Jane and Glenn omas
Ms. Sandra Jean omas
Ms. Adrianne reatt
Ms. Audrey Tomlinson
Mr. Frank Torres
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Tugwell
Mr. Robert O. Tyler
Ms. Margaret A. Ugone
Maeve Ulrick, Esq. and
Shawn W. Ulrick, Ph.D.
United Jewish Endowment Fund of
Jewish Federation of Greater DC
Ms. Jacqueline Kay Unitis
Judith and Stephen Urbanczyk
Urenco, Inc.
Ms. Elizabeth Van Houten
Mr. R. Cameron Vandegri
Vanguard Charitable Endowment
Program
Ms. April Vara
Ms. Julie Vigdor
Ms. Linda Vilardo
Ms. Jean L. Vogel
VQG, LLC
Ms. Peggy A. Wagoner
Wagtime Pet Spa and Boutique
Ms. Julie Nyce Walker
Dahn Warner
Ms. Dorothy P. Webb
Ms. Julie Ann Weisman
Ms. Pamela Weiss
Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Weitzman
Mr. and Mrs. Greg Wernock
White Investment Company, LLC
Mr. omas J. C. Williams, Jr.
Miss Jean Wilmore
Mrs. Anne M. Wilson
Mr. Douglas Winter
Ms. Deborah L. Winters
Mr. Elliot Wish
Ms. Michele Wolin
Estate of Matilda B. Woolfolk
Ms. Miriam A. Zimmerman
Mr. Scott Zimmerman
Jennifer and Elie Zussman
Ms. Patricia Zweibel
Anonymous
Rescue Me Gala
ese donors kindly supported our 2010
Rescue Me Gala
gala sponsors
top dog: $25,000
Friendship Hospital for Animals
the cat’s meow: $10,000
Choice Hotels International
dog’s best friend: $5,000
CityPaws Animal Hospital
Griswold and Griswold, Inc.
Lynn M. Leonsis
Life4Animals ri Shop
Marriott International, Inc.
Marshfield Associates
Pro Feed
Robin and Jay Weiss
host committee: $2,500
David and Mary Brown
Gigi Castleman
Wendy Grubbs
Hunter Howe
Anita and Charles Ledsinger
Matthew and Ellen Parker, Julie and
Mark Schuman, and Jessica Parker
Richard and Lisa Parker
Susan Ridge
Jacquie and Elliot Segal—“Elliot in the
Morning”
George oma and Anthea Gotto
Dr. Gary L. Weitzman
Lois and David Wye
pro bono sponsors
Comcast
e Daily Caller
Veterinary Orthopedic Sports
Medicine
e Washingtonian
Second Annual Holiday Dinner
ese donors generously supported our
2010 holiday dinner that raised funds
for a new animals rescue vehicle.
gold: $10,000 and more
Dr. Shari Barton
Pam Bernstein, Marianna Dyson, and
Miller & Chevalier
Marie Louise Burkart
Philip L. Graham Fund
Lynn and Ted Leonsis
Life4Animals ri Shop
Dr. and Mrs. Matthew A. Parker
Richard J. Perry, Jr.
silver: $5,000–$9,999
Lynn Dixon
Evelyn and John Griswold
Hunter Howe
Susan Strange and Patrick Parkinson
George oma and Anthea Gotto
Julie Walters and Sam Rose
bronze: $1,000–$4,999
James and Michelle Alberg
Gigi Castleman
Suzanne Cavanagh
Christine Condon and Vicki Fanney
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cotter
Beth Critchley and David Sobel
Maggie Eisemann
Elliot in the Morning
Dot Filbert
Genowefa Fiuk
John and Colleen Girouard
Maxine Harris
Humane Society of the United States
Dorothy Karkanen
Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Kessler
Albert Knoll
Chuck and Anita Ledsinger
Roger and Betsy Marmet
Erik McConnell
Mr. and Mrs. David Mihalchik
Elaine L. Mills
Robert Mohr and Karen Polyak
Afsoon Rebecca Namini
Mary Oehrlein
Lisa and Rich Parker
Lori A. Paserchia, M.D.
Susan Ridge
Christine and James Savage
Honorable Carol Schwartz
Sylvia Sloan and Blake Nichols
Jeffrey M. Stoiber, AIA, Stoiber +
Associates - Architects
Jane Taylor
Jay and Robin Weiss
Wendy Wertheimer
Kelly Williams and Michael Beidler
Marilyn M. Young
Dottie and Philip Yunger
Anonymous
Veterinary Contributors
In addition to the life-saving efforts of
the League’s staff of veterinarians, many
local veterinarians and veterinary
specialists generously donate their
services to our Medical Center.
In Honor of a Very Special Animal
When Dr. Shari Barton, a longtime friend of animals, learned of the League’s need to raise $130,000 for a
new animal rescue vehicle, the call struck home with her and she volunteered to make a very generous
$60.000 donation.
“It seemed like a fitting tribute to all my companion animals, who have enriched my life,” Shari decided.
“I have felt akin to animals from my earliest days, and shelter animals deserve to have loving care and comfortable accommodations. e League is the best example of a shelter
that provides both.”
In recognition of her amazing gi, Shari asked that her
name and her dog Cassie’s name and photograph would be
on the vehicle. She also asked that the gi be used as a challenge to other League donors: If they would contribute
$60,000 before the end of 2010, then she would match that
sum with her own funds.
Friends of the League responded enthusiastically with approximately $300,000, enough for the vehicle plus a generous contribution to the League’s Disaster Rescue Fund.
So it is Cassie’s face that adorns the rescue vehicle as it
speeds to the aid of animals in danger or brings them to adoption fairs around the area. And that brings a
smile to Shari’s face. “When I will see that van driving by with Cassie’s photo, I will feel so happy that my
donation and challenge may at that moment be saving the life of an animal.”
contributing veterinary
specialists
Aylin Atilla, VMD, MS, Surgery
Robert Brawer, DVM, Radiology
Luis Braz-Ruivo, DVM, DVSc, DACVIM,
Cardiology
Nancy Bromberg, VMD, MS, DACVO,
Ophthalmology
Sherman O. Canapp, Jr., DVM, MS,
CCRT, DACVS, Surgery
Kelly Caruso, VMD, DACVO,
Ophthalmology
Tina Conway, DVM, MA, DACVIM,
Internal Medicine
James Jeffers, VMD, DACVD,
Dermatology
Jay McDonnell, DVM, MS, DACVIM,
Neurology
Dharshan Neravanda, DVM, DACVIM,
Neurology
Marsha Reich, DVM, DACVB, Behavioral
Medicine
George “Bud” Siemering, DVM, Surgery
Tommy L. Walker, DVM, MS, DACVS,
Surgery
contributing general practice
veterinarians
Ellen Carlin, DVM
Solomon Perl, DVM
Ashley Shelton, DVM
Anna Tucker, DVM
Pro Bono Services
e following contributors have
generously donated their services to
assist the League in 2010.
Arnold and Porter, LLP
Aronson and Company
Comcast Spotlight
e Daily Caller
DogCentric
Michelle Frankfurter
Georgetown Cupcake
Griswold and Griswold, Inc.
Carol Hilliard
Hill’s Pet Nutrition, Inc.
King and Spalding
omas R. Logsdon, T&R Safe and
Lock, Inc.
Matrix Group International, Inc.
Marc Alain Meadows /
Meadows Design Office, Inc.
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
Old Ebbitt Grill
Park Hyatt Washington
Politics and Prose
Justin Ramsdell
Ripple
Greg Schaler
Caroline Taylor
Tiffany & Co.
e Washingtonian
Foster Wiley
Century Circle
Members of the League’s Century Circle
have thoughtfully given a lifetime total
of more than 100 gis to support our
animal care programs.
Mr. Ron Jeremy Bailey
Ms. Diane Bente
Mrs. Diane F. Davis
Mr. Robert P. Eckstein
Ms. Anne M. Grunberg
Mrs. Jean G. Hamilton
Ms. Elizabeth E. Moran
Ms. Susan E. Ridge
Dr. Gary L. Weitzman
Ms. Nancy H. Yeide
Anonymous
1914 Society
ese donors have informed the League
that they have generously remembered
us in their will or estate plans or have
funded a charitable gi annuity with the
League. All legacy donors become part
of our 1914 Society.
Ms. Allison Abernathy
Mr. Eddie Adkins and Mr. Jeff Mendell
Ms. Karin Lynn Anderson
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Anderson
Ms. Diana T. Artemis
Mrs. Betty Jane Baer
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Ball
Dr. Shari M. Barton
Ms. June Bashkin
Ms. Karen Beckwith
Ms. Diane Fisher Bell
Mr. Robert Blizard
Ms. Susan D. Boyd
Ms. Susan Coe Brown
Mr. William H. Burns, Sr.
Capt. Constance M. Burtoff
Ms. Carol J. Carmody
Ms. Marcelle A. Castillo, Esq.
Ms. Eugenia B. Castleman
Ms. Suzanne Cavanagh
Mr. Charles H. Clarke
Ms. Anne P. Claysmith
Ms. Beth Climo
Capt. Andrew J. Combe, USN Ret.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Cotter
Alan B. Cox Charitable Lead Trust
Mr. John Dussault
Miss Anne C. Eagles
Ms. Dorothy L. Etzler
Ms. Kathleen Ewing
Miss Jacquelyn Fallin
Ms. Dorothy L. Filbert
Mr. Benjamin I. Fishman, Esq.
Ms. Genowefa M. Fiuk
Dr. Helene C. Freeman
Ms. Laura A. Frick
Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey G. Fritzler
Miss Mary Furlow
Ms. Cheryl Gibbs
Ms. Anita F. Gottlieb
Ms. Jayson Hait
Ms. Lorin Hancock
Ms. Anne L. Haulsee
Ms. Frances M. Haycock
Ms. Debra Hollander
Dr. Phyllis A. Huene
Ms. Leslie A. Hulse
Bill and Pat Hutchings
Ms. Tazuko Ichikawa
Mr. John Peters Irelan
Mrs. Barbara M. Jamieson
Ms. Jennifer Jewett
Mrs. Caren V. Kamberg
Ms. Marilynn Katatsky
Ms. Judith Keyserling
Ms. Kathi C. Kidd
Ms. Penny M. Koines
Ms. Jennifer L. Kuenning
Ms. Laurie Landy
Ms. Darlene Lebedev
Ms. Juliet M. Lohr
Ms. Carol A. Mader
Mr. Frank A. Maiellano
Ms. Karen Malkin
Ms. Janean L. Mann
Ms. Mary Elizabeth Mann
Dr. Robert Mapou
Mr. Phillip R. Marti
Ms. Diane K. McDaniel
Mrs. Janice D. McKeever
Ms. Judith D. McKevitt
Ms. Ellen R. Mercer
Ms. Carolyn Miller
Ms. Fran W. Mitchell
Ms. Marian Mlay
Ms. Afsoon Rebecca Namini
Ms. Eugenia M. Neifert
Ms. Elizabeth Nelson
Ms. E. L. Nikl
Ms. Nora Olgyay
Mrs. Odette Pantelich
Ms. Susan E. Pascale
Mr. Richard J. Perry, Jr.
Ms. Marilyn S. Phelps
Ms. Ruby Poirel
Ms. Karen Polyak and
Mr. Robert K. Mohr
Lynn and Steven Pomponi
Alice Richie Trust for Animal Welfare
Ms. Colleen Rodak
Ms. Cerlene M. Rose
Ms. Cynthia C. Sanford
Ms. Diane Schilke
Ms. Marium Shotland
Ms. Susan B. Strange
Mr. John David Taylor
Ms. Jane L. Taylor
Ms. Dannelet A. Teske
Mr. Michael L. ornton
Mr. Matthew J. Tosiello
Maeve Ulrick, Esq., and
Shawn W. Ulrick, Ph.D.
Ms. Julie Nyce Walker
Dr. Gary L. Weitzman
Ms. Diane Werneke
Ms. Wendy J. Wertheimer
Ms. Lois Godfrey Wye
Anonymous (2)
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Police Department Joins the League to Give Youth a
Fresh Outlook on Life
Last August, the Caring Kids Camp, a collaboration between the
League and the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, offered local youngsters a chance to foster relationships with animals as a
means of encouraging empathy and helping them mature into
kind, thoughtful, engaged members of the community.
“The Caring Kids Camp offered
children positive interactions with
animals—perhaps for the first time,”
MPD Neighborhood Resource Officer Heather Straker pointed out.
“This leads to empathy, and empathy leads to responsibility. Prevention is always preferable to intervention.”
A group of 15 income-qualified
campers, chosen with the help of the
police department, attended the
week-long camp, where they visited
with cats and dogs, toured the League’s Medical Center, met police rescue teams with their K-9 companions, visited a farm animal sanctuary and horse rescue group, and learned animal illustration from a local artist who features dogs and cats in her work.
“Establishing a bond between children and animals is important on many fronts,” according to Debbie Duel, the League’s humane educator director. “It helps them learn about animal care,
but it also empowers them to speak up for animals and, in a
broader sense, shows them that they can be agents of positive
change.”
Ways to Support the League
cash Cash donations provide immediate support for our programs.
STOCKS You can avoid capital gains tax by donating appreciated stock to the League and you can reduce
capital gains by funding a League charitable gi annuity with stock (warl.org/Stock).
targeted support If you contribute online at warl.org/Donate, you will find several options for targeting your gi to specific programs and special funds (warl.org/Funds).
Grants If you have a connection to a foundation, please let us know if we may submit a grants proposal.
automated monthly support Major Leaguers donate through our monthly automated giving program, helping us reduce printing and postage costs. Please see warl.org/Monthly.
sponsoring To sponsor an animal on a special occasion or at any time, see warl.org/Sponsor.
personal cards e League mails sympathy and celebratory cards in response to honorary and memorial gis. See warl.org/Unconditional.
HONORARY/memorial plaques and pavers Donations of $1,000 or more are marked with brass-finished plaques on our lobby’s Honorary/Memorial Wall. Donations of $2,500 or more are marked with sidewalk pavers in front of the League. More information is at warl.org/Plaque or warl.org/Paver.
donation opportunities A list of major, specific items to fund (and a list of the donors who purchased
them) can be found at warl.org/Opportunities.
WORKPLACE GIVING Your employer may be able to make a corporate matching gi. e League’s Combined Federal Campaign number is 86254, and our United Way number if 8879.
matching gifts Your employer may be able to make a corporate matching gi.
e League’s Combined Federal Campaign number is 86254, and our United Way number is 8879.
donating cars Information on donating automobiles and boats to the League is at warl.org/Give.
merchant support Numerous local and online merchants support the League when you shop. A list is
at warl.org/Sales. Life4Animals ri Shop, located in Gaithersburg, Maryland, is the most generous.
corporate support e League recognizes companies that support us with donations of cash, goods,
and services on our Web site at warl.org/Partners and warl.org/Sponsors.
planned gifts Individuals who inform the League of their planned gis are honored through our 1914
Society. A new series of facts sheets covering a broad range of planned giving options is available at
warl.org/PlannedGiving.
gift annuities Residents of the District, Maryland, and Virginia (and some other states) can now obtain a gi annuity for themselves or others through the League with a minimum donation of $10,000. Consult the fact sheet at warl.org/Annuity.
For information about any of the above or alternative ways to support the League, please contact the development office at 202-375-7756 or development@warl.org.
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Staff
Gary Weitzman, DVM, MPH,
CAWA
Chief Executive Officer
202-375-7753
gweitzman@warl.org
Robert E. Blizard
Chief Development Officer
202-375-7754
rblizard@warl.org
Susan Coe Brown
Treasurer and Chief Financial
Officer
202-375-7743
sbrown@warl.org
Mary Jarvis
Chief Operating Officer
202-375-7751
mjarvis@warl.org
Jim Monsma
Chief Communications Officer
202-726-3012
jmonsma@warl.org
Jan Rosen, DVM
Medical Director
202-726-2273
jrosen@warl.org
In 2010—its 97th year of
existence—the League issued its
most extensive annual report,
thanks to the writer/editor
Caroline Taylor and art director/
graphic designer Marc Meadows,
who donated their professional
services pro bono. e two kindly
donated their time and talent for
this year’s report, as well.
Copyright ©2011 WARL
All rights reserved
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League
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Washington, D.C. 20011
202-726-2556 · www.warl.org
Design: Marc Alain Meadows,
Meadows Design Office, Inc.
Editing: Caroline Taylor
Printing: Schmitz Press, Sparks,
MD
E. J0hn Schmitz & Sons, Inc.
All photography ©Washington
Animal Rescue League. We thank
all those who have contributed
their photographs.
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