FRIENDS OF SHENANDOAH VALLEY ANIMAL SERVICES CENTER
Saving Our Animals, Serving Our Community
Mission
The Friends of the Shenandoah Valley Animal Services Center is an all-volunteer 501(c)3 organization located in Waynesboro, Virginia. With the priority of funding medical and behavioral care for the shelter animals, the Friends join in Shenandoah Valley Animal Services Center's effort to help lost and abandoned animals in our community and ensure every shelter pet is offered the best opportunity to find and remain in a loving forever home.
Ruling year
2019
President
Maressa Fairchild
Main address
104 Lanchester Ct
Waynesboro, VA 22980 USA
EIN
84-2043191
NTEE code
Alliance/Advocacy Organizations (D01)
Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution (D12)
Animal Training, Behavior (D61)
IRS filing requirement
This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990-N.
Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Medical and Behavioral Treatment for Shelter Animals
Shenandoah Valley Animal Services Center (SVASC) operates on a very tight budget. The majority of funding is spent on food, spay/neuter, basic vetting, microchipping, staffing, and supplies needed for day-to-day operations.
As a private, non-profit group operating separately from the shelter and the localities, we are able to raise funds to help shelter animals in need of extensive medical care. It is our goal to ensure that animals who arrive at the shelter with illnesses or injuries have the best chance of finding a loving forever home. We achieve this goal by fundraising and covering the cost of life-saving surgeries and treatments.
Due to limited funding, the shelter is not able to provide professional behavioral help to animals with training needs; this leaves some animals unsuitable for adoption. Some animals arrive at the shelter with severe separation anxiety, fear aggression, and behavioral fallout from severe neglect. While members of the shelter staff do their best to diagnose and address these types of issues, time with an experienced trainer is unarguably a struggling animal's best bet at leaving the shelter safely and successfully adopted.
Friends of Shenandoah Valley Animal Services Center raises funds to cover the cost of behavioral evaluations by professional trainers, post-adoption training sessions for particular animals, and long-term boarding and training for shelter animals in need.
Community Education
Our Community Education program aims to enhance the bonds between owners and their companion animals and to promote safety and respect in the varied ways the citizens of Waynesboro, Staunton, and Augusta County interact with animals.
Friends of Shenandoah Valley Animal Services Center is still in the process of organizing and structuring this node of our mission, but some examples of the educational resources we plan to provide in the future are listed below.
Puppy Training 101
Basic Obedience Courses
Children & Pets: Safe & Respectful Interaction
Cat & Dog Behavior Basics: Reading Signs
TNR 101: How to Set Up and Maintain a Trap/Neuter/Release Program
Introducing a New Pet Into Your Home
Pet Care 101: Basic Vetting and Grooming
The Sad Truth Behind Puppy Mills
Animal Proofing Your Home
Importance of Flea & Tick preventatives
Community Outreach and Pet Retention
While Friends of Shenandoah Valley Animal Services Center focuses its efforts on financial support for animals in the custody of the shelter, our broader goal extends much-needed support to the members of the Waynesboro, Staunton, and Augusta County community and their companion animals.
Listed below are some of the services we have provided to animals in our community.
Financial assistance for family pets in need (income-qualified pet owners)
Assistance for feral cat caretakers
Low-cost Vaccine update clinics
Low-cost Microchipping clinics
Financial assistance for end-of-life transition for families who cannot afford it
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FRIENDS OF SHENANDOAH VALLEY ANIMAL SERVICES CENTER
Board of directorsas of 02/02/2023
Maressa Fairchild
Kelly Jackson
Sheri Laubach
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