GEAUGA COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY'S RESCUE VILLAGE
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
We envision a world where there are no abandoned, abused or neglected animals and where animals are treated with the compassion and respect that they deserve.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
General
Geauga Humane Society offers a wide array pf programs and services through our community shelter and animal resource center including; an adoption program, low cost spay/neuter programs for owners with financial need, a TNR program for Geauga County residents, a Behavior HelpLine for people whose animals are having behavior issues, a Pet Food Pantry for people who need assistance, community education (training, behavior, pet loss support, pet first aid, etc.), humane education programs for children and adults, volunteer and foster care programs, summer and winter camps and PALS Kids, an on-site educational program for children. The Rescue Village facility includes a clinic that serves the medical and surgical needs of our shelter animals. Rescue Village also has on staff the humane agent for Geauga County and has the only barn program run by a humane society in northeast Ohio.
Barn Program
Rescue Village is home to the only barn program run by a humane society in our region. The 5-stall barn, built in 2005, provides safe haven for horses and farm animals rescued from cruelty and neglect as part of our Humane Law Enforcement Dept.
Fix It in the Farmland
Fix It in the Farmland (FITF) is a unique outreach program launched in 2008. This program enables us to "fix" companion animals in the farmlands of central and eastern Geauga County reaching out where the need is greatest to low-income residents and the Amish population. Also, FITF continues to be the only Amish-focused spay/neuter program in the country. The program's success is well known and is serving as a template among nationally based animal organizations wishing to establish similar Amish-focused programs. Since its inception, FITF has spay/neutered over 3000 animals.
Catsmart TNR
Catsmart TNR program was created in 2001 to respond to the needs of feral and free-roaming cats and the many people faced with trying to live with and provide care for these cats in their neighborhoods. Since its inception nearly 8,000 feral and free roaming community cats have been sterilized.
Animal Transport
Rescue Village transports in animals from shelters in eleven states and Puerto Rico that euthanize for space or length of stay in order to help these pets find their forever homes.
Where we work
Affiliations & memberships
American Humane Association 2014
External reviews
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Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Our organization is going to continue to act on behalf of animals through our intake, transport, medical, humane law, dog and cat enrichment, barn, and adoption programs. Through our humane law and humane education programs we will continue to inspire people to build a more humane community.
Our vision is of a humane world where animals are treated with compassion and respect.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
We are currently in a new strategic planning process that focuses on four key areas: the future direction of our barn program, partnerships and collaborations, creating earned (non-philanthropic) revenue streams and, low cost veterinary care for our community.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Our board, staff, and a few community members will carefully explore each of the four prongs of the current strategic plan and, in making decisions about how each objective is to be carried out, will take into consideration our current staffing and work load. If additional resources would be needed to accomplish any of the objectives a cost and ROI analysis will be done before a commitment is made.
The committees charged with this task are made up of people who have skills and knowledge in areas that will be helpful to providing resources and making decisions that will best serve the greater good of both our organization and the community in which we live.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Rescue Village has long popularized the tag line "people helping animals, animals helping people". Our programs and services reach fat beyond providing adoptions. Rescue Village is a community center for animals and their people. We are about keeping pets and their people together. We are a gathering place for people who want to volunteer time, access educational opportunities, and find kindred spirits.
Our shelter currently adopts out just over 2,000 animals per year and touches thousands more through our community spay/neuter and TNR programs and our humane law department works with the owners of many hundreds more animals each year. In addition, our humane education department teaches lessons centered around kindness and compassion to nearly 6,000 adults and children per year.
Our barn program has been very successful and is the only hope for abused and neglected horses and farm animals in our county. In 2018 we saved more barn animals than ever before. While the majority of our barn animals currently come from humane cases, it is our desire to consider enlarging our program to be able to take surrenders as well. The strategic planning committees are poised and ready to explore the future of this only humane society operated barn program in northern Ohio.
Rescue Village has numerous partnerships through our transport program including the ASPCA, Canine Lifeline and Atlanta Humane. Our adoption program includes partnerships with organizations such as Pets for the Elderly and Pets for Patriots. Our Humane Law supports Womensafe and would like to partner with other organizations who help people who have lost or left their homes. Volunteer and shelter programs partner with numerous companies and schools who send their employees and students for community service days. Recently we began partnering with a juvenile detention center who brings youth, ages 16-21, to the shelter for a half day three days a week. These kids work with our staff on shelter tasks and provide the dogs with enrichment activities. We plan to expand this program. We also provide numerous resources to other area shelters.
We have identified creating additional income streams as an area on which to focus in the next couple of years. Our strategic planning committee is exploring all kinds of options from pet boarding, grooming and training to opening a thrift shop. We expect to be hearing more on this in the coming months.
Though Rescue Village does provide low cost TNR services for owned cats and a one-of-a-kind spay/neuter program aimed at low-income and Amish families, we do not offer any other veterinary programs for a low, or no cost. Believing that our community needs these services, our strategic planning committee is looking at various ways that we can bring these services to our community. Options include everything from a mobile unit, to opening our shelter clinic to the public on weekends, to building a free standing low cost veterinary center.
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Operations
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GEAUGA COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY'S RESCUE VILLAGE
Board of directorsas of 02/22/2022
Ms. Kathy Leavenworth
Kathy Leavenworth
Brian Greene
Ciofani & Greene
Nancy Rubin
Bruce Hartzmark
OPCO
Sheila Simpson
Jane Geisse
Jan Glasser
Carrie Radevoyevitch
Progressive
Chuck Walder
Geauga County
Pam Isquick
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No