Olympic Peninsula Humane Society

Save all healthy, treatable and manageable pets in our community.
promote spaying and neutering of all companion animals.
Be a model of excellence in the care, rehabilitation, placement and compassion of companion animals.
Promote the humane treatment of animals in the community.
Ensure a resource base that increases OPHS's financial stability and ability to support future growth to expand the capacity for animal sheltering.
Build community goodwill and support for animals by promoting a positive image of OPHS.

Our goal is to be the premier animal shelter in the area, saving as many lives as possible and becoming an increasingly valuable resource to our local community.

Utilize technology to create efficiencies and increase program effectiveness. Invest in people: provide development opportunities and resources needed for staff and volunteers to optimally care for the animals.

Enhance programs and services to meet shelter needs and provide the best quality of life while animals are at the shelter, including industry best practice animal housing, foster, volunteer, community education, animal disaster relief planning, spay/neuter and planned giving.

Increase promotions, brand awareness, community events and marketing. Advocate for the highest level of care and respect for animals in the community.

Create a culture of sustainability through fundraising, donor retention, planned giving and grant opportunities.

Serving the community of Clallam County for over 70 years, OPHS is primarily funded through the generous donations of animal loving community members. Because donation levels can fluctuate year to year, OPHS as an organization has grown quite adept at being nimble and stretching each donated dollar to provide the highest level of animal care possible. A new staff position focusing on grants, fundraising, program expansion and community events was recently added to the organization. We successfully implemented a capital campaign in 2015 to build a state of the art "Bark House" and are preparing to launch a second campaign for a new, expanded "Kitty City" and veterinary services facility.

We will continue to do everything possible to provide for the animals at the shelter within fiscal constraints, and even then, when the budget is stretched to its maximum, staff, volunteers, and community members donate food, funds, and environment enrichment - all for the benefit of companion animals.

Fiscal Stewardship: 2018 audit report - no findings. Consecutively, over the last three years, OPHS has realized an upward trajectory in all programmatic measures.

With the addition of a new staff position focusing on development, staff training to efficiently conduct business, and utilizing technology to expand programs, we will continue to care for the pets in our shelter to the highest standard and quality of life possible. We Care!

Challenges ahead include working to keep pets in homes, treating an increasing number of older pets with medical needs, expanding the safety net at all income levels to care for their pets, managing large-scale intakes from hoarders and source shelters, and rehabilitating pets with long-term behavioral challenges.