HUMANE SOCIETY OF TRUCKEE-TAHOE
10961 Stevens Lane, Truckee, CA 96161 www.hstt.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: The Humane Society is dedicated to saving and improving the lives of pets through adoptions, community spay/neuter services and humane education programs.

Rescue and Adoption Match Program:The Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe is dedicated to saving and improving the lives of pets through adoptions, community spay/neuter services and humane education programs. Additionally, we help people in our community through numerous programs designed to benefit children, low-income families, seniors and people with disabilities.The Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe rescues every abandoned or relinquished adoptable pet in our area. Additionally, we accept animals from other overcrowded shelters on a weekly basis. Our Adoption Match Program takes all steps necessary to make sure our pets are healthy, well socialized and at their best, then matches them to the perfect adoption candidate. 587 homeless pets went home with new families in 2018 with the help of the Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe.

COMMUNITY SPAY/NEUTER: HSTTs Low-Cost Community Spay/Neuter Program helps low-income individuals living within our region with the cost of these expensive surgeries. Spay/Neuter surgeries not only prevent unwanted pet pregnancy, but also improve the health of family pets by decreasing rates of certain types of cancer and other health concerns. Our Free and Low-Cost Community Spay/Neuter Program helped over 300 families spay or neuter their pets in 2018. Providing assistance with these surgery costs improves the health of our communitys pets and relieves the burden of unwanted litters.

WELLNESS CLINICS , OUTREACH AND OTHER SERVICES:In addition to our Adoption Services and Spay/Neuter Program, the Humane Society tries to involve the community in ways that benefit both pets and humans. Through activities such as the following:Wellness Clinics - on a quarterly basis, HSTT brings animal wellness services into impoverished communities via vaccination and microchip clinics. During these clinics, our Veterinarian and his team meets one on one with pet owners to provide wellness exams, vaccinations and microchips to their dogs and/or cats. We also take this opportunity to educate on spay/neuter and sign people up for our spay/neuter clinics. Pet Assisted Therapy this program brings joy to the lives of hundreds of local patients and residents at the Tahoe Forest Hospital, The Senior Center and the Extended Care Center. Volunteers, with their trained and certified therapy dogs, visit people who greatly benefit from the calming effects of an animal. Our Pet Assisted Therapy dogs bring smiles to hundreds of area patients and extended-care residents throughout the year.Our Pet Pantry Program provides pet food to needy families throughout the Truckee/North Tahoe region on an as needed basis. Drop-ins are helped with pet food at our shelter, allowing anyone who needs food the opportunity to pick some up any day of the week. The Pet Pantry Program provides approximately 2,000 pounds of pet food to needy families every year.Our Volunteer Program gives many adults with disabilities, children and seniors the opportunity to learn skills while making a difference in the lives of needy pets. We are proud to work closely with Choices Transitional Services, a nonprofit providing services for adults with developmental disabilities, helping their clients learn functional life skills. The clients from Choices and multiple childrens groups from Girl Scout troops to Junior Ski teams to Charter School classes visit our shelter on a scheduled, weekly basis and help out walking and socializing the pets, basic organization and shelter upkeep and interacting with our staff and other volunteers. Our Humane Education Program highlights various topics throughout the year that nurture the people-pet relationship emphasizing responsibility, safety and awareness. Our hope is to build a feeling of community and social awareness in the youth we reach. The impact of our presentations has resulted in many new school-age children becoming involved in volunteering in our community. Humane Education presentations take place in two public elementary schools and one private charter school on a monthly basis. This program reached over 1000 students in 2018.HSTTs Reading Program, Read Up For Fun (RUFF), is designed to build self-esteem in young readers. Trained volunteers bring their dogs into area schools where children will read to the dog. The dog provides a comforting audience perfect for allowing children who lack confidence in their reading a safe atmosphere to practice. Our reading program started in 2011 at Truckee Elementary with 5-10 students that were in need of one-on-one reading assistance. This program grew in 2018 to include hundreds of students.HSTT introduced our first kids summer camp, Edventure Camp, in 2014. The week-long Edventure Camps focus on an overall theme of pet care and includes games, activities, daily speakers, snack time and hands-on experience with some of our animals. Our inaugural year was run by one staff person and volunteers, included just one week of sixteen campers as a trial and it was a huge success. The camp grew in 2018 to include more children (ages 7yrs-12yrs) and even more pet care related topics. We expect to run summer camp at least two weeks this summer and will expand the frequency, size and scope once we are able to hire dedicated part-time staff for this program.

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