Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO SHELTER VARIOUS ANIMALS, TO UTILIZE AND TO STUDY ALTERNATIVE WAYS OF CARING FOR, HEALING , AND LOVINGLY CO-EXISTING WITH ANIMALS, TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AS TO THESE METHODS, AND TO SHARE OUR FINDINGS WITH A READERSHIP
SPRING FARM CARES IS A PLACE OF PEACE AND SOLITUDE FOR HUMANS TO CONNECT WITH ANIMALS AND NATURE IN A HEALING ENVIRONMENT. WE DEDICATE OUR FARM AND FACILITIES FOR PEOPLE TO INTERACT WITH THE ANIMALS IN OUR ANIMAL SANCTUARY AS WELL AS CONNECTING WITH NATURE IN OUR NATURE SANCTUARY TO HELP IMPROVE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN HUMANS AND ANIMALS AND NATURE. THIS CONNECTION HELPS REALIGN PEOPLE WITH THEIR OWN MENTAL, EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL, AND SPIRITUAL HEALTH. THROUGH TOURS OF OUR ANIMAL AND NATURE SANCTUARIES, PEOPLE CAN DIRECTLY INTERACT WITH ANIMALS AND NATURE WITH OUR STAFF TO GUIDE THEM AND PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL. VISITORS NUMBER BETWEEN 1,000 - 2,000 ANNUALLY. ANIMAL COMMUNICATION WORKSHOPS ARE TAUGHT IN SMALL INTERACTIVE GROUPS, WHERE PARTICIPANTS HAVE ONE ON ONE INTERACTIONS WITH THE ANIMALS AND LEARN TO LISTEN TELEPATHICALLY TO COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH THEM AND ENRICH AND ENHANCE THEIR CONNECTION TO ALL ANIMALS AND NATURE. THIS PROGRAM REACHES BETWEEN 40-80 PARTICIPANTS DURING THE YEAR. PEOPLE ALSO PARTICIPATE THROUGH OUR WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES WHICH INCLUDES STORIES AND UPLIFTING MESSAGES ABOUT AND FROM THE ANIMALS. OUR BIANNUAL NEWSLETTER REACHES ABOUT 15,000 READERS, OUR WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA REACHES OVER 75,000 READERS. PEOPLE ARE ALSO INVITED TO VISIT OUR FACILITY TO WALK THROUGH THE GARDENS AND TAKE TOURS TO VISIT WITH THE ANIMALS OR JUST COME SIT IN A CAT ROOM AND READ. 500-1,000 VISITORS COME ANNUALLY TO FIND RELAXATION AND SOLACE DURING STRESSFUL TIMES. THROUGH OUR PURRFECT READERS PROGRAM CHILDREN COME TO READ OUT LOUD TO THE CATS IN THE ANIMAL SANCTUARY. THIS HELPS IMPROVE THE CHILDREN'S READING SKILLS IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT. 100-200 CHILDREN PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM ANNUALLY.
OUR ANIMAL SANCTUARY IS HOME TO 250 DOMESTIC ANIMALS (INCLUDING SMALL ANIMALS SUCH AS CATS, RABBITS, AND EXOTICS, AS WELL AS FARM ANIMALS SUCH AS EQUINES, GOATS, SHEEP, PIGS, AND POULTRY, MOST WHO ARE CONSIDERED UNADOPTABLE DUE TO SPECIAL NEEDS AND/OR ADVANCED AGE.) WE PROVIDE A LIFETIME HOME FOR THESE ANIMALS WHO THEN ALSO SHARE THEIR HEARTS AND WISDOM WITH THE MANY VISITORS BOTH PHYSICALLY COMING TO THE FARM AND THOSE CONNECTING VIRTUALLY. THEY FIND SAFETY IN OUR SANCTUARY BUT ALSO ARE TEACHERS AND HEALERS FOR THE HUMAN HEARTS THAT VISIT. WE MAINTAIN A RESOURCE CENTER BOTH BY PHONE AND THROUGH OUR WEBSITE TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND ASSISTANCE TO THOSE WITH ANIMALS IN NEED. OVER 1,000 CALLS, EMAILS, AND IN-PERSON QUESTIONS ARE HANDLED EACH YEAR. WE ALSO HELP WITH SPAY/NEUTER ASSISTANCE, LIMITED TO ONEIDA COUNTY, NY FOR LOW-INCOME FAMILIES TO GET FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO SPAY/NEUTER THEIR CATS. THIS PROGRAM ASSISTS BETWEEN 5,000 - 8,000 ANIMALS PER YEAR AND HAS ASSISTED WITH THE SPAY/NEUTER OF OVER 80,000 CATS AND DOGS SINCE IT'S INCEPTION.
OUR NATURE SANCTUARY CONSISTS OF THOUSANDS OF INDIGENOUS TREES BEING RE- INTRODUCED INTO THEIR NATIVE HABITAT ALONG WITH SOME OLD GROWTH STANDS THAT ARE PROTECTED AND APPRECIATED FOR ALL THAT THEY OFFER. THE NATURE SANCTUARY PROVIDES HABITAT FOR APPROXIMATELY 40 SPECIES OF MAMMALS, 180 SPECIES OF BIRDS, OVER 60 SPECIES OF BUTTERFLIES, THOUSANDS OF SPECIES OF INSECTS, AND 7 SPECIES OF AMPHIBIANS. MANY OF THESE ARE RARE SPECIES, NOT SEEN IN THE AREA SINCE THEIR HABITAT WAS DESTROYED BY FARMING. THEY ARE RETURNING TO THE HABITAT THAT WE ARE RE-CREATING FOR THEM. OVER 300 VISITORS COME TO THE NATURE SANCTUARY FOR TOURS AND EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. OUR CONSERVATION DIRECTOR ALSO GOES OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY GIVING PRESENTATIONS ABOUT OUR SANCTUARY AND THE DIVERSITY OF LIFE WITHIN IT. OVER 1,000 PEOPLE ATTEND SUCH PRESENTATIONS ANNUALLY. WE ALSO HAVE MANY EDUCATIONAL VIDEO PRESENTATIONS REGARDING ASPECTS OF THE NATURE SANCTUARY AND ANIMAL AND PLANT DENIZENS THAT ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AND THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES. THESE HAVE DRAWN OVER 30,000 VISITS. OUR PROGRAMS FOR THE NATURE SANCTUARY SERVE TO BRING HUMANS CLOSER TO NATURE AND OFFER EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO LEARN ABOUT VARIOUS AND DIVERSE ASPECTS OF OUR ECOSYSTEM.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Bonnie Jones Reynolds | PRESIDENT | 65 | $25,000 |
| Patricia O'Connor | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Leigh Lain-Denton | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Dennis Hayman | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Lillie Goodrich | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Margaret G Brown | BOARD MEMBER | 8 | $0 |
| John Anderson | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Margot B Unkel | TREASURER | 65 | $0 |
| Dawn E Hayman | VICE PRESIDE | 65 | $0 |
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