AnnuAl RepoRt 2013
The Charlottesville-Albemarle SPCA is a nonprofit animal welfare organization. Our mission is to provide a safe and nurturing environment for the lost, abandoned and homeless animals of the City of Charlottesville and the County of Albemarle by providing the pound services for the region, maintaining three bustling adoption locations and providing subsidized spay/neuter surgeries. Since embarking on a No Kill Mission in 2005, with community support our SPCA has achieved a better than 90% save rate, found homes for over 26,800 animals, spayed/neutered over 45,500 animals, provided life-saving medical care for more than 16,000 animals, and reunited more than 5,300 lost pets with their grateful guardians, all while providing the many wonderful programs and services you will read about in this report.
In 2013, building on the SPCA’s 2012 focus on Pet Retention, we began to look at new ways to keep pets out of the shelter and with their families by beginning our opeRAtion Ruby SlippeR pRogRAm, aimed to increase the number of lost pets reunited with their families, because we all know there’s no place like home! This new program was launched by committing to send every newly adopted pet home with a Save This Life Microchip that includes lifetime registration and a custom identification tag. This was followed up with improvements to the SPCA’s lost and found website and additional staff training on lost and found procedures.
The SPCA also helped the public protect their pets by holding two public low-coSt RAbieS And micRochip clinicS where more than 640 pets received a low-cost rabies vaccine and/or microchip. Free and low-cost spay/neuter appointments were also scheduled during these events.
In an effort to further reduce the number of unwanted puppy and kitten births in our community, the SPCA also took to the streets. We went door-to-door in areas with high stray intake to reach under-served neighborhoods, providing education and access to free or AffoRdAble SpAy/neuteR for pets and free-roaming community cats. When needed, transportation for pets and trapping assistance for feral cats was provided. In 2013, the SPCA altered 5,762 pets in our community, preventing thousands of homeless animals.
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In 2013, our SPCA made improving the standard of care for all animals that passed through our doors a top priority. New medical protocols were put in place, we began to identify critical clinic needs, and started fundraising for and replacing or adding much-needed equipment to allow for improved diagnostics and care. At the end of 2013, a second full-time Veterinarian and Certified Technician were added to the SPCA’s medical team. Increased staff training was also made a top priority.
bRinging petS And people togetheR. 2,739 pets left our adoption centers for new homes in 2013. In an effort to ensure that our most vulnerable pets are given the best possible chance at a new home, the Angel Adoption pRogRAm was born. The Angel Program offers free/reduced cost medical care in the SPCA clinic for the life of the adopted Angel Pet, giving them a better chance at a loving home. Our main Berkmar Drive facility is open for adoptions seven days a week to ensure everyone has an opportunity to adopt a pet. Adoptable SPCA pets can also be found at the SPCA’s Rummage Store on Preston Avenue, at the PetSmart in the Hollymead Center, and on most weekends you can find our adoptable pets at off-site adoption outings anywhere from Fashion Square Mall to the local pet stores, or at a number of fairs or festivals. We go through great efforts to bring our pets to the people, increasing their chance of finding a home.
The SPCA publishes statistical information under nationally recognized guidelines known as the Asilomar Accords. The Asilomar Accords were developed in August 2004 by a group of animal welfare leaders for the purpose of building bridges across varying philosophies, developing relationships and creating goals focused on significantly reducing the euthanasia of healthy and treatable companion animals in the United States. The collection and publication of this data is sponsored by Maddie’s Fund®.
ouR lifeSAving pRogRAmS ARe the ReSult of ouR AnimAlloving community ReAdy to lend A hAnd. Our financial supporters, community partners, foster families and dedicAted volunteeRS continue to make our No Kill Community possible. In 2013 alone, more than 1,223 adult volunteers gave in excess of 29,000 hours of their time to save lives, not including the hundreds of foSteR fAmilieS that opened their homes to provide love and care for our most vulnerable animals. More than 20 community gRoupS including locAl buSineSSeS And SeRvice oRgAnizAtionS like Madison House, service fraternities and student life clubs at UVA brought hundreds of student volunteers, and more than 120 junioR volunteeRS from local schools earned their community service hours at the SPCA while gaining valuable work experience.
In addition to our Junior Volunteer program, the SPCA has engaged the next geneRAtion of AnimAl loveRS with our popular humane education programs, including SPCA Summer Camp, birthday parties, and educational tours, serving approximately 2,500 local children each year.
As part of our volunteer/humane education programs, the SPCA continued to provide valuable work experience for the young and developmentally challenged. In 2013, our SPCA began planning its new pet theRApy pRogRAm And expAnded itS educAtionAl offeRingS, allowing us to share our love of pets and the joy they bring with others in the community. Our Pet Therapy Program will send trained and certified pet therapy teams into elder care and rehab facilities for spirit-lifting visits.
As part of the Pet Therapy Program, we will partner with local libraries and schools, giving children who struggle with reading skills a chance to read to the animals, a program with proven success.
The SPCA also began planning for a pet theRApy clASS offering and dog life SkillS clASSeS to be offered weekly in the SPCA’s Education Center.
All of the SPCA’s educational offerings are designed to help foster love And ReSpect foR compAnion petS, improving their lives in our community.
$25,000 And Above
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County of Albemarle
Estate of Harold & Lillian Barton
Estate of Elizabeth H. Berg Trust
Estate of Joyceann L. Brooks
City of Charlottesville
James & Rebecca Craig
Ambrose C. Cramer Trust
Hickerson Foundation
Estate of Brett Miller
PetSmart Charities, Inc.
Norman L. Spencer Trust
Ted & Sheila Weschler
Virginia National Bank
$10,000 - $24,999
Anonymous
J. Aron Charitable Foundation
Batten Family Fund
Blue Ridge AV and Lighting, LLC
BMW of Charlottesville
Croson Family Fund
William & Scheline Crutchfield
Michael & Jan Cubbage
Steven Epstein & Cary A. Brown
Farkas Family Foundation
Pat & Jessica Graney
Ruth Minary
Preston & Tara E. Morris, Jr.
Pippin Hill Farm & Vineyard
Stan & Noel Reisky de Dubnic
Grace Riggs
Glenn Rust
Peter & Jane-Ashley Skinner
Snead Rev. Trust Account
Starr Hill - Red Light Fund
$5,000 - $9,999
Anonymous
ACAC Fitness & Wellness Center
Buttz BBQ Restaurant & Catering
Castle Hill Cider
Cheat Mountain Club
Michael & Mary Chinn
Crutchfield
William & Kathleen Daggett
Larry & Ethel deNeveu
Amy Gardner
Grace Garrigan
Angie Gunter
Thomas C. & Mary Ann Hays Family Foundation
Jason & Connie Kapp
Beth Marcus
Bryan Mefee & Aubrey Phillips
Susan B. Morris
Jessica W. Nagle
Oakwood Foundation
Rhonda E. Quagliana & William Barkley
Saint Paul Foundation
Fred & Sara Schroeder
Sonjia Smith
Tara Compton Estate Jewelry of New York
Carol Ann Tomlinson
Virginia Veterinary Specialists
Wells Fargo Bank
Dean & Cam Williams
Larry & Sherry Williams
$1,000 - $4,999
Anonymous
Brandt & Kathy Allen
Animal Hospital of Ivy Square
Dani Antol
Joseph Arcidicono
Arnold F. Baggins Foundation
Jan H. Baker and H. Richard Holt
John & Rhea Baldino
Becky Barlow
Patrick & Kelly Barnett
Carol Bauer
Emily Bell
Martin & Carolyn B. Betts
Andrew & Kelli Block, Jr.
Joseph and Julie Bonistalli
Ralph & Jacqueline Bradley
Bernard T. Bress
Cynthia Brown
Faye M. Brown
Joan Caldwell Blair Carter
Caspari
Cavalier Produce & C’ville Market
The Charles Fund, Inc. Conboy-Duke Foundation
Lori Connolly
Kent & Kari Couling
Mary L. Cowan C’Ville Construction
Cynthia Tremblay Foundation, Inc.
Dammann Fund, Inc
Darrell & King Investment Counsel
Coralee Davis
Cheryl Anne De Angelis
Christopher and Judith Divita Dixon’s Trash Disposal, LLC
The Emch Foundation
Glenn Doggett & Renee Savage
Dreaming Hand Foundation
Douglas Drysdale & Elaine Hadden
Eleanor Cameron Van Clief Foundation
Michael & Judith Ely
Peter Emch & Merope Pavlides
Ferguson Enterprises, Inc.
Phillip Flavin
Keith & Carol Frazee
Pamela Bliss French
Gary Gallagher
Quentin L. Gehle
Nancy K. Gercke
Ward & Kathleen Gypson
Mack & Robin Halsey
Robert Hattler
Jim & Ginny Hayes
Harper & Martha Hellems
Jay & Leslie Hervey
Anne Hooff
Joe and Elvira Hoskins
Kal & Julie Howard
Raymond & Stewart Humiston, III
Grace A. Hutcheson
Inez Duff Bishop Charitable Trust
Isabelle Abbot Art
Richard & Bobbie Jacobs
Diane Johnson
John & Dierdre Johnson
Chris Karls
William J. Kehoe
Blair & Laurie Kelly
Emily W. Kelly
Jay & Barbara Kessler
Daria Kiselica
Chris & Cathy Kramer
Lisa Lane
John Layfield
Chuck & Robin Lebo
Gregory and Nancy Ledford
Hunter Lewis & Elizabeth Sidamon-Eristoff
Ray & Mary Ann Mancini, Jr.
Murdoch & Susie Matheson
Ryan and Shannon McCall
Grey & Sarah McLean
Michael’s Bistro
Millennium Pharmaceuticals Matching Gift Program
Jim & Erica Millner
Robert & Lisa Moorefield
Sallie Motch, PhD
Robert Myers
New York Community Trust
Daniel & Angie Oakey
Leslie A. Olsakovsky, MD
Payne Ross & Associates
L. F. & Susan Payne
Planet Systems Group
Carrie L. Pledger
Red Light Management
Relax & Rejuvenate
Quantitative Investment Management
Shrikant Ramamurthy & Malathi Veeraraghavan
Dorothy & Julienne H. Richards
Joyce Roberts
Felicia W. Rogan
Karen Reid Sansom
James & Caroline Satira
Scarpa
Frederick Schauer
Christopher and Laura Scherer
Scout Guide, LLC
George & Andrea Shirey
Derek and Heather Sieg
Kimberly Snyder
Sola Showroom
Barbara A. Spellman
Standish Family Foundation
Stephen K. Stearns
StellarOne Bank
James Svagerko
System13, Inc.
T&N Printing
Lynne Taylor
Tempo Restaurant
Mac & Elsie Thompson, Jr.
Peter Thompson & Barbara Millar
Tony Fogliani Memorial Golf Tournament
United Way - Thomas Jefferson Area
University Tire & Auto Center, Inc.
Margaret Vanekeren & Meredith Dixon
Virginia Tent Rentals
Mary Walter & George Yin
Susan D. Wells Sargeant
Whitewoods Charitable Foundation
Whitney & Anne Stone Foundation
Tom & Anne Wild
William B. Daggett, Jr., Architect
William M. Camp Foundation
Clay & Kelly Witt
William & Karyn Wolfe
Loring Woodriff
Theodore R.F. Wright
Wrightson-Ramsing Foundation, Inc.
Stephen & Denise Yetzer
Emma H. Young Estate
$250 - $999
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Bill & Carolyn Achenbach
Betty L. Aguilar
Sara Ahluwalia
Albemarle Baking Company
Albemarle High School
Thomas & Elizabeth Allan
Philip and Debra Ambrosini
Terrence & Anne Anderson
William & Patricia Apperson, Jr.
F. Michael & Marilyn Ashby
Peggy Augustus E. Gray Baird
Gerald & Robin Baliles
Mary L. Barker
James & Lisa Barr
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Maurice & Karen C. Barros
David & Nancy Bass
Brian & Colleen Bassett
Martin & Ruthe Battestin
Rebecca Batton
Susan Bauer - Wu
Ronnie & Virginia Bayes
David Bean
John & Kim Beard
Mona W. Beard
Dennis & Maggie Bebel
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Beleza
Daniel & Patricia Bell
Ben & Jerry’s
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Trena T. Berg
Katherine M. Bevacqua
Alan & Carmen Bewley
Nelson & Mary Bickers
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Laura E. Brock
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Kathleen E. Burg
Craig & Tracy Burpee
Ed & Trish Burton
Sharon Bushnell
Edward & Jeri Campbell
Robert Campbell & Nancy Whitman
Claudia Campo
John Canterbury
Leslie Ryan Cargile
Elizabeth Carpenter & David Feigert
Lori Carrara
Vito & Bevin Cetta
Charlottesville Piano Co., Inc.
Christian A. Chisholm
Leone L. Ciporin
Pamela Clark
Julie Coiner
Rod Coles & Abby Kasonik
Congregation Beth Israel Religious School
George & Deborah Conway
Brian & Jennifer Corbey
Jeff Cornejo
Craig Builders
Cramer
Photo
Yvonne Cunningham
James & Elizabeth Currie
Alfonso and Sandra Damico
Ralph & Charlotte Dammann
Betsy Daniel
David E. Post Family Foundation
Joanne Davis
Juanita Day
Celia M. Dennison
Cynthia Dent
Daniel & Danielle Devereux
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John & Whitney Digney
Kim Dillon
John DiMarco & Jane Erwine
Ronald & Arletta Dimberg
Leslie & Ann Disharoon
Colin Dougherty
Richard & Katherine Douglas
Heather C. Dow
Alex & Elizabeth Dudley
Lucinda Nash Dudley
Thomas Eagleson
Eastminster Dog Show
Beth Eck
Sharon Esau
Tyson-Joi Estep
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Mary Farrish
Kirby & Adrian Felts
Scott & Karyn Ferber
Jeffrey B. Ferrill
Jane T. Fisher
John & Julie Flevarakis
Wendy Flynn
Phyllis S. Fontana
Agnes M. Fotta
Freckles N’ Friends Entertainment
Fried Companies, Inc.
Sue & Frank Friedman
Barbara J. Frost
Donald & Joan Fry
Carolyn Fulk
Owen Gallagher & Stevie Chancellor
Brian J. Gallagher
Michael R. Galvez
Claire W. Gargalli
Ginger Germani & Keith Skinner
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Richard & Leslie Gilliam
Anne Goland
Laura Gomez
Logan Goodin
Patricia Gordon
Vesta Lee Gordon
Lisa Gorsch
W. Clyde & Susan Gouldman
Connie Gower
Terry E. Grant
Great Eastern Management Company
John & Clay Greene
Fred & Stasia Greenewalt
Chuck & Sue Grossmann
David & Carolyn Grow
Stephen Gunther & Dana Goldsmith
Joe Hall & Heather Troudt
Ron & Patricia Hallmark
John & Bonita Hanks
Jeffrey & Alissa Hansen
Hantzmon & Wiebel, LLP
Harry A. Wright’s Inc.
Marina M. Heiss
Heymann Foundation
David & Helen Hilliard
Bruce & Anne Hobbs, Jr.
Daniel Hodgson & Brenda Fishel Hodgson
Brian Hollesh
Ken Horne
HotCakes
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Fred & Betty Hudson
Candace K. Hudspeth
Steven & Jamie Hughes
Peyton & Cherie Humphrey
Gregory Hunt
Patrick Hunt
Floyd Hurt
Elizabeth & Henry Hyatt
Lindsay Ideson
Intrastate Pest Control Co., Inc.
Ivy Publications, LLC
J. Hilburn
John Jackson
Jim & Judy Jaeger
Rob & Jennifer Jamison
Timothy Jana
Jefferson Housekeeping
Betty W. Jennings
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Hope Lally
Jim Lambert
Bruce & Rebecca Lanahan
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Lexis Nexis Cares Matching Donations
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Amy Lincoln
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Lynne Goldman Elements
Joyce MacDonald
Sandy MacGregor
Hillary Maitland
John & Marilyn Marshall
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Mary Wolf Landscape Architecture
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Daniel Mason
Bonnie Matheson
James & Amy Maurer
Elaine Maxcy
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Ann McCall
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Richard M. McKinnon
Meigan McManus
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Jenny Mead
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David & Robin Mellen
H. Otey & Teresa Meriwether
George & Miette Michie
Billie Ann Midthum
Carrie Miller & John Joyce
Scott & Teresa Millirons
Ron Mittelman
Tanya T. Monk
Montague-Betts Company
April L. Montgomery
Monticello Country Ballooning
Monticello High School
Donald & Lisa Morin
Jen Morris
Megan Perry Morris
Hamilton & Alexandra Moses
Christopher & Donna Moskaluk
Mountain High Media
Jeff Moyers & Ellen Van Niel
Courtney Payne Mudd
Muse Family Foundation
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Northrop Grumman Corporation
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Dan & Lynne Oelrich
David & Locke Ogens
Seth Oldham
Kent Olson & Marsha Trimble
Martha W. Olson
Steven & Teresa Olson
David Ortlieb
Gary Owens
Georgene B. Palacky
Pantofola, Inc.
Michael & Kelley Pausic
Robert & Jane Paxton
Mac & Judith Peatross
Charles & Judy Perkins, III
William & Mary Ann Petri, Jr.
Joann M. Plencner
Matthew & Elizabeth Pollard
Eugene & Mary Pollock
Douglas Ponton & Elaine Fogliani
Eleanor S. Porter
Vernon & Mildred Powell
Prewitt & Valerie Semmes Foundation
Ann Pritzlaff
Arlene Propst
Ellen Provost
Robert Rafajko
Mary Anne Irene Randles
Charlotte Rea
Nicholas & Christine Reppucci
Judith V. Rice
J. Robert & Carol Richardson
Jeffrey & Christine Riley
Edgar & Carol Roberts, Jr.
Elizabeth H. Roberts
Leigh Rockey
Rockpile Construction Company
Sally S. Rogers
John & Carolyn Rosenblum
Melissa L. Rowland
Mark & Elizabeth Sackson
Sam Hill Entertainment
Sammy Snacks
Catherine Sanger
Thomas P. Saul
E. Sykes & Gertrude Scherman
Cherie R. Scherzinger
David Schiff & Tanya Nezzer
Joan A. Schuette
Richard F. Schupp
Karen Schwenzer
Donald & Barbara Selby
Keith & Teresa Shaner
John Shannon
Matthew & Margaret Shapiro
Andy & Rachel Shelden
Shenanigans
Sherwin-Williams Company
William Sheweloff
Barbara B. Sieg
John & Mary Simonette
Jeffrey Sitler & Janet Herman
John & Allison Sleeman
Gary & Robin Sloan
Smart Books, Inc.
Craig & Gracie Smith
Mark J. Smith
Richard & Nancy Smith
Sheleen Smith
Timothy Snider & Catherine Wray
Corbin & Jill Snow
Snow’s Garden Center
Keith & Emily Sohr
Diane C. Southworth
Angela A. Spathos
Anne Spillers
Carole Springer
Richard T. Spurzem
Square Cat Habitat
Mark & Holly Stancil
Starr Hill Brewery
State Farm Companies Foundation
Stedman House
Stella & Chewy’s
Jeff & Janet Sterba
T.C. Stevens
Vivan Stiltner
Charles & Sue Stoke
Peter Stoudt & Alice Handy
Eric & Laurie Strucko
Michael Sullivan & Karin Wittenborg
Mrs. Richard D. Sullivan
Ellen Roberts Susi
Don & Jackie Sutton
Ellen Swyler
Tauna Szymanski & Vikram Jaswal
Harrison & Elizabeth Taylor Robert & Linda Thomson
The Thornes & Ginger Claire M. Tieder
Truist
truPilates Trust Company of Virginia Nelson & Beverly Tucker
Barbara J. Turner Margaret and Barry E. Turner William & Karren C. Tyler
United Charitable Programs
UVa Community Credit Union
Valley Termite & Pest Control Delores E. Van
Rich & Elizabeth Van Hook
Van Yahres Tree Company
Michael and Heather Vanderweide
James Veltri
Kristine C. Vey
We are pleased to acknowledge the generosity of individuals, corporations and foundations, who have supported the SPCA with direct contributions totaling $250 or more in 2013. Additionally, we thank everyone who has ever donated to the SPCA, including to the SPCA Rummage Store or those donating through the Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign.
We do our best to maintain complete and accurate records; however, oversights may have occurred, for which we sincerely apologize. If you find an error or omission, or if you would like information on contributing to the CharlottesvilleAlbemarle SPCA, please contact development@ caspca.org or 434-964-3320.
Umberto Vinci & Fannie Mae Rankin Vinci
Stephen F. Vondra
Roy & Kristina Garcia Wade, Jr.
Robert Waite & Robin Goodall
Tina Walker-Brinson
Jack & Carol Weber
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Dolores & Robert Wells
George & Beryl Wells
Beverly West
Elizabeth Wheeler
Billy White
Lee White & Kay Cross
Duncan M. Whittome
Robert & Jane Whitworth
Christine L. Wiedman
Fred & Katherine Willard
Alan & Llwanda Williams
Andrea and Philip Williams McLeod Williamson
Caroline S. Wilson
Tricia Wilson
Jean & John A. Wood
Woodbrook Elementary School Deakin Wooten
Ron & Sharon Wormser
Thomas & Carrie Worrell, III
Bryan & Karen Wright
Sharon M. Wray
Judith & Harry A. Wright
John B. Yellott, Jr.
The Yorkshire Foundation
Jacqueline Young Sophie Zunz Burnett
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