Peoria-Area Community Impact Guide 2022-2023

PETS FOR SENIORS (PFS SHELTER) Improving lives by bringing pets and people together.

3809 N. Sterling Avenue, Suite 107 Peoria, IL. 61615 Phone: (309) 446-9721 Email: pfsshelter@gmail.com Website : petsforseniors.org Facebook : @pfs.shelter KEY STAFF: Taiyah Payne, Shelter Director BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Jennifer Stanley, President Jamie Kawolsky, Vice President Kathleen Horchler, Secretary Denise Patton, Treasurer

BOARD MEMBERS AT LARGE Rebecca Brumfield Goergen

Arlene Laugharye Sarah Kammerer Beth Bloom Martinez

HOW TO HELP Adopt : Make a commitment to a cat, dog, aging animal or special needs pet. Foster : Can’t make a life time commitment? Try fostering a pet. Volunteer : There are a number of ways to Volunteer with Pets for Seniors.  Volunteer at our Shelter –You canhelp with cleaning, socializing, transporting animals, preparing newsletters and more.  Volunteer at our Forever Home Resale Shop - You can help by staffing the store, sorting donations or providing quality donations to the shop. Donate : You can help by making a one time donation, becoming amonthly giver or providing a legacy. For more information call (309) 446-9721 or visit our website at www.petsforseniors.org.

VALUES Honesty and integrity are the basis of all our interactions.  Full disclosure to adopters.  Loving Care of our animals frommedical care, daily maintenance to socialization. WHAT WE DO For over 20 years we have provided animals with loving medical care, socialization and adoption. We work to know our animals, their health, behaviors, preferences and sociability. This allows us to work honestly and cooperatively with adopters to create forever homes. We have two adoption programs. The Pets for Saving Program creates forever homes for cats and dogs of all ages and people 21 years of age and older with approved applications. Some animals need to be the only pet, some are bonded to a sibling and need to be adopted together, others need a quiet environment and still others need lots of activity and attention. In this program, by observing andworkingwith our animals we learn about their habits and needs and match them to the right home. The Pets for Seniors Program exists to match older animals with senior citizens to promote the health and happiness of both. Pets who are seven or older and people who are 60 and older are eligible for this program. The companionship

and responsibility that adopting a pet provides can be beneficial to seniors. Not only do they have the company of a loving companion but being a responsible adopter keeps them active, thinking and needed. Through this program we provide lower adoption fees and assistance to seniors who may need a little help as pet adopters. Not only are adoption fees lower but we can provide temporary respite care should the adopter be hospitalized or in rehabilitation care. Our goal is to helpmaintain the loving relationship through the rough times. Pets for Seniors is what we were chartered under and is a crucial part of our shelter. DID YOU KNOW We have a shop called, Forever Home Resale Shop under the same roof as our shelter! All proceeds go to help support our shelter.

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