Shelter to Home, Inc.

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Shelter to Home Inc. is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) animal rescue organization. The organization is based in Allen Park, Michigan but consists of a network of volunteer Foster Homes throughout the Metro Detroit area. The goals of the organization are:

To find loving and permanent homes for adoptable animals from shelter/pound facilities
To further reduce the unnecessary euthanasia of healthy, adoptable animals in shelter/pound facilities
To further reduce the overpopulation of animals in the Downriver area by assisting in the rescue and placement of impounded animals
To inform and educate citizens about responsible, humane treatment of companion pets and the importance of spay/neuter procedures, programs and policies

1 History of Shelter to Home Inc.
2 Present programs
3 External links
4 References
- 4.1 Other references

[edit] History of Shelter to Home Inc.

Shelter to Home Inc. began on a grass-roots level in 2005 ^[1]. A team of local animal lovers formed to increase adoptions at the local city animal control pounds in Downriver, Michigan by networking with other local animal rescue organizations bringing animals into their foster care network until permanent homes could be found.^[2]

[edit] Present programs

Annually, Shelter to Home Inc. finds homes for approximately 350 animals, mostly cats, by partnering with petfinder.org, along with local Petco and Petsmart stores which house a portion of their adoptable animals.^[3]

The organization receives no government or state funding, and relies upon generous donations from the public sector to rescue and care for animals in need.

Shelter to Home Inc. is the proud recipient of the 2007 Sue Bundrick Memorial Foundation award ^[4].