2009 ANNUAL REPORT - Washington Animal Rescue League

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An Unconditional Gift When an animal lover passes away, grieving survivors oen turn to the League to honor the memory of their loved one. Aer the death of Greta Kaufler Copito in early November 2009, her obituary asked friends and family to donate to the League in lieu of sending flowers. Deborah Copito says of her mother-in-law, “She would have wanted to be honored in a way that inspires others to give and to speak for those without a voice, human or animal.” ese generous gis, and all of those honoring the friends of animals, provide a lasting legacy to the League. Ms. Margery E. Brighton Dr. John T. Britton Ms. Susan Coe Brown and Mr. David E. Garratt Mr. Kingman Brown Estate of Mr. Michael W. Budd e Frances and Townsend Burden Foundation Ms. Audrey B. Buyrn Ms. Laura Roady Capito Mr. Bradley Carlson Mr. Bruce J. Carlton Ms. Carol J. Carmody Dr. Harry Mike Chaddock Dr. Sukgi Choi and Mr. Charles Monk, Jr. Ms. Nancy Chu and Mr. Lance K. Hoboy Mr. Philip Clapperton CMDI Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Mr. and Mrs. James Cole Combined Federal Campaign e Community Foundation for the National Capital Region Dr. Timothy P. Condon Continental Casualty Company Mr. Patrick A. Correnty Mr. Douglas R. Cox Mr. Harold J. Creel, Jr. Ms. Elizabeth L. Critchley Mr. Frank Daspit Ms. Michelle T. Delemarre Mr. George Reed Dellinger Mr. James Dessenger Ms. Christine M. Di Lapi Dr. Lynn Dixon Ms. Nancy Ruyle Dodge Dominion Jewelers Ms. Glennalee K. Donnelly Mr. Earl Dye Ms. Jo Ann Dyer Ms. Marianna G. Dyson Ms. Fynnette L. Eaton Mr. Ronald R. Eckert Maggie and Joel Eisemann Ms. Rita J. Ellsworth Ms. Betty Buchanan Elmore Mrs. Elizabeth Dalton Emes Estate of Mr. William Edwin Emory Ms. Stefanie Erkiletian e Fairmont Hotel Farr, Miller and Washington, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Fauteux Ms. Sue T. Feehan Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Ferrero, Jr. Fidelity Charitable Gi Fund Ms. Dot L. Filbert Ms. Dania Fitzgerald Ms. Genowefa M. Fiuk Ms. Elizabeth Floyd Ms. Cynthia H. Ford Dr. Kathryn A. Ford Fort Dodge Animal Health Mr. Milton Foster Dr. Katherine Fowler Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Foy Freddie Mac Securities Litigation Mr. Emanuel J. Friedman Ms. Susan Furr Ms. Caroline D. Gabel Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Gatti, Jr. Lisa W. Gill Trust Ms. Marisa Goldberg Mr. David A. Golden Mrs. Victoria S. Goldman Jill and Bradford Gordon Family Foundation Ms. Rebecca Gorski Mr. Bruce D. Grayson Dr. Dana S. Greenwald Ms. Ellen Greer Griswold and Griswold, Inc. Mr. Richard D. Grossman Ms. Wendy Grubbs Ms. Patricia Guild Ms. June Hanley Mark and Anne Hansen Foundation Mr. Carroll Hanson Ms. Maxine Harris Mr. Alan R. Harrison Mr. and Mrs. Rob Harvey Ms. Margaret L. Havinga Mrs. Jeannette Hayes Mrs. Rebecca G. Hayes Mr. Richard H. Hazlett Mr. Anthony Heilizer Mr. William N. Herman Mr. Kent B. Hickman Ms. Judith Randal Hines Mrs. Catherine M. Hollinger Hope Animal Sanctuary, Inc. Ms. Elizabeth Horst Hot Yoga USA, LLC Ms. Elise H. Hughes International Monetary Fund Ms. Jennifer Jewett Ms. Sally Lane Johnson Sally Lane Johnson Trust Ms. Patricia A. Jordan Ms. Aparna Joshi Mrs. Dorothy S. Karkanen KavaSnaks, LLC Ms. Jacqueline Kelly Ms. Mary C. Kennedy Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Kessler Ms. Judith Keyserling Dr. and Mrs. Paul D. Kiernan Ms. Frances Kingery Mr. Rex Korden KPMG Community Giving Campaign Mrs. Claire M. Krawitz Ms. Sheila Marie Lachs and Mr. Scott Westfahl Ms. Joan E. Lane e Allene and Jerome Lapides Foundation, Inc. Lynda and Kenneth LaTour Ms. Leslie A. Lightbody Mr. William C. Lloyd Lobkovich Kitchen Design Ms. Constance B. Lohse Ms. Gloria M. Lonergan Longview Gallery Ms. Marcy Rogers Madigan Mr. John P. Magee Ms. Kathryn M. Maiers Mr. Vaughn Carlton Maley, Jr. and Mr. Blake H. Spraggins Ms. Beth A. Mallory MarcParc Inc. Marriott International, Inc. Ms. Lori Marshall Matrix Group International, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Jim McAvoy Ms. Mary McGowan Mrs. Janice D. McKeever McKinley Elementary School Mr. Rusty Meadows Ms. Jeanne Medina Alan and Amy Meltzer Family Foundation Col. Rhoda Messer, USA (Ret.) Ms. Marilyn Meyers Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Michetti Microso Matching Gis Program 14
Mr. Robert K. Mohr Ms. Sandra S. Monje Ms. Nancy E. Moore Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Myers Nauticon Imaging Service Ms. Mary Lou Oehrlein Mr. and Mrs. Robert O’Reagan Ms. Carolyn E. Ortwein Dr. Robert E. Osterberg Dr. Donald C. Oxenhandler Papa John’s Pizza, National Capital Region Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Parker Partners International Ms. Susan E. Pascale Dr. Lori A. Paserchia Mrs. Jane Pelehach Ms. Eileen A. Pennington Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Petersen Petfinder.com Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Eugene J. Petruzzelli Mr. E. Alan Phillips Mr. Damon Phillips Mrs. Lynne Sparks Pickard Mr. and Mrs. Steven R. Pomponi Pro Feed MD, Inc. Ms. Marie Carol Pulzone Mr. and Mrs. Patrick M. Raher Mr. and Mrs. Jack T. Reidhill Mr. James F. Rill Mr. and Mrs. Steve E. Roady Ms. Laurel O. Robinson Ms. Gail A. Robinson Mrs. Janessa Robinson Ms. Beverly A. Rockwell Kathy and John Rooney Ms. Deborah Rose Estate of Ms. Mary Caroline Henry Ruch Ms. Tamara P. Salisbury Ms. Elsa M. Santoyo Estate of Ms. Genevieve Sarra Ms. Bethany Kazaba Scanlon e John M. Shapiro Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Schoenfeld Schwab Charitable Fund Hon. Carol Schwartz Ms. Mary Scofield Ms. Jacquie L. Segal Dr. Louis Shapiro Ms. Sandra Skyes Ms. Joan Carrese Sineni Ms. Sylvia Sloan and Mr. Blake Nichols Wilbur S. Smith and Margaret P. Smith Foundation Mr. Norman R. Snyder Sport Automotive Mr. omas Mark Stamm Mr. Joseph W. Stanley Dr. Howard Stark Mr. Jeffrey M. Stoiber Ms. Susan Strange Ada M. and Gertrude Goble Pearl Strickland Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Garnett J. Sweeney III Mr. W. Davidson Tenney, Jr. Ms. Dannelet A. Teske Mrs. Sally S. orpe Tiffany & Co. Tiny Jewel Box Mr. Bryan Tramont Ms. Claire Tran Truescreen, Inc. United Way United Way of New York City Ms. Jacqueline Kay Unitis Ms. Stephanie Vance Ms. Kelly Jo Vermace Mr. Michael J. Vernick Ms. Jan E. Vinicombe Mrs. Susan Vinisky Ms. Julie Nyce Walker Ms. Clelia Anne Walker Ms. Kristi E. Walseth Ms. Elsa Walsh Ms. Michele L. Walter Ms. Julie Walters Washington Wizards Dr. Gary L. Weitzman Ms. Diane Werneke Western University Health Sciences Charlotte and Edward K. Wheeler Foundation Ms. Laura Lee Williams Ms. Nancy E. Williams Mr. Kelly W. Williams Mr. Mark Williams Ms. Mary Jack Wintle Ms. Michele Wolin World Adult Kickball Association Mrs. Eleanora M. Worth Ms. Nancy H. Yeide Ambassador Robert B. Zoellick Mr. omas E. Zutic Anonymous (1) $500 to $999 Mr. Daniel Ackerman Adeler Jewelers Mrs. Rebecca H. Ahne Ms. Florence Albertson Mr. James J. Alex Estate of Ms. Devora R. Alexander Alexandria Animal Hospital Ms. Jennifer Alfonso American Airlines Mr. and Mrs. Terry M. Ames, Jr. Anew Center for Medical Aesthetics Pets Help Treat Veterans—and Vice Versa Sometimes, the best help for a traumatized veteran is a pet recovering from its own trauma. In the summer of 2009, a pilot program was launched when PETS2VETS founder and president Dave Sharpe approached the Washington Animal Rescue League to discuss a new project in which combat veterans recovering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center would come to the League to work with and adopt pets. As the veterans point out, medications help in recovery from PTSD, but they are not the whole solution; animals can do what drugs cannot by playing an active therapeutic role in a veteran’s recovery, offering the sort of nonjudgmental love and unconditional support that the mending combat heroes need. e program has become more immediately successful than either partner had anticipated, and the demand among recovering veterans has kept both groups busy. As the flagship shelter in this program, the League waives all of the new PETS2VETS adopters’ fees for adoption, training classes, and initial veterinary appointments. At its end, PETS2VETS arranges the transportation from the military installations, facilitates liaisons at the shelter, and transports adopted animals once the veterans are discharged and return home. According to League Chief Executive Officer Dr. Gary Weitzman, the program is a mutually beneficial one. “We provide veterans with a companion for healing, but they in turn give our animals what they need most in the world: a home where they will be appreciated for who they are and finally receive the love they so deserve. Many of our animals are recovering from traumas themselves, and this wonderful relationship benefits everyone—our animals and our nation’s heroes.” In late 2009, Sylvia Sloan and Blake Nichols made a significant donation to cover all 2010 adoption costs for this program. 15
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