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Letter from CEO David Loewe<br />
Dear Animal Lovers,<br />
There is a new buzz of excitement in the air at Seattle<br />
Humane, and I’m thrilled to be able to share some<br />
important updates with you, our supporters and fellow<br />
animal champions.<br />
This has already been a year of incredible adoptions<br />
and it also marks a year of “firsts” for Seattle Humane.<br />
We celebrated our 26th annual Tuxes & Tails gala,<br />
our most successful yet, raising an astounding $5.3<br />
million! We were blown away to see the support from<br />
our community as we let the proverbial “cat out of the<br />
bag” and publicly revealed our campaign to build a<br />
new shelter and veterinary teaching hospital.<br />
For years we have been operating at maximum capacity<br />
here at the shelter, using converted closet space as a<br />
surgery suite and creatively working around the restrictions of our aging building - all with the goal<br />
of saving as many lives as possible. Our dream of a new facility is closer to becoming a reality. As of<br />
this writing, we have raised $22 million of our $25 million goal!<br />
With a new facility will come a new look and feel for Seattle Humane, and over the next few months<br />
we’ll be unveiling a new website and a fun ad campaign to engage the entire community in our<br />
building project. Through all of these exciting changes, we remain committed to our mission of<br />
saving lives and completing families.<br />
In addition to our capital campaign, we are looking ahead to the excitement of our annual Walk for<br />
the Animals, a pet-and-family-friendly fundraiser taking place in an all-new location at Green Lake on<br />
Oct. 18. We look forward to seeing you there!<br />
As you can see, we have a lot to be excited about. Most importantly, we know that none of this<br />
would be possible without each of you, our cheerleaders and faithful supporters. Thank you for your<br />
commitment to our animals.<br />
David Loewe<br />
Chief Executive Officer<br />
2<br />
Save The Date!<br />
Pet Adoption Blitz<br />
Oct. 2-4<br />
Seattle Humane campus<br />
Walk for the Animals<br />
Oct. 18<br />
Green Lake<br />
Feline Fix<br />
Nov. 7<br />
Seattle Humane campus<br />
Fall 2015 • Vol 23 • Issue 1<br />
Cover Photo: KOMO news anchor Cayle<br />
Thompson walks the Tuxes & Tails runway<br />
with Kema, a 1-year-old Terrier/Pointer<br />
mix, adopted that evening.<br />
13212 SE Eastgate Way<br />
Bellevue, WA 98005<br />
seattlehumane.org<br />
Seattle Humane is an independent,<br />
donor-funded nonprofit animal welfare<br />
organization saving abandoned, stray and<br />
surrendered pets in our community and<br />
beyond.<br />
Editorial: marketing@seattlehumane.org<br />
PHONE NUMBERS<br />
Main Line<br />
425.641.0080<br />
Adoptions<br />
425.649.7563<br />
Admissions<br />
425.649.7561<br />
Vet Services<br />
425.649.7560<br />
Volunteers<br />
425.649.7557<br />
Fund Development<br />
425.649.7552<br />
BOARD OF DIRECTORS<br />
Chris Falco<br />
Chair<br />
Kaycee Krysty<br />
Chair Emerita<br />
James T. Linardos<br />
Vice Chair<br />
Janette Adamucci<br />
Vice Chair<br />
Annette Jacobs<br />
Vice Chair<br />
Aaron Knudsen<br />
Treasurer<br />
Shaheed Khan<br />
Secretary<br />
Michelle Foreman Barnet<br />
Chris Bayless<br />
Asher Bearman<br />
Elaine Coles<br />
Gene Colin<br />
Kathy Connors<br />
Jocelyn Hanson<br />
Noelle Harman<br />
Lynn Kilbourne<br />
Franz Lazarus<br />
Daryl Russinovich<br />
Jim Schuler<br />
Lynda Silsbee<br />
John Wenstrup<br />
Mary Kay Wright<br />
STAFF LEADERSHIP<br />
David E. Loewe<br />
Chief Executive Officer<br />
Brynn Blanchard<br />
VP of Development<br />
Ken L. Farmer<br />
Chief Financial Officer<br />
Rhonda Manville<br />
VP of Marketing<br />
Katie Olsen<br />
Chief Operations Officer<br />
Humane Education<br />
425.373.5385<br />
Marketing<br />
425.274.1513<br />
MaxMobile<br />
Requests<br />
425.649.7554<br />
Pet Food Bank<br />
425.649.7566<br />
Pet Project<br />
425.649.7566<br />
Pet Guardian<br />
425-649-7551
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