Olympic Mountain Pet Pals

Pet Pal’s President, Pam Kolacy, has prepared a report on our 2014 accomplishments.

Here are some of the outcomes of our efforts:

• 328 pets in low income families spayed/neutered in 2014; 3,785 pets since 2002
• 65 community cats spayed /neutered in 2015; 2035 since the program began in June 2001.
• Celebrated the milestone of spay/neutering 2,000 community cats.
• Feral cats placed in barn homes as available and kittens tamed and adopted.
• Funding received from patients/customers who selected Pet Pals for their contributions at Secret Gardens Nursery, Uptown Dental Clinic, and Food Co-op.
• 26 animals given medical treatment through Ginger’s Fund in 2014 for a total of 488 animals since that project began.
• Pets to People teams making regularly scheduled visits to Life Care Center, Seaport Landing, and Victoria House.
• READ to ROVER dogs were active at Grant Street Elementary School, Chimacum Primary School and the City public library.
• Twenty volunteer teams have completed their therapy dog training and are active in the outreach programs.
• Successfully nominated Dr. Virginia Johnson for Jefferson County “Heart of Service” Award.

You can find the complete report by clicking here.

During January and February, the Port Townsend Food Coop included Pet Pals as one of the three non-profit organizations to receive donations in its Beans for Bags program. Pet Pals received $220.55 for January. We thank the Food Coop for this opportunity and all our supporters who filled our jar with beans.

We have two easy ways for you to help animals and they will both make you smile!

If you’re a patient at the Uptown Dental Clinic, be sure to fill out their charitable giving form the next time you are there. Choose Olympic Mountain Pet Pals as your favorite charity, and the clinic will make an end of the year donation to us.

If you shop at amazon.com, you can help animals at the same time. When you order through their Amazon Smile program, they will donate 0.5% of eligible purchases to a non-profit organization of your choice. Go to smile.amazon.com and choose Olympic Mountain Pet Pals on your first visit. Each time you shop on Amazon through this website address, the donation will come to us. It’s an easy way to raise a little bit of extra money for our life-saving spay and neuter programs. Just click on the logo to get started.

Reducing pet homelessness in our community is a team effort. And Pet Pals is especially fortunate that our team includes Dr. Ginny Johnson, who has one of the most generous hearts for animals we know. With great appreciation, we recently nominated her for Jefferson County’s Heart of Service award. We are thrilled—but not surprised—that she won the award.

Dr. Ginny’s support has been essential to the success of Pet Pals over the past decade. In the time that she has been involved with our programs, she has provided veterinary services for thousands of animals, at a substantial discount to us. Her generous donation of time and services means that we have never had to turn away anyone who applies for help with their pets or for homeless cats in their neighborhood.

Our letter of nomination also recognized her service to other organizations in Jefferson County. Because of her commitment to homeless animals, every dog and cat who arrives at the local animal shelter receives a free medical exam if needed and Dr. Ginny also provides medical care at a discount for these animals. When animals are struggling at the shelter to become socialized or they have other special needs, Dr. Ginny often brings them to her clinic and helps them find homes.

Beyond our own county, she provides medical services for Peninsula Friends of Animals, Rescue Every Dog, and Welfare for Animals Guild. These organizations offered letters of support for our nomination of Dr. Ginny. The many hours she spends volunteering services throughout the Olympic Peninsula are in addition to maintaining her own veterinary practice in Port Hadlock. Those who wrote to support Dr. Ginny’s nomination spoke of the warmth and compassion she brings to that work as well.

At the core of Dr. Johnson’s work with animals is a commitment to the welfare of community pets, support for their families, and advocacy for homeless animals in Jefferson County. When she received her award at a luncheon hosted by the Peninsula Daily News, Pet Pals board members were there to cheer for one of our beloved heroes and to say thank you for her heart of service.

Pet Pal’s President, Pam Kolacy, has prepared a report on our 2013 accomplishments. You can find it by clicking here.