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Adoption
Hours:
Every day
from 1pm to
4:30pm |
Thrift
Store Hours:
Tues - Sat
from 10am to
4pm |
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It is the mission of the HVSPCA
to bring
together a
community of
animal
protection
groups into
our no/ low
kill
environment.
We will
take the
initiative
to create
this
community
and make it
stronger
than the sum
of its
parts.
With this
coalition we
will make a
difference
focusing on
the
transformation
of those in
need to
adoptable
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We will
decrease the
population
of unwanted
companion
animals
through in-
school
education
and on-site
spaying and
neutering
services.
We will tend to the specific
medical, social, and behavioral
needs of each of our companion
animals to enable an appropriate
and sustainable adoption.
We may not always have an effect
on the lives of the companion
animals in our county, but we
will always offer services to
put an animal to rest after its
final moments and to aid the
family it loved during its life.
As an SPCA we will honor our
special duty to take the lead
among law enforcement agencies
to root out animal abuse, by
arresting abusers and promoting
their prosecution. We will work
as the lead agency with local
and county law enforcement to
investigate, confront and to the
best of our ability eliminate
animal abuse in our county.
We will work as a good citizen
within our community to solicit
support and give support to
individuals in need through the
operation of an animal food
pantry and a thrift shop. |
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The Happenings at the HVSPCA |
The HVSPCA is building a new
building!!
We're calling it the
Mary & Peter Max Adoption Wing!
World
reknown artist, Peter Max, and
his wife Mary have graciously
pledged to donate $10,000 a year
for the next three
years to assist with
construction costs. Another
$10,000 donation came in this
budget year from the Odgen
Foundation to which our own
President and Treasurer, Thomas
and Connie DiCarrado, matched
with $10,000 of
their own. Mike Policano from
Home Depot in Newburgh arranged
for significant discounts on our
building
materials and the Empire State
Carpenters Apprenticeship
Committee are donating their
labor to construct this
building that was designed by
Vincent Barbera, a degreed
Architect. The building was
design as modules so that
when we move to our new property
(2-3 years) we can bring it with
us!
We want to extend a heartfelt
thank you to those who made this
possible and to those who
continue to help us.
Building Status:
The structure and exterior are
completed. Three runs have
been installed and the building
now has heat thanks to Home
Depot's donation of a brand new
pellet stove!
We could not have done this
without the donated
funds/products/services of:
* Mary & Peter Max,
* Lisa Stern at the Ogden
Foundation,
* Vincent Barbera,
* Mike Policano from Home Depot
in Newburgh
* Walter Krupa, his secretary
Bonnie, and his right hand man
Derek from the Empire State
Carpenters
Apprenticeship
*Thomas and Connie DiCarrado
If you would like to contribute
to the construction of the Mary
& Peter Max Adoption Wing and
get your name on
this list, please donate and
write "Mary & Peter Max Adoption
Wing" on your check or paypal
memo.
Click here for pictures! |
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Our History & Our Future |
What we were…
The Newburgh SPCA was chartered in 1889 by
the State of New York to serve Orange
County, NY. During its
initial 119 years the shelter serviced the
Newburgh/ New Windsor area almost
exclusively. As of June 2008, the
building had 14 indoor/outdoor kennel runs,
no usable outdoor training/play areas and
had 24 cages for cats but
only 12 had an attached outdoor cage area.
What we’ve done…
On June 26th, 2008 the new Newburgh SPCA was
transformed to a no kill shelter and began
to expand its service
footprint and operations. The new Board of
Directors approved the expansion of the
shelter’s work force to now
service the Town of Cornwall, the Village of
Cornwall and to continue serving the
Newburgh/Town of New Windsor
area. In April 2009, the Newburgh SPCA
became the Hudson Valley SPCA - Orange
County; a name more suited
to show our mission to serve all of Orange
County, NY.
Since July 2008, the HVSPCA has accomplished
the following:
• Increased Physical Capacity:
Expanded by over 50% to 21 indoor/outdoor
kennel runs, 5 medium/large
outdoor training/play areas and 1 large
outdoor fenced area with a small housing
structure. Built 2 open cat
spaces, 1 indoor and 1 outdoor.
• Increased Revenue: Extended the
on-site thrift store’s hours and started a
crematorium business using the
onsite crematorium which provides a service
to those in the community who are dealing
with the loss of a
companion animal.
• Increased Donations: Created a
‘Sponsor-a-Pet’ program where members of the
community are invited to
sponsor a pet in our shelter. Monetary
donations increased through community
response of the new no kill status.
• Increased Adoptions: Found loving
homes for over 300 dogs & cats.
• Decreased Euthanasia Numbers:
Changed to a no kill shelter.
What we plan to do…
The new Hudson Valley SPCA strives to hold
leading role in Orange County animal law
enforcement, rescue,
rehabilitation, and adoption. We want the
community to see the HVSPCA as a place to
turn for enforcement,
advice and guidance to help them with
companion animal issues. The HVSPCA will
take the lead in Orange County
animal abuse and dog fighting investigations
by hiring investigative resources with peace
officer status and
working with the Orange County task force.
The HVSPCA will widen its service
municipalities (10 year horizon) with the
vision being to serve all municipalities
in Orange County. To do this, the HVSPCA
requires a larger building. Already in
progress, the current building will
be extended and will have a total of 41
indoor/outdoor kennel runs. Within 2-5
years, the HVSPCA hopes to sell its
current property and build a state of the
art building on new property to include
60-100 indoor/outdoor kennel
runs and 10-20 outdoor pens and
training/play areas. The new building will
have “living room” type quarters giving
the dogs and cats free space that will feel
more like a real home. This new place will
include care taker quarters as
well as a veterinary clinic. Our thrift shop
and crematorium will relocate to the new
location. The extent of this
building’s features depends on our incoming
funds.
The HVSPCA will institute the following
programs to increase the services provided
to the county:
• Spay/ neuter programs (2-5 year
horizon): Reduce the number of animals
coming to the HVSPCA; provide
low-cost services that are easy for the
community to access. This would incorporate
low cost services from local
veterinarians.
• Adoption programs (in progress):
Train, socialize, and use an effective
process to qualify and match
prospective guardians.
• Foster care (in progress ):
Maintain a list of foster homes and provide
a more home like environment for
dogs and cats up for adoption; the HVSPCA
will provide food and medical care as
needed.
• Help Desk (in progress): Create an
animal help desk as a means of keeping
animals in their home that
would normally come to the shelter by
providing behavioral training or food and
supplies.
• Education programs (2-5 year
horizon): Work with the community to help
stem the dog fighting culture by
delivering in-school awareness programs.
Educate the community about the importance
of spaying and neutering
to reduce the number of companion animals
brought to shelters subsequently reducing
the number of those
euthanized. Bring in educators from Humane
Society of the United States (HSUS) to
deliver the services. Develop
community involvement to help put education
delivered in the schools into results in the
community.
Our goal is to make the Hudson Valley SPCA –
Orange County a central support system to
all shelters and animal
control agencies in Orange County to ensure
all healthy and treatable animals are given
a chance for an
appropriate and sustainable forever home. |
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