Campaign for Shelter Expansion / Sunshine Room
The MetroWest Humane Society is about to be transformed into a roomy, modern facility
The current shelter is extremely inadequate and doesn’t meet the standards of a modern animal-care facility. We want the animals to have the best possible environment, which will become the reality in our new building. Rather than rooms full of cages, there will be free-roam areas, with cats snoozing on sofas, perched on ledges, or gazing out of windows. Sick animals will have an isolation room with cages, and a separate air filtration system to prevent the spread of airborne disease. While the present shelter doesn’t have space for a veterinarian to examine an animal with proper equipment and lighting, the new facility will allow a vet to treat the animals on the premises in a professional and safe manner. The expansion will also enable the Humane Society to respond to more requests for visits from schools, religious groups, and others.
We are very excited about the direction we’re taking and want to involve the community in our dream. With your help, we will be able to offer so much more to the people and pets of our community. The renovated facility will be a genuine source of pride.
Thanks to the generous leadership gifts of $50,000 each from two very wonderful people, we are able to move forward with this project. However, we still need to raise an additional $250,000.
We have a deep commitment to help and care for the animals that so unconditionally love and trust us. BUT WE NEED YOUR GENEROUS SUPPORT to continue this work. Let us move forward TOGETHER to make this fundraising campaign a huge success.
How You Can Help
Please consider becoming a Founding Sponsor of an area, room, equipment or special portion of our new facility. Gifts from individuals, families, businesses, companies, foundations, and organizations are welcome. Donors pledging $500 or more can pay over a 1 to 3-year period. This pledge plan allows convenient payments to be made on a quarterly, semi-annual or annual basis. All contributions are fully tax-deductible.
Naming Opportunities
Areas and Rooms:
$25,000 Foster Room
$25,000 Administration Office
$20,000 Adoption Room (1)
$20,000 Adoption Room (2)
$20,000 Storage Room
$20,000 Entry Way/Foyer
$20,000 Laundry/kitchen
$15,000 Retail Store
$10,000 Isolation Room: overhaul and furnishings
$10,000 Examination Room: overhaul & furnishings
Equipment
$5,000 Isolation room: 9-unit cage assembly
$4,000 Foster room: 9-unit cage assembly
$3,000 Shelf and display units for Retail Store
$2,500 Industrial size washer
$2,500 Industrial size dryer
$1,500 Outside signage
$1,200 Adoption room furnishings (2 rooms)
$1,000 Skylight
We are also seeking in-kind contributions of equipment, supplies, and labor for the new building. Here are some of the things we hope you can help us with. If you, or someone you know, has professional expertise or supplies in the following areas, and is in a position to donate time or services, please contact Karl Thober at 508-877-9692 or MWHS@rcn.com. Where required, contractors must be MA licensed and insured.
Electric supplies (wire, plugs)
Flooring supplier and installer
HVAC installer
HVAC supplies
Interior (baseboards, cabinets, etc.)
Landscaping, plantings, and trees
Light fixtures
Loam
Paint supplies
Painter
Paver
Plumber
Remodelers
Sheet rock supplier
Signage
Window supplier
Other ways to contribute
A cage in your name
For only $500 you can have your name inscribed on a plaque that will be displayed above the cage.
A tile in your name or that of a beloved pet
For only $200 you can have your name or that of a beloved pet prominently inscribed on our wall of tiles. The tiles will be there for decades, a true remembrance of your generosity.
Mural of Love
For only $150 you can have your name, and/or the name of a dear pet, inscribed on a colorful mural in our entryway. The mural will depict a garden teeming with animals, trees, and flowers. This artistic mural will set the inviting mood for our new facility. Your $150 will buy a leaf or flower in our mural of love.
This is your local animal shelter. We know that many of you feel a strong connection to the MetroWest Humane Society. And we want that number to continue to grow. Many of our loyal members have supported us in all our fundraising efforts and none has been more important than this campaign for the shelter renovation. Please be as generous as your means will allow! Each gift, regardless of size, makes an enormous difference.
