Animal Rescue • Spay/Neuter Assistance • Community Outreach
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
ANNuAl EdiTiON 2014
The Gunnison Valley Animal Shelter and Adoption Center
is Here!
Lora VanRenselaar
President
Sandy Guerrieri
Vice President
Sue Knowles
Treasurer
Karen Shondeck
Secretary
Jeff Boril
Deb Callihan
Sue Runge-Glass
KEY STAFF
Animal Care Coordinator
Sue Runge-Glass
Cat Care Team Leaders
Cheryl Dandel
Sue Knowles
Dog Care Team Leader
Deb Callihan
Animal Records
Sue Knowles
Electronic Media/PR
Alexandra Cohen
Corresponding Secretary
Janie Kelley
Donor/Supporter
Data Coordinator
Dianne Haberman
All board members and
staff are unpaid positions.
MacAllister Building
Phase 1
T
he building, 1,300 sq ft, meets the Valley’s essential needs, housing 15 cats and 9-11 dogs.
GVAWL rescues an average of 110 companion animals each year, a number that will increase
with shelter opening. The building also serves the City of Gunnison as its animal impound.
Architect
Jody Reeser, A.I.A., J Reeser Architect, L.L.C. – Gunnison, Colorado
Contractor
J. Crockett Farnell, Black Dragon Development, L.L.C. – Crested Butte, Colorado
Thank You To
City
of
Gunnison
City of Gunnison (for impound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $125,000
www.gvawl.org
Gunnison County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100,000
Family of Miya Must (5-year pledge) . . . . . . . . . . $ 75,000
Animal Assistance Foundation (Denver) Grant . . . $ 50,000
And All GVAWL Supporters!
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ourdonors,includingpeoplewhodon’t
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governments;agrantingfoundation
basedinDenver;andAnimalWelfareLeaguevolunteers
since1987.
Community“participation”isanaspectofthisShelterthat
isoneofGVAWL’sgoals,andhasbeenallalong.The
reasonisourcertaintythatthewell-beingofeveryoneinthe
UpperGunnisonBasin–fromMarbletotheBlackCanyon–
dependsonthewell-beingofourcompanionanimals.
Beyondquestion,people’smentalandphysicalhealthis
improvedthroughourconnectionwithanimals.Further,the
Miya Must found time in her very active life to volunteer with
GVAWL, and gave many hours of her energy and boundless love
to further its mission. After Miya died in 2007, her family
established Miya’s Memorial Fund to assist in building the
Shelter and Adoption Center. The fund will build the outdoor
exercise area for dogs, which will bear not only Miya’s name,
but the names of her beloved dogs, Henley and Billy, shown here.
In2013,theMustfamilypledged$75,000overfiveyears
forshelterfacilitycosts.
Weareextremelygratefulforthissupport.Mostofall,we
treasureourassociationwithMonniandtheMustfamily.
Miya’sloveofanimalswillbemanifestfarintothefuture,
inourshelterandinalltheanimalsandcommunitymembers
itwillserve.
Communityisabetterplacetolivewhenresidentsand
visitorsalikecanseethatourcompanionanimalsarevalued.
GVAWLhasbeenimprovingourcommunityfor27years,
andaimstocontinue.InPhase2oftheshelter,wewillbe
abletoofferindoorspaceforanimal-centeredactivities.
Untilthen,Phase1servesusallwellasamuch-needed
venuecenteredonthehuman-animalconnection.
Weinviteeveryoneto“participateincommunity”through
theAnimalShelterandAdoptionCenter.Whetheryouadopt
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youareparticipatinginmakinglifebetterinourcommunity.
Onbehalfofourboardmembersandothervolunteers,
thankyouforhelpingus“real-ize”thevisionofan
animalshelterinourcommunity.Andwhatawonderful
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Giving Shelter
or27years,GVAWLhasrescuedandplaced3,400+
ofourValley’shomelesscompanionanimals.
GVAWLhasbeenconductingacapitalcampaign
forovertenyearsofthat27.Ourcommunitycouldnot
waitforashelteranylongerwhileGVAWLraisedthelast
$45,000,soGunnisonCountyco-signedaconstruction
loan.Phase1isnowcompleted.Phase2hasa head
start. GVAWLhasalreadypaidforarchitecturaldesign
andengineering,andtheinfrastructureforPhase2was
completedalongwithPhase1.Thedesignallowsfor
Phase2tobeadjoinedinthemostcost-effectivewayto
Phase1.
We ask you to be a part of the Big Finish of Phase 1
Please use the enclosed envelope. A donation of $1,000 or more earns your name a place
on our Shelter’s permanent recognition piece. We are grateful for YOuR help.
We are also gratefully accepting:
• Funds for part-time Shelter Manager
• Pea-sizedgravelforoutsidedogexercisearea
• Neworslightlyused
• Dishwasherwithsanitizercycle
• Washingmachine
• Dryer–electric
• RefrigeratorDONATED
• Landscapingtrees–
youcanpurchasetheminhonorofapet
• Landscapingpavers/poles,anyquantity
• Computer–new
• Printer/copier/scanner/fax
• Landlinephonewithremotehandset
• I-Padorotherbrandnotebook
• RequiredCatIsolationUnitDONATED
TellurideAnimalFoundation
• 1yearinternetservice
• 1yearland-linephoneservice
• Computerservice
• Paintingservices(forcabinetsandoutsidedog
exercisearea)
• Carpentryservice(odds-and-endswork)
Email Sandy at gvawl.org if you would like to donate or purchase items or services!
Thank you!
2013 DONOrS
Anderson, Karen (Econo-Pak)
Daughn, Heidi
Archey, Karen & Forest Frost
DeGrenier, Patricia
Archuleta, Vikki & Don
Dean, James
Arnett, Michelle
Dlugasch, Carole and David
Austin, Gay
Dunkley, Lisa
Auto Corral, Julie Landry
Ellis, Mary Jane
Baetge, Beverly
Fischer, John
Bain, Laurel
Fonken, Joellen
Baril, Jim & Bonnie
Foster, Peg
Bartleson, Bruce & Dierdre
Fotescu
Franzese, Yvonne
Benell, Bob & Avalon
Fullmer’s Ace Hardware
Bennett, Thomas & Carla
Gaddis, Susan
Biggs, Adelaide
Gailey, Kimberly
TAF
Blackwood, Linda, Selina and
Marlita
Gallant, Bruce & Carole
WerecentlyconnectedwiththeTelluride
AnimalFoundation,whosemissionistoreduce
thenumberofhomelesspets.Their$1,500
donationtopurchasethecatisolationunitsand
dogbedsisgreatlyappreciated.
Blitz-Smith, Carol
Gentry, Martha
Borah, Candi
Gore, Chris
Breeding, Barbara
Greenawalt, Clea
Buie, Karla
Greenlee, Carol
Callihan, Mike & Deb
Guerrieri, Sandy and Burt
Caloger, P.D.
Gunnison Country Collision
Caloger, E.S.
Haase, Charlotte & Craig
Chambliss, Linda & Bill
Haberman, Dianne & Dan
Channell, Hap & Narcissa
Hager, David & Janet
Christian, Pam & Jim
Harriman, Ellen
City Market Cares Program
Haugh, Brian & Cherrie
Coleman, Frank & Kathy
Headlee, James
Coleman, Kate
Holt, Dr. Tim
Coleman, Katherine
Hutchinson, Marjorie
Collins, Marsha & Randy Melton
Jackson, Craig & Alysha
Connaway, Ronda
Jacobson, Donna Rae
Conway, Juliene
Jiganti, Mark & Veronica
Costanzo, Mindy
Jones, Virginia
Coykendall, Suzy
Kalka, Trish
Coykendall, Susan college class
Kaplan, Cynthia & Paul
Cressman, Jan
Karas, Sandra & Richard
Crispin, Lisa & Downing, Robert
Kelley, Janie
Crouse, Linda
Klifman, Nancy
Crowley, Anne
Knowles, Sue & Bill
Cunningham, Karah
Laguens, Ann
Animal Assistance
Foundation
TheAnimalAssistanceFoundationisanongoingsupporteroftheAnimalWelfareLeague,
byofferingfinancialsupportthroughgrants.
Their$50,000capitalgrantwaspivotalin
shelterfundraising.AAF’smissionisto
supportandenhance
thefivefreedoms
forcompanion
animalsinColorado
throughimpactful
andinnovative
grantmaking.
City Market Community
rewards
WethankCityMarketfordonatingto
GVAWLthroughoursupporterswhousetheir
ValueCardswhentheyshopatCityMarket.
Theprogramhaschangedinhowitoperates,
buttheresultsarethesame:fundstohelp
ourValley’shomelessanimals.
Please get in on the new program
by enrolling online at
www.citymarketcommunityrewards.com.
Setupan
accountifyou
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haveone.Go
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Organization
andfollowthe
instructionsto
chooseGVAWL.
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needtodoit
eachDecember,
andthat’sit!
Fuller, Liz
Geiger, William
2013 DONOrS
Lanier, Max
Pickett, Keri
Leckie, Robbie
Pickett, Mr. & Mrs. Fred
Leonard, Lana
Lindsay, Betty
Price, Catherine & Goddard,
Jeremy
Livermore, TL & Lynn Shumann
Raines, Henrietta
Lyons, Lisa
Roberson, Heather & David
Lypp, Mary
Rose, Marsha & Alan
Lyvere, Jane
Schneider, Myrna and Terry
MacAllister Family Trust
Scott, Tammy & John
Macy, Jo Ann & Danek
Bienkowski
Senseman, Jim
Shondeck, Karen & Gary
Magginetti, Diane
Squirrell, Linda
Mark, Sandy
Steele, Jill & Family
Marshall, Helen
Steinbeck, Anne
Martineau, Laura & Tyler
Stewart, Karin
McDermott, Jodie
Stitzer, Coleen
McDermott, Rita and Jim
Stitzer, Donna
McDonald, Larry
Sweitzer, Kim & Richard
McDonald, Loretta & Jim
Szabo, Marianna
McGeehan, Joann & Kevin
Tarr, Mary Anne & John
McManus, Meredith
Tevis, Donner & Morrill Griffith
Meadows, Sammye
Meihaus, Carolyn
Thackaberry, Julia (Corner
Cupboard)
Mendonca, Sharon
Third Bowl Homemade Ice Cream
Meredith, Alyce
Thurmond, Pat & Charles
Miller, Jocelyn
Tindell, Sharon and Kip
Miller, Regina
Town & Country Animal Hospital
Moncrief Foundation, Wm A &
Elizabeth B
Utt, Rebecca
Muckleroy, Patrick
Viles, Chris & Kent
Murphy, Courtenay & Thomas
Virden, Carolyn & Phil
Must, Monni
Vogt, Shelly
Mykol, Michele
Walsh, Eleanor & Michael
Nelson, Drew
Watts, Warren
Nelson, Julee & Douglas
Wiehe, Leslie
Niemeyer, Kristyn (The Book
Worm)
Wilkens, Catherine & Richard
Wills, Joy
Norris, Jill
Witters, Leslie
Ozyp, Beth
Wyman, Susan
Peachey, Nona & Douglas
Yale, Peg & Hal
Perkins, Joan & Phil
Zanga, Michelle (Take 5 Chair
Massage)
Phelps, Debby
Van Renselaar, Lora & Mark Stiger
Gunnison High School Civic Projects
Josh Burkholder
Max Cozadd
Morgan Hamilton
Heather Henry
Abby Jackson
Nicole Martinez
Pascual Ramos
Grants
Animal Assistance Foundation
Colorado Pet Overpopulation License Plate Fund
Gunnison Car Club
Telluride Animal Foundation
Service Contracts
City of Gunnison
Gunnison County
Above and Beyond-ers
Ann Bertschy
David Barton
Hap Channell
Paula Swenson
Joan Hewitt
Nikki Hewitt
Janet Lucas – Paws-Abilities Thrift Store
Event Hosts and Sponsors
Anne Michel – Gunnison Gallery
Firebrand
Fullmer’s Ace Hardware
Gunnison Trails Commission
Gunnison Country Times
Gunnison Arts Center
Gunnison Liquor
Gunnison Real Estate & Rentals
Hair of the Dawg
High Mountain Liquor
Hometown Happenings
Sue MacAllister
Marios
Mochas
Monty’s Auto Parts
Nesbitt & Company
Palisades Restaurant & Saloon
The Clarke Agency
The Shopper
Waggin’ Tails
In Memoriam
Marje Ailes
Anne Crowley
Anne Ash
Peg and Hal Yale
Beth Crispin
Lisa Crispin and Robert Downing
Elaine Crumpton
Elizabeth Fuller
Sandy Hackett
Meredith McManus
Candi Borah
Sharon Mendonca
Susan Gaddis
Barbara Breeding
Beverly Baetge
John and Jane Hoffman
Patricia DeGrenier
Ted Johnson
Town and Country Animal Hospital
Margaret McLeod
Richard and Sandra Karas
Sandy and Burt Guerrieri
Benay Muckleroy
Patrick Muckleroy
Patrick Neary
Hap and Narcissa Channel
Carl Pickett
Lisa Dunkley
William Geiger
Yvonne Franzese
Jan Cressman
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Pickett
Donna Rae Jacobson
Keri Jo Pickett
Juliene Conway
Town & Country Animal Hospital
Deno Piloni
Camille Besse
Gordon Possien
Frank and Kathy Coleman
Scott Ruffe
Camille Besse
Sandy Sangosti
Ann Laguens
Horst Woellner
Town and Country Animal Hospital
In Honor
GVAWL Volunteers
Vikki and Don Archuleta
In honor of many wonderful
[Gunnison] people and
their animals.
Dr. Tim Holt - It’s an
Animal World, Inc.
Camille Besse
Regina Miller
Deb Callihan
Jim and Loretta McDonald
Larry McDonald
Mike Callihan
James Callihan Family
Linda and Bill Chambliss
and Family
Pat Muckleroy and
AJ the cat
Thayer and Shon Cook
Jocelyn Miller
Jim Jeffrey
Anne Crowley
Dan Kagay
Patrick Muckleroy
and AJ the cat
Ann Laguens
Camille Besse
Mary Lypp
Peter Caloger and
E.S. Caloger
Regina Miller
Ann Laguens
[by] Camille Besse
Tom Saiers
Marianna Szabo
Karen Shondeck
Diane Magginetti
Sharon and Kip Tindell
Karla Buie
Cheryl and Greg Zoellick
Karla Buie
Nancy Carlson and her two
sweet border collies,
Buzz and Roxie
Sandra Mark
In Memory and Honor
of Companion Animals
Gay Austin
In memory of dog Fountain
Thomas and Carla Bennett
In memory of dog Chesney
Pam and Jim Christian
In memory of dog Bonnie Bell
Marsha Collins and Randy Melton
In memory of dog Chester
Lisa Dunkley
In memory of dog Scooby, owned by daughter
John Fischer
In memory of dog Dexter
Sandy Guerrieri
In memory of cat Skinny Minnie, owned by Kay Walker
David and Janet Hager
In memory of cats Alara, Nathan, and Smokey
Craig and Charlotte Haase
In memory of cat Tippy
Brian and Cherrie Haugh
In memory of dog Dakota
James Headlee
In memory of dog Peach
Cynthia and Paul Kaplan
In honor of cat Jericho
and in memory
of cats Yarrow,
Snowshoe & Carbon
Enid and Don Larsen
In memory of dog
Sadie owned by
Jerry & Penny Burgess
Sandra Mark
In memory of Rocky
owned by Stacey Mark
Sandra Mark
In memory of Tori,
owned by
Ken and Shirley Blair
Helen Marshall
In honor of dog Katie
Kevin and Joann Smith McGeehan
In memory of rabbit Cynthia
Loretta McDonald
In memory of bunnies Haggis and Thistle,
owned by Mike and Deb Callihan
In memory of dog Buddy owned by Deb
and Mike Callihan
In memory of cat Bandit, owned by Larry
McDonald
Sammye Meadows
In memory of cat Quetzal
Alyce Meredith
In memory of cats Mama Kitty and Heidi
Courtenay and Thomas Murphy
In memory of dogs Puffin, Kenai and Chenik
David and Heather Roberson
In memory of dog Angus and cat Willie
Marsha and Alan Rose
In memory of dog Chug Rose
John and Tammy Scott
In memory of dog Miss Teva
Carol Blitz-Smith
In memory of dog Casey and cat Bonkers
Richard and Kim Sweitzer
In memory of dog Murphy
Julie Thackaberry
In memory of dog Gypsy
Chris Viles
In memory of cat Diego owned by
Nancee & Dave Goodrich
Laurie Weinstein
In memory of cats Rufus and Goodie
Joy Wills
In memory of cats Zeke and Oscar Mayer
Nonprofit Org.
US Postage
PAID
Permit #154
Gunnison, CO
P.O. Box 1834
Gunnison, CO 81230
Your New Animal Shelter
Q:
A:
A:
This is not “Your Grandma’s dog Pound”!
it is a highly specialized building.
Why?
it’s not a residence; it is a public building.
A facility that houses 15 or more animals must meet State and other requirements that
are in place for the well-being of both the animals and the humans who will care for
them. The ventilation system alone rivals that of a hospital!
Other requirements among many:
• Specified minimum amount of space per animal
• Separate dog and cat areas
• Specialty surfaces on floors, walls, and ceilings to allow for disinfecting
• One isolation area for dogs and one for cats, with separate ventilation systems
• High-capacity sewer system, and many, many drains
Grand Opening June 28th
Hours –Timesopentothepublicwillbelimitedbut
consistent,andalwaysbyappointment.
Adoption Fees –Alladoptableanimalsare
spayed/neuteredandarecurrentonvaccinations.
Cat $50
Kitten $75
Dog $100
Puppy $150
HOw TO ADOPT
970.641.1173
Shelter Fees –Ifacompanionanimalofunknown
ownershipcomestotheshelter,afeeof$20/daywillbedue
whenclaimed.
Volunteer and Foster Opportunities –Wewillneedmore
volunteersandfoster-careprovidersthenever.Caringfor
animalsinanycapacityisveryrewarding!
Alladoptableanimalswillappearonourwebsite,Facebook,andpetfinder.
Volunteer/fosterinformationwillappearonourwebsiteandFacebook.
gvawl.org
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