WCDC is a New Network Partner with Best Friends Animal Society

Best Friends Animal Society is an internationally-acclaimed animal welfare organization with central operations based in Kanab, Utah. We share their belief that collaborating with local pet shelters and animal rescue organizations in our community is key to end the killing in America’s shelters. When we work together, we save more lives. Together, we will Save Them All.

Earlier this year, WCDC was successful in applying for and being approved to join Best Friends’ No More Homeless Pets® Network. This network is comprised of 501(c)(3) public charity rescue groups (like us), spay/neuter organizations and shelters actively saving lives and reducing shelter deaths locally. Being a part of the Network gives groups all across the country the chance to work together to Save Them All and provides help for animal shelters and rescue groups. Membership also comes with benefits like the chance to take part in national adoption promotions, as well as discounts and scholarships to educational conferences, and consultations with Best Friends staff.

WCDC is now pleased to be included among the current 1,158 network partners across the U.S. and beyond. See the WCDC Listing on Best Friends’ website as a Network Partner or learn about the requirements to become a network partner.

Past WCDC president Kate Tryhorn did the heavy lifting to complete the application and researched support documents to confirm our status as a 501(c)(3) public charity animal-related organization in good standing with GuideStar’s Charity Check. Also, WCDC met the requirement to demonstrate our commitment to No More Homeless Pets through our mission statement, stated strategic goals and our public-facing information online.

The energy, skill and talent of the staff and volunteers at Best Friends is contagious! Working with them and seeing what they’ve accomplished gives me renewed energy that we are part of something great that can make a difference in the world, one cat at a time. – Lyllian Brietenstein, WCDC volunteer liaison with Best Friends

We now have access to all kinds of educational webinars and Lyllian can share links on subjects of interest to broaden our knowledge base. Our Best Friends coordinator is also helping us promote our special needs cats and is putting us in touch with other groups that are actually in need of adoptable cats.

If you’d like to help us build on our successful programs and grant applications through our new partnership with Best Friends, please send us an email through our website. We can always use talented volunteers to help us Save Them All.

By Aven Wright-McIntosh