Current AAF News
Katie Parker joins AAF as Program Director
AAF is excited to announce that Katie Parker has joined the team as Program Director. Katie will be in charge of managing the grant process, interfacing with our grant applicants, and helping to develop some new and exciting funding programs. Katie has extensive experience in animal welfare through out Colorado and most recently worked with the Department of Agriculture as a PACFA inspector. You can contact Katie at kparker@aaf-fd.org. Welcome Katie!
AAF offices have moved
We have moved! Animal Assistance Foundation has moved it's office to:
405 Urban St, Suite 340 Lakewood, CO 80228
Our phone number remains the same.
Roger Haston appointed Executive Director of the Animal Assistance Foundation
Roger Haston, MBA, PhD, joins AAF as Executive Director, bringing wide-ranging management skills and experience to animal philanthropy. Originally from the private sector in senior management roles, Dr. Haston has developed several successful businesses and managed capital investments. He also brings broad non-profit experience, having served on Colorado animal welfare organization boards and in consulting roles for over ten years. During that period, he used his expertise to provide coaching, financial, and operational guidance for those organizations. Dr. Haston will assume responsibility immediately following the retirement of David Gies who led the foundation for the past fourteen years.
Seeking a Grant from AAF
The Animal Assistance Foundation, Denver Colorado, makes grants in the spring and a second cycle in the fall. The 2012 priorities are for projects increasing spay/neuter services, animal shelter optimization (including equine), new ideas or innovations in animal welfare and prevention of animal cruelty. To apply for the September 28, 2012 deadline, send an email of your intent describing your project and amount to info@aaf-fd.org. Also, check out the link in the adjoining section for further information.
Adopt A Shelter Pet License Plate Grant Opportunities!
Purchase the Adopt a Shelter Pet plate at your local Division of Motor Vehicles office or through your County Clerk office starting January 3, 2011. Simply visit either office and request the Adopt a Shelter Pet license plate.
Adopt a Shelter Pet plates may be purchased at any time during the year. You will receive credit for the time remaining between the purchase date and your annual license plate renewal date; that money will be applied to the new purchase. You may also purchase an Adopt a Shelter Pet plate upon annual renewal of your regular plates.
Costs to purchase the plate include a $50 fee for a Group Special Use License Plate, a $30 Donation to the Colorado Pet Overpopulation Fund for the benefit of the Adopt a Shelter Pet license plate program, plus customary license plate renewal fees.
Please note, the Licence Plate can not be obtained through the Colorado Pet Overpopulation Fund. Please visit your local Division of Motor Vehicles for a copy.
New Grant Cycle - Applications Due by September 30th, 2011
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The Animal Assistance Foundation launched it's model state program to make Colorado the Model State for animals to live with people. To invest our resources most effectively and to have the greatest impact on animal welfare in Colorado, AAF has identified priorities to provide grants to organizations for spay/neuter and to optimize shelter operations. Applications for this cycle will be due by September 30, 2011. Please refer to the "Grants" section of our website for further application information.
NEW TOOL TO HELP TO RETURN LOST PETS TO THEIR FAMILY
The American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) of Lakewood, CO has developed a unique tool to help finders of lost pets to locate the animal’s family. Their database will search all the microchip databases and find the most current database entry. It will provide the phone number of that database which will then be able to give you the contact information for the family.
Click on the picture of the tag to the upper right, or go to www.petmicrochiplookup.org; enter the microchip ID number and the results will display the most recent information for the animal from the AAHA Universal Microchip Database.
In order to determine if a found pet has a microchip, take the pet to the nearest veterinarian or animal shelter. They will be able to scan for a microchip with a universal scanner which reads all brands and frequencies of microchip.
Thank you for helping to reunite pets and their families.