Rural animal shelters are full of fairy tale endings waiting to happen.
Discover the greatness of rural animal shelters and shelter pets everywhere.
Every animal shelter is great. Each one has the goal of helping save homeless dogs and cats and find them loving homes.
Rural animal shelters' greatness is in that of the people working there.
These people are heroes with the impossible task of saving and caring for homeless pets with little to no funds, staff, proper facilities or support to make it happen. And yet they do. They perform miracles every day.
The problems rural animal shelters overcome daily.
Urban animal shelters face challenges even in the most well-resourced regions. Urban shelters see higher adoption rates, more significant resources, and more opportunities to be part of a network of like-minded organizations.
Rural America is different. It is as diverse as it is big. The communities and people in rural America span socioeconomic classes and lack services found in urban areas. This lack of services extends to animals too.
So you can imagine that rural animal shelters struggle daily with the difficulties of savings pets and staying open. Often, rural animal shelters are county-run and provide a minimal budget to cover operational costs like food and medical treatments, but nothing more. And if they aren't county-run, then it's a small organization doing everything possible to make it another day.
▷ Rural animal shelters often don't have basic shelter resources like flea treatments or preventatives, dewormers, toys, treats, or bedding. As a result, these shelters run on nothing besides the absolute necessities.
▷ Rural animal shelters don't have the volunteer networks often seen in urban animal shelters. As a result, these shelters may only have a handful of people running about cleaning and feeding, with minimal time for interaction with the animals.
▷ Rural animal shelters are often at capacity with low adoption rates. More rural shelters use euthanasia to help with space. As a result, very adoptable homeless dogs and cats are dying simply because there isn't enough room for them.
So many rural animal shelters struggle to make enough money to stay afloat. They are full of dogs and cats needing medical treatment or dog training. And are always short on volunteers and adopters.
Yet, despite these problems, the workers come back and perform miracles every day.
On A Mission KC will bring hope and help to rural animal shelters and their homeless pets.
Since 2016 and the launch of Mission Driven Goods, Scott Poore has contributed to the rescue of countless almost-forgotten shelter dogs. Now, with On A Mission KC, his rescue work will continue and expand on a larger scale to rural communities.
On A Mission KC exists to bring awareness to rural animal shelters, teach them sustainability practices, promote long-term shelter pets, and see them thrive in their community. The goal is to help renovate rural animal shelters from the inside out. It's our mission to work with rural shelters to ensure that shelter pets get the best possible care and that the shelter can run successfully.
How do we do it?
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Our goal is to create a network of organizations that can collaborate to help each other with resources, adoptions, and support.
Through this network, we hope that rural shelters can share resources, transfer shelter pets, and share ideas or tips for optimizing their operations.
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Our goal is to have a support team work with the shelter to ensure that the animals get the best possible care and the shelter can run successfully.
This team would include: an accountant, a donor expert, a marketing specialist, a dog trainer, a vet, and trained HVAC technicians, electricians, and plumbers.
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When we visit a rural animal shelter, we aim to renovate them from the inside out. This will look different for each shelter, but no matter what each project looks like, it will take time and money.
Through our fundraising shelter campaigns, we desire to leave the animal shelter with its wishlist of needs checked off.
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One-time shelter campaigns are always helpful to rural animal shelters. But more importantly, we want to ensure they can stay sustainable when the special projects are complete.
By teaching them practical ways to be sustainable as a rural animal shelter, we hope to see them thrive and be able to pay it forward.
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The heart of our mission is always about the animals. Promoting long-term shelter pets to find them loving homes is Scott’s specialty.
Rural animal shelters have less foot traffic, but with Scott's help, the goal is to promote long-term shelter pets to a larger audience and find them loving homes.
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Dreams are what create businesses, organizations, and run countries. So as we work with rural animal shelters, we plan on dreaming and growing. We are excited to accomplish great things and bring hope to rural animal shelters and the homeless pets in their care.
Dreaming about the future and how we can save the world never ends.
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“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” - Margaret Mead
Join our mission. Be part of changing the world for rural animal shelters, saving homeless pets in their community.