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Furever Friends Adoption
Furever Friends, a mall pet adoption center in Winston-Salem, had its grand opening earlier this year. The center features pets from local animal shelters.
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The Chess Master
Dennis Stearns not only runs his own financial services group, he organizes major business and management conferences, sits on the board of several charities, and played on the most successful Pan-American chess team in U.S. history. Now he's turning his skills to helping the homeless pets of his hometown.
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Engaging the Community
Dennis Stearns, Vice President of No More Homeless Pets of the Triad, hosts a forum on recruiting community leaders to the cause and negotiating your way through tricky community politics.
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Want to learn more?
- Community Involvement - Dennis Stearns offers tips on getting your community more involved in the plight of homeless animals.
- For more resources from No More Homeless Pets in the Triad, check out our Resource Library or search our website
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A citizen's group in North Carolina launched an ambitious plan to end the killing of homeless pets in their community. The mission of No More Homeless Pets of the Triad is to end pet overpopulation and animal cruelty by assisting other humane groups, animal shelters and veterinarians in achieving their respective missions, and by forming programs that are not already in place that complement existing initiatives. "Our goal is for every healthy dog and cat to have a loving home." How it all started: After the Columbine massacre, community leaders and volunteers in Greensboro, NC, got together to discuss why this tragedy occured, and what could be done to prevent something similar from happening in the community. One common element identified by investigators in the Columbine shootings was that early animal abuse and crueltly was largely ignored and left unchecked...
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