Friends and Family,

I need your help! I am raising money to assist the Lawrence Humane Society in building a new shelter for the animals in our community. As you may or may not know, we have two dogs and a cat (we recently lost one) that have come into our lives through either a shelter adoption or a "rescue". They are the most amazing pets and they do so much to make our house a home. I could go on and on about the benefits of pets in a household, but this note is about the critical need for a new building. Recently, when searching for a new addition to our pet family, my family and I visited several shelters around the state of Kansas and realized how poor the current condition of our local Lawrence Humane Society is. The staff there is amazing, but they are held back by the archaic facility. We will all benefit from a proper facility to care for these animals ... saving lives, reducing the number of homeless pets on the streets, strengthening the bond between pets and their people through education. We are getting so close to our goal of making the new shelter a reality. Would you consider making a donation or joining me as a fundraiser to help build a new shelter #For Them? Any amount would be truly appreciated.

Every pet deserves a happy, healthy life. For more than 3,800 lost and homeless animals in our community each year, that chance begins at the Lawrence Humane Society.

The Lawrence Humane Society is a critically-needed local resource for Douglas County and Lawrence, but is being held back by limitations of an aging, inadequate, and failing facility that is long overdue for replacement. By building a new, state-of-the-art shelter facility, the benefits to both pets and people are clear: more lives will be saved; the number of homeless and abandoned animals will be reduced; and most importantly, families will be strengthened -- by having the space to find the right home for every pet, and by helping keep pets and people together for the long-haul.

We need the community's help to make this project a reality.

Whether you can chip in $5 or $5,000, every dollar will make a difference to the thousands of animals that will receive care, life-saving medical treatment, and love in our new facility. Donate now or become a fundraiser to help us reach our $7.5 million fundraising goal by the end of 2017.

Want to make a bigger impact? Set up a personal fundraising page of your own and get involved ... for them! Click here for personal page setup instructions!

Learn more about the FOR THEM Capital Campaign by clicking here.