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Their mission is to care for unwanted dogs until they can be placed in a loving home.

The Philadelphia Zoo, America's first zoo, is dedicated to its mission of conservation, science, education, and recreation. The core purpose is to advance discovery, understanding, and stewardship of the natural world through compelling exhibition and interpretation of living animals and plants. As an educational and recreational resource, the Zoo serves over 1.2 million people every year. It also provides special educational programs for over 560,000 children, teachers, and other adults. With the Zoo's broad reach and diverse constituency, the Zoo's mix of visitors mirrors the diversity of the local community.

Welcome to Wild Spirit Rescue, a 501c(3) nonprofit horse rescue, that is working hard to save and help as many horses as possible. There are many horse who are neglected, unloved, and facing slaughter and who are looking to people to give them a second chance and fight for them. Wild Spirit is here to speak up for them and help them by giving these horses a second chance at a happy life full of love.  Horses have so much to offer than just being horses: they are healers and natural teachers, who can help us in our everyday lives.  

The primary work of Sanctuaries of the Earth Mother (SOTEM) is to develop a healthier, more peaceful and sustainable legacy to pass on to our children and our children's children to the seventh generation. The Earth is the primary Sanctuary teacher - providing environmental and spiritual grounding. Based on the principles drawn from ancient wisdom and modern, sustainable science, the Sanctuaries will work to transform individuals and organizations to highly motivated, environmentally and culturally aware and sensitive people. SOTEM already functions in the virtual realm, with thousands of supporters and participants around the globe. Now it seeks to add the concrete, physical realm in the form of campuses around the globe.

CORRAL pairs at-risk girls with rescued horses to promote healing, transformational growth and ultimately, lasting life-change. The CORRAL Riding Academy is a youth-serving nonprofit operating out of Cary, North Carolina. This program’s mission pairs at-risk girls between the ages of eleven and eighteen with rescued horses to promote healing, transformational growth, and ultimately, lasting life change. CORRAL is intended as a long-term intervention for the youth, requiring a minimum of one year’s commitment from each participant, and anticipating a four to seven year commitment for each student with reapplication every year. The intention of CORRAL is to shepherd youth through their difficult teenage years and into college. The structure of CORRAL is based on five components: horseback riding, vocational training, tutoring, equine-assisted psychotherapy (EAP), and mentorship. These components are designed to allow participants to gain equine knowledge and skills, and also develop the behaviors, attitudes, and skills necessary for success in life beyond horses. CORRAL accepts participants from referring agencies within the community including Human Services, local law enforcement, Juvenile Justice, Teen Court, school teachers and administrators, and other sources. Candidates are selected through an application and interview process. This process measures and compares level of risk and level of commitment with the end goal being that selected participants will demonstrate both a high level or risk and a high level of commitment.

Rescue Village is an animal welfare agency located in Geauga County, Ohio—but we are so much more than a shelter. We are teachers, providing Humane Education programs to people of all ages across Northeast Ohio. We are students, learning about our community and your needs, and constantly upping our game. We are caregivers, delivering the highest-quality veterinary care to our animals, as well as spay and neuter services for stray and outside owned animals. We are a leader, serving as a model for other animal shelters across the United States. We are a connector, bringing together organizations, businesses, and individuals within our community to work toward our shared vision of a more humane world. The mission is to act on behalf of animals and inspire people to build a more humane community.