Case Study: Non-Profit Dog Rehabilitation Program
CHEMUNG COUNTY (WENY) - After working in the community for nearly 20 years, a non-profit dog rehabilitation program has announced it's closing down. Since 1999, 936 dogs have single handedly been welcomed into the founder of the Kramer Foundation, Juli Lathrop's home. However, Juli says without proper housing for the dogs, she no longer can keep the program going. She's no longer taking in new dogs and over teh next years will be phasing out theO foundation as current dogs get placed in new homes.
Mike and Melissa Dean says they met Juli Lathrop at a therapy dog visit about five years ago. They then became foster parents, but call them selves failed foster parents. Because they simply couldn't let Lisa or Emmit, there two muts. The two …show more content…
She usually has between 35 and 50 dogs in her house at one time. For the past few years she's been fundraising to be build a facility for the dogs, but has come up around a hundred thousand dollars short. "It seems like coming into the fall there's always that little glimmer of hope so I do another winter with them and then everything falls through in the spring," explains Lathrop.
Since not being able to raise the fund necessary for the new facility, Julie is no longer taking in new dogs and closing the foundation. For someone who's seen the impact first hand, Dan Drake, a Kramer Foundation FOster Parent, wants to do everything he can to keep it going. "I guess, my thing is, is the kids and the parents of the kids and the schools that have seen the changes. There is no way to measure that and if this foundation closes, the impact on this community... it just cant happen," explains Drake.
Despite phasing out the foundation Juli and her supporters aren't giving up hope. In the upcoming weeks, multiple fundraisers will go towards building the new facility for the dogs. On Saturday September 10 there will be a Spagehetti Dinner from 3-7p.m. at the Big Flats American Legion. On teh same day there will also be a motorcyle ride through teh countryside to benefit the Kramer Foundation and Abby's Paws for a a Cause called teh "Ruff Ride." To learn more
Mike and Melissa Dean says they met Juli Lathrop at a therapy dog visit about five years ago. They then became foster parents, but call them selves failed foster parents. Because they simply couldn't let Lisa or Emmit, there two muts. The two …show more content…
She usually has between 35 and 50 dogs in her house at one time. For the past few years she's been fundraising to be build a facility for the dogs, but has come up around a hundred thousand dollars short. "It seems like coming into the fall there's always that little glimmer of hope so I do another winter with them and then everything falls through in the spring," explains Lathrop.
Since not being able to raise the fund necessary for the new facility, Julie is no longer taking in new dogs and closing the foundation. For someone who's seen the impact first hand, Dan Drake, a Kramer Foundation FOster Parent, wants to do everything he can to keep it going. "I guess, my thing is, is the kids and the parents of the kids and the schools that have seen the changes. There is no way to measure that and if this foundation closes, the impact on this community... it just cant happen," explains Drake.
Despite phasing out the foundation Juli and her supporters aren't giving up hope. In the upcoming weeks, multiple fundraisers will go towards building the new facility for the dogs. On Saturday September 10 there will be a Spagehetti Dinner from 3-7p.m. at the Big Flats American Legion. On teh same day there will also be a motorcyle ride through teh countryside to benefit the Kramer Foundation and Abby's Paws for a a Cause called teh "Ruff Ride." To learn more