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FAITHFUL FRIENDS
ANIMAL SOCIETY
165 AIRPORT ROAD, NEW CASTLE, DE 19720 | 302.427.8514 | FAITHFULFRIENDS.US
OUR MISSION
To end the neglect,
abandonment, and
killing of pets in
Delaware; and to enrich
the lives of people by
promoting and providing
compassionate animal-
related welfare
and social services.
Year established: 2000
Number of full-time employees: 51
Number of part-time employees: 40
Annual revenue: $4.8 million
Geographic service area:
Delaware
HOW WE MAKE AN IMPACT
Faithful Friends Animal Society was formed
in 2000 to expose the mass killing of cats
and dogs entering Delaware’s publicly funded
shelters and to show how animal sheltering
could, and should, be done more humanely.
Our advocacy and leadership has vastly
improved outcomes for shelter animals,
saving hundreds of thousands of easily
adoptable, trainable, and treatable pets from
certain death. Committed to our mission,
we continue to advocate for reform, save lives, and reduce pet relinquishment
through our local programs and services including; low-cost veterinary care,
a free pet food bank, Pet Life Line phone number for guidance on pet-related
issues, dog training, support for community cats, pet therapy program, and
more. Our new No-Kill shelter and community veterinary clinic in New Castle
saves lives and promotes the human-animal bond. All animals in our care stay
with us until placed into new, loving homes.
GIVING OPPORTUNITIES
Help us continue our mission with a gift toward General Support or:
Healing Touch Fund special medical fund; Angel for Animals monthly giving,
Legacy planned giving, Event Sponsorship, Workplace Giving, or Capital
Campaign. faithfulfriends.us/donate
Jane Pierantozzi
Executive Director
Bob Wasserbach
Board President
TOP FUNDING SOURCES:
Contributed support: 54%
Program revenue: 42%
Fundraising: 4%
Thanks to your support,
through major policy reforms
we led the no-kill movement
in Delaware.
Today we serve 18,000 pets
and 24,000 people annually.
—Jane Pierantozzi
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Board of Directors, fundraising/event committee, foster care, Pet Life Line,
pet therapy programs, cat caregiver, cat cuddler, dog caregiver, laundry/
dishes, maintenance, administrative support, vaccine clinics, adoption days.
LEADERSHIP
HONORED FOUNDERS:
Ellice McDonald, Jr.
Bill Farrow
SOCIAL MEDIA:
@ffasdelaware
@faithful-friends-animal-society
@ffas_delaware
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Robert Wasserbach, Esq.,
CPA, President
Sharon Struthers,
Vice President
Erin Salamone,
Treasurer
Rebecca Frederick,
Secretary
Heather Farley, MD
Tomas Gordon
Nancy Horisk-Sherr
Saffi ya Jarvis
Jessica Jones, Esq.
Jeanne Mell
Alicia Rodriguez, Esq.
Jennifer Young
BOARD OF ADVISORS:
Sean Bavol-Montgomery
Bonney Brown
Jill Cantera
Gene Delle Donne
Kathy Gallagher
Donna Kinzel
Paul McConnell
Gary Phillips
Craig Prettyman
Ann C. Rose
Laurisa Schutt
Carol A Tavani, MD
Angela Tsionas
Nathan Winograd
Connie Wittig