Entering a new era for homeless animals

On its technique to a new house, the Kootenai Humane Society is shedding its outdated moniker and taking up a new title — Companions Animal Center.

The nonprofit introduced the rebrand Thursday. A information launch from Companions Animal Center acknowledged that is a new era for the homeless animals in a new location with a new title that can embody the numerous facets of the nonprofit’s mission.

“The new facility has been below development since November and the anticipated completion date is for the tip of this 12 months,” the discharge states. “Along with the new animal middle comes a new title, one that can convey the aim, relevance and what the mission is all about — caring for our neighborhood’s animals.”

For 43 years, Kootenai Humane Society, now with its new title, has been on the pound-like location on the finish of Ramsey Road in Hayden. It is a nonprofit, no-kill animal shelter that receives no authorities cash, neither is it affiliated with nationwide humane society organizations, which was typically complicated with the earlier title, growth director Vicky Nelson stated.

“Companions Animal Center successfully conveys the message and the aim of what we’re all about,” Nelson stated.

The new emblem, crafted in home, options a canine, cat and rabbit with loving arms round them. This, together with the new title, will accompany the new constructing when it lastly opens.

“We have thought and deliberate and hoped for this for so lengthy,” stated Cindy Edington, president of the Companions Animal Center board of administrators. “If you go to our outdated facility, and also you see how rather more we’ll be capable of do at this new place, it is simply a nice feeling. It’s simply a wow. It’s going to be nice for the workers, nice for the animals, nice for the neighborhood.”

Just greater than $5.5 million has been pledged or obtained for the $8 million capital marketing campaign for the new constructing, which is being constructed on Atlas Road simply north of Hayden Avenue.

In extra information for Companions Animal Center, an nameless, animal-loving donor has stepped ahead to crank up the capital marketing campaign pleasure. The donor has employed Coeur d’Alene promoting company Blue 541 to advertise the new title and emblem whereas producing a greater buzz across the capital marketing campaign.

Visit companionsanimalcenter.org to see the new emblem or to donate to the capital marketing campaign.