Before losing his fight with cancer a few months ago, my uncle Steve spent many years adopting dogs from and fostering dogs for the Nevada Humane Society in Reno, NV. Steve’s obituary mentioned that he often took the shelter dogs that no one else wanted or could handle. Like hundreds of other NHS volunteers, Steve was proud to be associated with one of the country’s most effective and compassionate animal shelters.
NHS began its metamorphosis in 2007 when its Board of Directors hired Bonney Brown as its full-time Executive Director. In an online interview posted on the Maddies Fund website, Brown describes the process of transforming NHS.
Her success should serve as an inspiration and a model for AWLA.
