Heart of Missouri United Way and the Joplin Humane Society.
About the Heart of Missouri United Way
United way is about advancing the common good. By working together, we can create opportunities for every person in our community to reach their full potential. In the Heart of Missouri, we are doing that by focusing on three building blocks for a good life:
About the Heart of Missouri United Way
United way is about advancing the common good. By working together, we can create opportunities for every person in our community to reach their full potential. In the Heart of Missouri, we are doing that by focusing on three building blocks for a good life:
Successful children, youth and families.
Access to Health care and Financial stability resources.
Independent and productive seniors.
Our ultimate goal is not only to treat immediate needs in these three areas, but to create long-lasting changes that prevent problems for our community from happening.
Underneath it all, this isn't just good for the people United Way helps. It is good for you, for your family and neighbors, your employees and your community as a whole. Because when children succeed in school, when hungry people are healthy and fed, when seniors can support themselves and give back to the community, we all win.
The Humane Society of the United States is the nation's largest and most effective animal protection organization—backed by 11 million Americans, or one in every 28. Established in 1954, The HSUS seeks a humane and sustainable world for all animals—a world that will also benefit people. We are America's mainstream force against cruelty, exploitation and neglect, as well as the most trusted voice extolling the human-animal bond.
Our mission statement: Celebrating Animals, Confronting Cruelty.
We work to reduce suffering and to create meaningful social change for animals by advocating for sensible public policies, investigating cruelty and working to enforce existing laws, educating the public about animal issues, joining with corporations on behalf of animal-friendly policies, and conducting hands-on programs that make ours a more humane world. We are the lead disaster relief agency for animals, and we provide direct care for thousands of animals at our sanctuaries and rescue facilities, wildlife rehabilitation centers, and mobile veterinary clinics.
We celebrate pets, as well as wildlife and habitat protection. We are the nation's most important advocate for local humane societies, providing shelter standards and evaluations, training programs, a national advertising campaign to promote pet adoption, direct support, and national conferences. We operate a Humane Wildlife Services program in the D.C. metro area to provide homeowners and businesses with humane and effective solutions to conflicts with our wild neighbors. The HSUS publishes All Animals, a membership magazine, and Animal Sheltering, a bi-monthly magazine for animal sheltering professionals.
We confront national and global cruelties through major campaigns targeting the barbaric practices of dogfighting and cockfighting; abusive puppy mills where dogs are treated not like family but like production machines; the worst cruelties of factory farming in modern agribusiness such as confinement of animals in crates and cages; inhumane and unsporting hunting practices such as "canned hunts" of captive exotic animals; the slaughter of American horses for export to foreign countries where horsemeat is considered a delicacy; and the clubbing of baby seals and other animals for the commercial fur trade. Our track record of effectiveness has led to meaningful victories for animals in Congress, state legislatures, courtrooms and corporate boardrooms.
