Causes: Animal-Related, Animals, Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations, Education, Human Services

Mission: We adopt elder/special needs animals into our farm, providing forever care and hospice when needed. We have been doing this since 2004 and in 2017 became a 501[c][3] in mid coast Maine. We also share our animals with elderly/special needs creatures and will have programs for individuals to provide communing time with animals for healing and comfort.

Results: See animal healing visits with eldershttp://www. katherinedunn. us/animal-visits

Target demographics: adopt elderly/special needs creatures, provide a forever home/and hospice care if needed. We also share our animals with elderly/special needs people for mutual healing and joy.

Direct beneficiaries per year: a network of 7 eldercare homes, 30 animals

Geographic areas served: Mid Coast Maine and New England

Programs: elder animal adoptions into our farm, an elder cat suite to adopt elder cats out of the shelter, animal therapy visits to eldercare facilities, we bring elder people to the farm for therapy visits