Hi All,
My name is Harrison Porter and unlike many of you, work in a bit of a different role in the animal space, in healthcare fundraising. As part of my role, I work in helping raise crucial funds to promote the Human-Animal bond through our animal-assisted therapy program. We have roughly 80 volunteer teams who visit over 50,000 patients a year across our 10 hospitals. I am new to this space as I have taken this on as a tribute project to my dad (who was a vet for 30+ years) who passed back in 2019 and was passionate about animal-assisted intervention.
So I humbly submit my questions to the group, with a white flag, an SOS banner, or even a big "Animal space for dummies" cliffnotes book request.
- How are you fundraising for your programs?
- Do any of you work in pet therapy/animal-assisted therapy space? If so, I would love to connect!
- What kind of funders do you typically work with?
- Any advice in connecting with the heart of animal-welfare supporters?
- Any advice in general to someone new in the space?
Appreciate your insights, learnings, and time in responding.
Be well!
Thank you,
Harrison Porter
Human-Animal Bond Certified & Pet therapy advocate
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Harrison Porter
Director of Development
Orlando Health Foundation
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