Pricey Loved Supporters of Animal Position,
I’m excited to proportion some important information from our liked sanctuary. After a rewarding 35-year tenure because the Government Director of Animal Position, a brand new bankruptcy unfolds for me. I’m transitioning to the function of Board President! This alteration isn’t a farewell; relatively, it’s a chance for me to have interaction in our shared project from a recent standpoint. I’m desperate to embody this function, which guarantees to stay me in detail attached to our reason and, joyfully, lets in for much more time with our liked rescued animals.
Residing only a stone’s throw clear of the sanctuary, I stay on the center of our day by day actions. You’ll ceaselessly to find me in my happiest moments amidst the flock of chickens and our playful piglets.
Reflecting on our shared adventure fills me with profound gratitude. It used to be my deep-seated hobby for animal rights and advocating for a vegan way of life that sparked the start of Animal Position in 1989. Your steadfast toughen and trust in our imaginative and prescient were pivotal in nurturing this sanctuary right into a shelter and a beacon of advocacy for farmed animals.
The milestones we’ve completed in combination are not anything wanting abnormal. My center swells with pleasure, similar to our pigs’ troughs at mealtime, as I recount our collective accomplishments. Your unwavering toughen has fueled our endeavors: making a sprawling 600-acre sanctuary, rescuing over 30,000 hens from egg farms, influencing animal shelters to embody vegan insurance policies at their occasions, orchestrating farmed animal meetings, organising the pioneering Museum of Animal Farming, generating groundbreaking motion pictures for PBS, and saving hundreds of farmed animals and canine over 3 and a part a long time. Those are however a couple of of our shared triumphs.
As I step into this new function, my center is brimming with gratitude for each and every of you. Your willpower and fervour for the welfare of farmed animals were the motive force in the back of our successes. I’m invigorated by means of the possibility of constant this abnormal adventure with you, united in our compassion and advocacy for all animals.
Jess Carroll can be moving into the function of Government Director. I’ve each self belief that below Jess’s management, Animal Position will proceed to make impactful strides in our reason.
And, earlier than signing off, I might be remiss with out acknowledging 3 exceptional workers who’ve patiently labored by means of my aspect for a mix of 44 years – Marji Seashore, Estelle Barber, and Hannah Beins. This paintings wouldn’t have been conceivable with out them.
With heartfelt thank you and keen anticipation for the long run,
Kim Sturla
President / Cofounder
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Pricey Animal Position Supporters,
I’m extremely joyful to proceed development this implausible group Kim began! My animal rights adventure started 20 years in the past after seeing a documentary in regards to the intelligence and sentience of farmed animals. Like the general public, I grew up an omnivore and hadn’t made the relationship between what used to be on my plate and those that needed to undergo for it to get there. After finding out in regards to the lives of animals on farms, I went vegan and devoted my lifestyles to talking for the ones whose voices are stored hidden.
My occupation began in animal rights non-profits, from cleansing barns to advocating for legislative alternate and grassroots schooling. My need to lend a hand animals led me to pursue an MBA, the place I won a holistic working out of organizational control. Upon graduating, I spent a number of years in meals tech, operating to take away animals from our meals gadget. I’ve come complete circle, returning to my roots advocating for animal rights.
I can’t wait to attach additional with you and paintings in opposition to our collective imaginative and prescient to make the arena a kinder position for animals. As Kim has at all times stated, with out you, there is not any us. Our supporters are the root that propels our paintings to lend a hand animals ahead.
In 2024, our staff has many huge targets! We plan to reopen to the general public in a large means: providing excursions each weekend, per 30 days volunteer paintings events, occasions all the way through the yr, and opening our visitor area. We will be able to building up our instructional and advocacy efforts by means of re-launching an intern program, proceeding our compassion campaigns, and rising our Meals For Concept program. In spite of everything, we can proceed our paintings rescuing animals whilst specializing in enrichment and top quality handle all those that name the sanctuary house.
Thanks for the nice and cozy welcome, and I sit up for embarking in this thrilling adventure with all of you.
With compassion,
Jess Carroll
Government Director