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SAVE is an acronym which stands for Safeguarding American Values for Everyone.Founded in 1993, the organization's name is an appropriation of the name of the American Family Association and singer Anita Bryant's 'Save Our Children' campaign to overturn a January 1977 Miami-Dade County ordinance that outlawed discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in employment, housing, and public ...
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to preventing animal cruelty.Based in New York City since its inception in 1866, [4] the organization's mission is "to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the United States."
A humane society is a group that aims to stop cruelty to animals.In many countries, the term is used mostly for societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals (SPCA). In the United Kingdom, and historically in the United States, such societies provide waterway rescue, prevention and recovery services, or may give awards for saving human life (e.g., Glasgow Humane Society and Massachusetts ...
One County Commissioner is elected from each of Miami-Dade County's 13 districts to serve a four-year term. Residents choose only from among candidates running in the district in which they live. Commissioners are chosen in non-partisan, single-district elections and can serve two four-year staggered terms, with elections scheduled every two years.
If the humane society is the organization with the most unique donors by July 25, it will be eligible for an additional $5,000 prize. Beaver County Humane Society asking for community support in ...
The Beaver County Humane Society (BCHS) announced that it will be hosting a "Fall in Love" adoption event from Tuesday through Saturday. A friend of the humane society has made all adoptions free ...
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is an American nonprofit organization that focuses on animal welfare and opposes animal-related cruelties of national scope. It uses strategies that are beyond the abilities of local organizations. [ 3 ]
The American Civic Association is an immigration services organization located in Binghamton, New York, that provides community integration services to immigrants and refugees in the Greater Binghamton region. It is unrelated to a former national organization and entity of the same name from the early 20th century.