Current method: treating a goat in an iso pen. This area will have to be thoroughly cleaned afterwards.

The sanctuary founders' kitchen and foyer is currently used to treat animals

It's a facility that everyone who works here knows is desperately needed.

Currently, sick chickens are treated in the kitchen of the personal residence of the sanctuary founders. Because of the wood floors, towels must be used instead of straw bedding -- creating a LOT of laundry. Rooster patients crowing inside the house makes sleeping for non-roosters difficult. Larger animals like goats and sheep with contagious conditions are treated in isolation areas inside barns, but the degree of isolation has a lot of room for improvement. Additionally, we do not yet have public restrooms and visitors use a porta-potty instead.

Thanks to the generosity of 3 foundations, the initial stages of a brand new building are underway. A total of $95,000 has been awarded, which is enough to get started but not totally complete the building.

This new building will address these needs and more:

• 2 large treatment rooms, with stainless steel medical equipment.
• Climate-controlled pens for sick animals. With a waterproof floor, straw may be used for bedding instead of towels, thus cutting down on energy-wasting laundry.
• Handicap-accessible bathroom for visitors.
• Much-needed office space for workers
• Storage space in the attic.
• "Green" choices like skylights for illumination, radiant heating in the slab, a solar-friendly design for future solar integration. We've had an offer for a possible free wind turbine to help with electric costs.
• A shed roof for sheltering a tractor, which cuts down on rust and extends machinery life.

We've got enough funds to start the foundation -- which is underway -- and the outer shell of the building. But much of the interior work remains unfunded.

YOU CAN HELP (you knew it was coming)with a donation earmarked for the new building.