Spay Fresno and the Gennuso Fund

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Rose Gennuso, truly a forward thinking visionary that we as a community have all benefited from. Her gift continues to have ongoing effects that others should look to for inspiration.

Millions of healthy, adoptable cats and dogs are euthanized each year in the U.S. because there are simply are not enough homes for them all…

…we’re working to change that.

The CCSPCA has been leading the way to end overpopulation for decades and always has to share the huge appreciation for those that also understand the solution to the problem as well as doing something about it. Rose Gennuso loved animals and she could see long ago that they needed help from a front end approach…meaning spay and neuter. We can’t possibly love and provide for the extreme amount of animals coming into our community. The CCSPCA has founded programs to “love them before they come” because once they are here, it will be a fight to find them a place to live and live well. A decade ago the Gennuso Spaying & Neutering Trust Fund started helping those that could not afford it get their animals spayed and neutered. Loving animals so much meant that Rose Gennuso wanted to make the solution happen for those that could not do it themselves due to no other means possible. Any community that has reduced euthanasia rates, this is how they have done it. With spay and neuter funding made available to those who may not be able to afford it without assistance. We also appreciate her ripple effect, because of her leadership and vision others have now joined in to halt overpopulation such as the Hope Animal Foundation that, since 2006, also provides low cost spay/neuter services. We appreciate their partnership in carrying out her dream with assisting the “Gennuso” spays and neuters needing to be done. If just one person can provide over 5,500 dog spay/neuters and 3,000 cat spay/neuters just imagine what could be done if many more get involved with the solution. Rose knew her math; she knew that her fund could result in 368,500,000 fewer dogs coming into our community needing homes and 1,260,000,000 fewer cats.

We are saddened to announce that the Gennuso fund has been exhausted. Only the Spay Fresno Fund remains. Please see the guidelines below for Spay Fresno and this will also show how much of a gift Rose Gennuso gave to those in need. The CCSPCA has been the founder in this community’s spay/neuter programs and continues to look for all possibilities and methods available. We provide these programs solely through donations, the Thrift Store, and Spay/Neuter fund-raising events, not with any Government funding. Please help our community become more pet friendly – meaning more pet responsible! Animals have certain needs and requirements to be healthy and to provide properly for them is a part of the responsibility. If you have any questions on the Spay Fresno requirements please call the Education Department.

Here are some things that you can do to help to carry on Rose Gennuso’s legacy and grow it!!

1. Donate to the Spay Fresno Fund.

2. Use your voice to support Government support of spay/neuter funding.

3. Sponsor a spay/neuter for a animal care center animal looking for a home. This is a general fund that can help an animal in need of reducing adoption fees, however individual animals cannot be selected by the public for sponsorship at this time due to possible health issues.

4. Learn the true benefits of spay/neuter for animals and the community.

5. Only bring an animal into your life/home if they come from a animal care center/rescue because they spay/neuter first.

6. Learn more about the true situations for animals in your community including the real solutions.

7. Volunteer at one of our spay/neuter fund-raising events.