COMMUNITY OUTREACH
Next General meeting
Postponed Until
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
9am-11:30am

Lori Charett
Volunteer and Education Coordinator
Montgomery County Animal Care and Adoption Center
Lori Charett is the Volunteer and Education Coordinator at the Montgomery County Animal Care & Adoption Center, a position she has held for four years. Lori also worked as a County Animal Control Officer. Her responsibilities include community outreach, recruitment and training of volunteers, animal behavior evaluations, and adoption consultations.
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As a child, Lori befriended stray dogs, progressing to caring for farm animals at an agricultural school. She worked on dairy and fallow deer farms. Since then Lori has rescued special needs dogs, taught obedience classes, and assisted an Animal Behaviorist. As a career Park Ranger, Lori handled domestic and wild animals. She also practices holistic/energy healing for animals and humans as a Reiki Master. In her spare time, Lori can be found with her husband and three rescue dogs, camping, hiking, or in her Iris garden.
The mission of the Animal Care and Adoption Center is to foster a culture of compassion within the community by being a valuable resource for health services, education, and recreation for animals and their people. The Center is committed to finding a home for every healthy and treatable animal in their care, preventing all forms of cruelty to animals, and providing spay/neuter services and shelter to animals in need.

Community Outreach donations for the Adoption Center
This month's community monetary donations can be donated online, or bring cash/checks to the meeting.
Some items the Center needs are
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Dawn dish soap
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Paper towels
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Scrub brushes
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Hand sanitizer
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Full donation list can be found HERE
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Donation options for "Purricane Season" can be be found on Walmart or Amazon websites. Kitten Wish List can be downloaded HERE.