Covenant Creatures

This program was born through a personal “genesis” of its founder, Leanne Johnson. In 2006 during a time of consideration regarding my effectiveness in my community, I began pondering how to better touch the lives of those around me. As a local pastor, I felt the need to better serve in the physical aspects of spirituality. During a time of prayer and meditation to consider this, the question surfaced: “What is it that I love and enjoy doing?” Animals have always been close to my heart and soul. I knew immediately that this was the direction of my new “genesis”. We [myself and a handful of others who embraced the vision] initially began service by taking grocery bags of food, collars, leashes and a medical kit to a parking lot downtown where another local group provided for the needs of the people. This transformed to a 12’ utility trailer stocked with supplies. In 2008 some local veterinarians and vet techs came on board and we continued all three aspects of the program, but were able to “round out” our weekly outreach to better address the medical needs of pets. February 2010 saw the creation of the “Companion Care Center”: a downtown garage site which opens once a week to offer provisions and services to pets. Depending on a number of factors, the dream of a much larger facility may start to take shape by 2012.