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What is Rotary? Rotary is a global network of 1.2 million neighbors, friends, leaders, and problem-solvers who see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change – across the globe, in our communities, and in ourselves. Rotary was founded as a networking organization for top business leaders in Chicago, Illinois more than 110 years ago and is the world’s oldest service organization. Currently more than 33,000 Rotary clubs are in action in over 200 countries. Rotary clubs use their passion, energy, and intelligence to take action on sustainable projects. From literacy and peace to water and health, we are always working to better our world, and we stay committed to the end.
The Phoenix West Rotary Club is an organization of business leaders, professionals and retirees. Having found success in our own lives and businesses, we come together to find ways of giving back to our communities on local, national and international levels. It is also important to us that we continue to educate and better ourselves by listening to and meeting with great speakers, educators, non-profit organizations, elected officials and business leaders.
HARTT, Inc. (Humane Animal Rescue and Trapping Team) is a volunteer-based Arizona nonprofit organization that humanely captures lost family pets, homeless dogs, and homeless cats who are severely injured. Typically, these animals cannot easily be leashed, picked up or captured through ordinary means. Bringing these animals to safety often requires extraordinary patience, specialized strategy, skill and equipment, as well as time and resources.
Our volunteers do this work because we have a passion for saving at-risk animals. We work on these cases after our normal work hours, when we are not caring for our own families, and often in lieu of more “relaxing” activities. We also train and network with other humane trappers in other counties within Arizona. Because of our organization’s specialized experience, we have even consulted on cases across the United States and as far away as Canada, Singapore and Poland.
Our organization is different from other rescue groups; most focus on adoptions, and they don’t perform field rescue. We focus on field rescue of animals who are not already safely contained; our primary focus is getting them to safety. HARTT is supported primarily by donations from the public; we have no government contracts and receive no government funds.