Welcome to the Humane Society at Lollypop Farm, serving the people and pets of Monroe County for 133 years. We’re a state-of-the-art facility focusing on quality animal care and humane education.
The Mission: We’re committed to building lifelong bonds between people and animals through education, community outreach programs and the prevention of cruelty.
The Humane Society at Lollypop Farm — Then and Now — 1873-2006
The Letters The natural disasters of this past year have created enormous suffering and displacement of animals in Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas and Florida. Our community has graciously and generously stepped up to the plate and donated thousands of dollars for the relief and comfort of those animals. We are extremely proud of the community efforts in this endeavor. In addition, the community has given support to our own Humane Society at Lollypop Farm by way of financial donations directly or through United Way; supplying our animals with food, bedding and toys, and attendance at events such as the annual golf tournament, Bark and Whine, and the extremely popular Barktoberfest. It would be impossible to function and to deliver the quality programs that are available to the community without your generosity. On behalf of the Board of Directors, I want to personally thank you for your past support, and ask for your continued help in all that we try to accomplish.
Then, in 1873 when the Humane Society of Rochester was born and now, 2005, our community depends on us to lead the way and set the example for kindness, caring, compassion and responsibility toward our pets. In the pages that follow you’ll see these values exemplified through actions. Whether it’s our education program teaching humane values to school children or our law enforcement officers rescuing an abandoned animal or our adoption counselors making lifelong matches, everything we do speaks to our core values and our mission of preventing cruelty, educating, and building bonds between people and their pets. We can only do all of these things because we have a talented, dedicated staff, a caring, generous community and wonderful, hardworking volunteers. We are grateful to all for making Lollypop Farm the place that it is. Best regards, Alice Calabrese Smith President & CEO
Rosemary L. Bergin
Chair, Board of Directors Humane Society at Lollypop Farm
The Humane Society at Lollypop Farm is the third oldest animal welfare organization in New York State, founded in 1873 by citizens concerned about the ill treatment of work animals in the growing Rochester community and along the Erie Canal.