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Best Adoption Story Award Nominees
Best adoption story about one of your NEW HOPE animals that was adopted at a PACC911 adoption event.  Please include a photo of your Best Adoption Story nominee.

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Treva Slote HOPE Award
Recognizing one of your outstanding volunteers.  We’re looking for someone who exemplifies the hard work and dedication that makes such a difference to the animals.

The Treva Slote Hope Award has been so named to honor and memorialize a local pioneer and legend. Treva Slote paved the way for the compassionate work done today by more than 80 individual rescue organizations and shelters.

Over 50 years ago, arriving in Phoenix as a young woman, Treva realized the need for humane care and treatment for the animals who were injured or abondoned. At that time, any strays were picked up and taken to the county pound, which was then nothing more than a catch and kill facility. There was no concern for the welfare of the animals, but rather a mentality of them as nuisances, with a need to remove them from the streets. There were no laws then to protect them.

Treva changed all that. Her 50 year legacy leaves behind the founding of The Arizona Humane Society, the founding of the AZSPCA, strong programs being utilized at the Animals Benefit Club and the Arizona Animal Welfare League, and legislation protecting animals from cruel and inhumane treatment.

Over ten years ago, Treva alone went to rescua a dog who had been hit by a car in South Phoenix. It was 2am. She found the Dalmation in the street. Two police officers came to assist as she was loading the dog into her vehicle. They were on the side of Broadway Road as a drunk and illegal driver smashed into the back of the car, hitting Treva and the officers. Treva fought for her life for many weeks and lost her leg as a result of the accident. Her first words upon regaining consciousness were, "Did the dog survive?" Sadly, he had not.

Treva's work surely did not end with this tragic event, but instead continued with vigor. She wheeled her chair into many courtrooms to testify against animal cruelty cases and she fought for the animals until she died, earlier in 2007.

It is PACC911's honor to name our award in memory of Treva Slote, as many pioneers of today continue to selflessly work to save and protect the innocent animals in need.

Treva's legacy continues through each of them.