The Stone County Humane Society, Inc. (SCHS) is an Arkansas non-profit corporation incorporated on May 3, 1999 and recognized by the IRS as a 50l(c)(3) organization on October 21, 1999.
SCHS is a membership organization whose purpose is promoting the humane treatment of all animals. In furtherance of its purpose, SCHS is empowered and authorized to:
1. Engage in public education on the humane treatment of animals.
2. Establish a subsidized spay/neuter program.
3. Provide a temporary refuge for lost, abandoned or unwanted animals and to attempt to place those animals in adoptive homes.
4. Raise funds in furtherance of its purpose by membership, fees, gifts, donations, grants, endowments and other means permitted by law for similiar corporations.
SCHS carries on its functions through regular monthly meetings of its members and its duly elected President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. Three Directors serving staggered terms constitute the Board of Directors of the organization.
