Lori J. Gray's efforts save Prince William County animal shelter
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Some people talk about rescuing their pets from an animal shelter, but Lori J. Gray has helped rescue an entire shelter along with a pet.
As risk management division chief for Prince William County, Va., Ms. Gray has applied dividends from the county's self-insurance program to pay for facility improvements that reduce liability and workers compensation exposures at the county's animal shelter.
But as a volunteer, she also organized an annual golf tournament for 10 years that raised money for the shelter. The proceeds funded implanting microchips that help reunite lost pets with their owners, air conditioning for run areas where animals are kept and spay/neuter services.
And one of Ms. Gray's two dogs, an 11-year-old English springer spaniel named Comet, came from the shelter. Her other dog is a 7-year-old yellow lab named Daisy.
“That is my passion — animals,” Ms. Gray said.
Using dividends from two insurance pools, animal shelter improvements have included separating the entrance and exit at an intake area to avoid dog bites, an automated pet lift table to help prevent worker strains and sprains, and paving the shelter's parking lot.
“It was the only facility in the county that didn't have a paved parking lot,” raising the potential for slip-and-fall injuries, Ms. Gray said.
The golf tournaments Ms. Gray organized drew from the region's risk management community and county employees.
While she stopped organizing the tournament due to competition from other golf tournaments, her involvement has left the animal shelter far better off.
“It's 100% better,” said Pam Morehead, an administrative support coordinator in the risk management division.
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