It is our responsibility to provide food, shelter, socialization, humane care and Veterinary treatment for abandoned and relinquished, adoptable animals until a permanent, loving home can be found. It is our mission to ensure all animals are spayed or neutered before adoption.
To optimize an irreplaceable regional center for cultural, education and social activities through programming excellence, fiscal stability, strong community partnerships and committed volunteers.
To provide no-kill solutions to reduce the number of homeless cats and dogs in Alpena County through education, rehabilitation, and re-homing with the support and cooperation of our community.
To enrich community life through the arts.
To inspire and enrich lives through the arts.
To bring together the world’s finest musicians to offer extraordinary musical performances and experiences. We celebrate, preserve and advance the intimate musical dialogue that is unique to chamber music through performance and education, enhancing the cultural environment of the Great Lakes Region for generations to come.
To bring our audience the latest and best cinematic offerings at affordable prices, as well as enrich the community culturally and economically by providing a gathering place and source of pride and excitement now and for future generations.
To rescue, rehabilitate, retrain and re-home at risk equines (horses, ponies, donkeys and mules).
To assist the community by providing a means to place unwanted healthy, adoptable pets in good family environments and to make the public aware of such animal issues as care, welfare, and the hazards of overpopulation.
To build self-reliance, food security and justice in Detroit’s Black community by influencing public policy, engaging in urban agriculture, promoting healthy eating, encouraging cooperative buying and directing youth towards careers in food-related fields.