Laying the Foundation for Second Chances!
We are thrilled to announce that the HBPets Board of Directors has selected local business, Worx Construction, as our general contractor! Eager to get things moving, members of the HBPets and Worx Construction teams gathered on Monday, March 24, 2025, to break ground for our new animal shelter! Even our good boy, Max, who’s waiting for his forever home, joined the action. The project’s duration is expected to be one year and updates will be shared on our website, social media channels, and in our newsletter. Click here to subscribe to our monthly newsletter. We will never sell your data or spam your inbox.
The new shelter will be a safe and efficient space that will provide animals with room to exercise, proper temperature control and ventilation, lots of natural light, and noise control to reduce stress. Our staff, our volunteers, the community, and most importantly, the animals will all benefit from the new environment. As we navigate this transition, we look forward to a brighter future with a shelter that will provide a safer, more comfortable space for both animals, the people who care for them, and the community. Thank you for being a very important part of this journey with us.
HBPets and Worx Construction Teams Celebrate Historic Groundbreaking Milestone.
Despite the challenges of losing most of our buildings due to unsafe conditions over the last several years, our dedicated staff and volunteers remained committed to providing the best care for the animals who depend on us. Their commitment, kindness, and hard work change lives every day. We are incredibly thankful for their dedication to our mission and the dogs and cats we serve! We cannot wait to welcome you into our new shelter!
We have raised $3,914,800, but we need your help to reach our goal! Together, we will provide safe shelter, love, and medical care to vulnerable pets while building the future of our organization.
Here’s how you can help:
Tiled Tails Tribute
Honor a pet with a custom-carved and painted ceramic tile that will be displayed in the new shelter!
To learn more, please click here.
Naming Opportunities
Leave a lasting impact by sponsoring areas such as a kennel or exam room in the shelter.
To learn more, please view our naming opportunities brochure.
Benefactor's Wall
For a minimum donation of $1,000, your name (or tribute name) will be inscribed on our benefactor’s wall in the lobby.
Online donations can be made here.
Check donations can be mailed to HBPets PO Box 8, McMinnville, OR 97128 (memo: Capital Campaign)
Purchase HBPets Capital Campaign Gear
Show your support for dogs and cats in style with mugs, t-shirts, hoodies, tote bags, and hats are available for purchase here. To help raise funds for the new shelter, please select an item that has “capital campaign” in the description.
Donations
Online donations can be made here.
Check Donations can be mailed to HBPets PO Box 8, McMinnville, OR 97128 (memo: Capital Campaign)
Fosters Needed During Construction!
BUILDING OUR FUTURE
Homeward Bound Pets (HBPets), Oregon’s first no kill animal shelter, was founded in 1975 with the goal of finding homes for all unwanted and abandoned dogs and cats in Yamhill County. Since then, tens of thousands of pets live happier, healthier, and safer lives because of HBPets!
In order for HBPets to continue its critical work for decades to come, we must build a new shelter and office building. We need your help! Together, we can make it happen!
The Need
Unfortunately, our current shelter and office facilities are over 90 years old and are beyond repair. HBPets has spent considerable amounts of its limited resources on building maintenance for nearly 50 years, but repairs are no longer an option.
In March 2022, two of the three catteries were closed because they were unsafe for cats, staff, and volunteers. In 2023, the old buildings were demolished, including a Burn and Learn with McMinnville Fire Department. Temporary buildings are being used until the new facility is built.
The Vision for Our New Facility
A new animal shelter is necessary in order for Homeward Bound Pets to house animals in a healthy, low stress environment. This is especially crucial for animals that come to us needing longer stays and extensive rehabilitation for medical or behavioral reasons.
Our goal is to provide a safe, efficient shelter that provides animals with room to exercise, proper temperature control and ventilation, lots of natural light, noise control, and areas that welcome the public and potential adopters. Our staff, our volunteers, the community, and most importantly the animals will all benefit from having a healthier, safer, and low stress environment.
Naming Opportunities are available for gifts of $20,000 and above. Click HERE for more information!
Benefits Of A New Shelter
The new building will be a permanent home for our organization that doubles the current space, increases efficiency, and enhances the shelter and adoption experience for pets and their future families.
- Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems for temperature control and clean, odor-free and uncontaminated air throughout the animal housing areas
- Floors sloped to individual drains, eliminating trench drains that are difficult to clean and cause cross-contamination
- Double compartments and movable doors, allowing dogs to eliminate away from their beds, food, and water
- A large outdoor dog run providing safe and spacious area or friendly dog play and daily
exercise - Kennels arranged to prevent dogs from seeing each other, thereby reducing barking and stress
- Kennels acoustically designed to absorb
sound - Two isolation kennels for quarantined dogs
- Two bright and spacious indoor “get acquainted” pet adoption areas allowing for private and positive interactions between dogs and potential adopters
- Three free roam catteries with adjustable lighting to create a warm, low-stress atmosphere
- A welcoming lobby for guests; conference and training room, storage rooms, kitchen, and offices for staff and volunteers
- Licensing & Redemption Office easily accessible in the lobby
- Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems for temperature control and clean, odor-free and uncontaminated air throughout the animal housing areas
- Floors sloped to individual drains, eliminating trench drains that are difficult to clean and cause cross-contamination
- Double compartments and movable doors, allowing dogs to eliminate away from their beds, food, and water
- A large outdoor dog run providing safe and spacious area or friendly dog play and daily
exercise - Kennels arranged to prevent dogs from seeing each other, thereby reducing barking and stress
- Kennels acoustically designed to absorb sound
- Two isolation kennels for quarantined dogs
- Two bright and spacious indoor “get acquainted” pet adoption areas allowing for private and positive interactions between dogs and potential adopters
- Three free roam catteries with adjustable lighting to create a warm, low-stress atmosphere
- A welcoming lobby for guests; conference and training room, storage rooms, kitchen, and offices for staff and volunteers
- Licensing & Redemption Office easily accessible in the lobby
The new shelter will mean our animals will be healthier, increasing adoptions and decreasing medical expenses. Maintenance costs will decrease, allowing HBpets to spend more money where it will have the most impact – helping animals! Staff will be happier and volunteer numbers will increase as a result of a cleaner, safer environment.
Our Proposed Budget
HBPets selected a team of professionals, all of whom are dedicated to ensuring the construction is of the best quality with the least life cycle cost, using a value engineering construction approach. Value engineering construction is a calculated, systematic approach to ensuring the necessary functions of the project are created with the lowest cost materials and components, while not effecting the quality of the project.
Building on the site of our current home allows us to save on property costs, but will require us to incur operating expenses in temporary facilities during construction.
Who Is Building Our Future?
The new shelter will be a safe and efficient space that will provide animals with room to exercise, proper temperature control and ventilation, lots of natural light, and noise control to reduce stress. Our staff, our volunteers, the community, and most importantly, the animals will all benefit from the new environment. As we navigate this transition, we look forward to a brighter future with a shelter that will provide a safer, more comfortable space for both animals, the people who care for them, and the community. Thank you for being a very important part of this journey with us.
HBPets and Worx Construction Teams Celebrate Historic Groundbreaking Milestone.
Our Major Donors
Click here to see a list of all our Major Donors!
We Need Your Help!
Please help us reach our goal to build a new shelter and office building. With your support, together we can help save countless dogs and cats that would otherwise be left behind.