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Girl Scout Ava Lamberson and Jessica Hui provided information about their Girl Scout project with Tri Valley Animal Rescue (TVAR). They talked about the 6.5 million animals that enter animal shelters in the US each year and the 3.2 million that are adopted each year. They advised that the goal of NAR is to give animals a second chance and help them find permanent and loving homes. Ava and Jessica advised that TVAR's mission is to "end the unnecessary euthanization of homeless animals" and works with other shelters and rescue groups to provide these animals with socialization, foster homes, medical care, and an opportunity for the second chance. They talked about the lack of awareness regarding the -option .to foster animals and the solution being to increase community awareness about the problems and create a local foster family awareness campaign. Commissioners were provided additional information by Ava and Jessica about the medical benefits to individuals who decide to foster an animal. Vice Chairperson Sedlak thanked Eva and Jessica for their presentation and wished them well with their Girl Scout project. MATTERS BEFORE THE COMMISSION 4. New Commissioner Welcome Mr. Ingram advised that since the commission was welcoming three new commissioners he thought it would be beneficial to learn something about each of them and then have current members of the commissionprovide a little something about themselves and what they. have found interesting being a member of the Human Services Commission. Commissioner Gohil advised that he had trained in family medicine and worked at Kaiser in Fremont. He commented on his experience as a member of the Economic Vitality Committee and. indicated he is looking forward to working with the Human Services Commission. Commissioner Powers stated she has lived in Pleasanton since 1992 and used to work with Commissioner Carlucci at Valley Care Hospital. Commissioner Lem advised that she is finishing her freshman year at Foothill High School and was active on the Volleyball team but has recently decided to pursue other things. Vice Chairperson Sedlak informed everyone that he has been a member of the Human Services Commission for three or four years but has prior experience as a member of the Parks and Recreation and Planning Commissions. He felt the Human Services Commission .was an interesting commission to be a member of because it is fairly low.profile and works as an advisory group to. City Council. Vice Chairperson Sedlak stated that he valued staffs time because they spend much time preparing things for the commission. Human Services Commission May 1, 2019 Page 2