Support for older Colorado pet parents
About us
Financial assistance, emergency support and compassionate care for pets and people in crisis
Our mission
Harley’s Hope Foundation was created in the summer of 2010 following the loss of David and Cynthia Bullock’s dog, Harley, to cancer. The Bullocks, who took Harley through several months of chemotherapy in an effort to save her life, realized that many people don’t have the financial means to do everything they can for their companion animals. They decided to honor Harley’s memory by creating an organization to help pets and their people deal with unexpected hardships – Harley’s Hope Foundation.
Our purpose is to ensure low income older pet parents and their companion or service animals remain together when issues arise. The goal in doing so is to prevent at-risk animals from being surrendered or falling victim to euthanasia for treatable conditions or temporary challenges.
Our vision
Harley’s Hope Foundation was created on the premise that no companion or service animal should suffer needlessly, and that the bond between human and animal should be preserved and protected in the face of life’s challenges. Our foundation’s ambition is to provide a holistic and prevention-based approach to alleviate animal hardship and to establish ourselves as proactive leaders in the welfare of animals and the human lives they impact.
Who we’ve helped
Harley’s Hope Foundation (HHF) tracks the effectiveness of our services via follow up with clients immediately after we’ve assisted and at 6 months post-assistance. We currently have a 95% retention rate, meaning 95% of client animals receiving major services are still alive and in their original homes six months after HHF assisted.
Board of directors
Cynthia Bullock, Founder
President
Jeffrey A. Rosen
Vice President
Annette Barnes
Treasurer
Services coordination
Jennifer McGilton
Services Manager
Emily Keim
Secretary
Cynthia Bullock, Founder
Development & Marketing
Roxanne Green
Director-At-Large
Key volunteers
Taylor Hashimoto
Forster Care Coordinator
Advisory Board
Monica Campos, DVM
Kaydee Donohoo
Newsletter Editor
Jennifer (Fern) Kirk
Volunteer Coordinator
volunteer@harleys-hopefoundation.org
Kimberly Brandon
Media Coordinator
media@harleys-hopefoundation.org
Jennifer McGilton
Services Manager
petcare@harleys-hopefoundation.org
Harley’s story
Harley was a rescue dog who came to us as a foster pet in 2002 following a failed adoption. Her first family had adopted her from a Colorado rescue when she was just eight weeks old, but returned her two years later following their divorce. Harley, a Rottweiler-Heeler mix, had been crated for up to 12 hours a day while her family was at work – not a good situation for a high-energy dog. When David and our older son, Kyle, went to pick her up following her plane ride back from the East Coast, Harley came out of the crate barking and jumping like a wild child.
We brought Harley home and David patiently worked with her in an effort to calm her down and teach her basic manners. He realized right off that Harley was an amazingly smart dog – smart enough to know that she didn’t need to attend adoption fairs when she had already found her new family. To this day we wonder if she acted out at adoption fairs because she truly didn’t like strangers, or because she had made up her mind that we were destined to be together. Harley was in our life for eight wonderful years before we received the devastating diagnosis of hemangiosarcoma. We were told Harley had a matter of days to live, but we couldn’t accept her death sentence. Instead, we researched our options and took Harley through chemotherapy at the Veterinary Referral Center of Colorado in Englewood . Three short months later, with no miracle in sight, we said goodbye to our beautiful Harley, but took some small measure of comfort in knowing we had done everything we could.
