Your gift to our Operating Fund keeps Leech Lake Legacy’s work going every day. Month after month, without fail, the bills come in and need to be paid. The Operating Fund pays bills like utilities, insurance, transport van repairs, maintenance, and fuel, and the salary and payroll taxes for our Program Director.When you give to the Operating Fund, you help us to deliver our programs by removing some of the stress about where the money will come from to pay the next month's bills and allows us to focus on our Placement & Transport, Spay/Neuter, and Wellness programs.

Your gift helps finish our surgery suite so more pets on Leech Lake Reservation can receive safe, low-cost spay/neuter. 🐾With a fully built-out and equipped space, our veterinarians and volunteers can treat more animals close to home—reducing litters, easing preventable suffering, and supporting families who love their pets. Funds from our Babinski Foundation grant did not stretch as far as we planned. Higher-than-exected construction costs and difficulty securing contractors has left our surgery suite uncompleted. While we were able to functionally complete our new building and prepare the old building auditorium space, the surgery suite remains a shell. The Babinski Foundation grant funds left are not sufficient to complete the HVAC, electrical, and plumbing work in the space behind the two doorways in this photo.Every contribution moves us closer to opening the doors of this surgery suite and giving pets the care they deserve. ❤️