Humane Borders Quick Facts

Headquarters: House of Neighborly Service, Building #5, Tucson, AZ

Leadership:

Professional Staff
- Executive Director: Juanita Molina
- Operations Manager: Pablo Peregrina
Board of Directors
- President: Felipe Lundin
- Vice President: Mark Townley
- Treasurer: Gary Wolfe
- Secretary / Washington Representative: Dinah Bear
- External Relations: Rev. Randy Mayer
- Phoenix Coordinator: Rev. Liana Rowe
- Education: Paula Mich
- Research: Dr. John F. Chamblee
- At Large: Idelfonso “Poncho” Chavez
- At Large: Karl Tucker
- At Large: Albert Elias
- At Large: Rev. Edward Bonneau
- At Large: Pastor Brian Schlemmer
- At Large: Bob Feinman

Volunteers: 10,000.

Drivers: 65.

Water station servicing trips: 70 trips per month May through September. 30 trips per month October through April.

Legal, permitted water station locations: Public land in Pima County, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, Ironwood Forest National Monument. Private land in Cochise and Pima counties.

Budget: $106,628 (2003) $108,850 (2004) $155,771 (2005) $205,000 (2006) $189,780 (2007) $154,000 (2008)

Funding sources: Pima County Board of Supervisors, Disciples of Christ, United Church of Christ, Presbyterian Church USA, United Methodist Church, corporate sponsors (AmeriMex, Radio Unica, Univision), in-kind contributions, individual donations.

Big Dipper logo: Incorporates the "drinking gourd" from the slavery abolitionist movement and water pouring from the dipper to symbolize Humane Borders' humanitarian assistance.

Major media coverage: Washington Post, New York Times, L. A. Times, Arizona Republic, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Dallas Morning News, Associated Press, The Yomiuri Shimbun NY, Manchester Guardian England, Time Magazine, People, Magazine, MSNBC Special Report, CNN, NBC Nightly News, Jim Lehrer News Hour, O'Reilly Factor, MSNBC Buchanan and Press, MSNBC Dan Abrams Report, Fox News from the Heartland, Telemundo, Univision, ABC Prime Time, 2 France Television, BBC, Television Espanola, TV Sweden, SAT 1 German TV, Italian National Television, NPR Washington, Radio Unica.

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