Convergint and Zenitel Americas have installed intercoms and IP speakers at the KC Pet Project facilities as part of Convergint’s 2023 Social Responsibility Day. Convergint’s annual event was launched in 2002 to reinforce the company’s commitment to service and support the local communities where its colleagues live and work. This is the first year that Zenitel Americas has participated in the event.

KC Pet Project

The KC Pet Project is a 501c3, non-profit charitable organization in Kansas City, Missouri, which now has clear communications inside and outside of its facilities for its team that cares for 15,000 animals per year.

For ten years, the KC Pet Project has been building a compassionate, safe community for pets and people. KC Pet Project sees between 40-50 new dogs and cats into its shelter every day and it expects to take in nearly 15,000 pets in need in 2023, with a limited amount of funding. Its lifesaving services, including its Keep ‘Em Together KC programs, support thousands of local families with pets by helping them with veterinary care, supplies, emergency boarding and reclaim fee forgiveness. It also has pet safety initiatives like microchipping, pet identification and more.  

The project

To help the team achieve clear communications, the Convergint and Zenitel Americas teams installed intercoms and IP speakers at the facility’s front and back gates, front entrance, loading dock and animal intake/veterinary hospital entrance.

Zenitel’s IP-CROR cleanroom stations were installed in the facility’s operating suite to help the facility’s veterinary medical team to communicate to staff outside of the room without leaving it (which they previously had to do).

Zenitel’s donated and installed solutions included:

• Six CROR V2 IP stations
• Six ITSV-3 Desktop Video stations
• Three TCIV-3 video door stations
• Two TCIV-2+ video door stations
• Two ELSIR–10 ceiling mount speakers
• One TKIS-2 for use as an Edge server

“I am extremely proud of the new cameras and mass communication technology we have been able to deploy for KC Pet Project. Being a non-profit, it is difficult to find time and resources to dedicate to facility improvements such as this,” said Shawn Murphy, Operations Manager at Convergint KS/MO.

“Teaming with Zenitel, we were able to listen to their unique challenges to design solutions that will provide tremendous value daily. Convergint is committed to giving back to Kansas City for everything that have done by giving us a great place to grow. I hope others can see this as a starting point and help KC Pet Project by volunteering their time or by giving a small donation. Tell them Shawn sent you.”

“A genuine commitment to caring in our local communities, especially animals who need care until they find their ‘forever home’, is at the core of who we are at Zenitel Americas,” said Dan Rothrock, President of Zenitel Americas. “We were proud to join our partner Convergint for its annual Social Responsibility Day and we look forward to working on future social responsibility projects with their team.”