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Hi all! I work with my local Meals on Wheels pet program, which delivers pet food to seniors receiving meal deliveries. We were given the attached fact sheet recently, and I thought y'all might be interested! See More

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We are looking to cannibalize language for some waivers that have been working well for others. Waiver for volunteers (broad/general - like photographing pets off-site, doing reception at events with See More

Thank you Alison, Shafonda, and Kelly for moderating and posting. Thank you Dana for the informative presentation. I really love the Lowe's idea, for both the element of surprise for humans, and also See More

That is an amazingly good and grounded answer. I think we've all been puzzled about why people often fail to follow the slow introductions instruction and you are absolutely right. You have to choose the See More

Hi Penny! Many of the Canadian nonprofits that I've volunteered for use Better Impact. https://www.betterimpact.com However, I am unsure if it is Canadian owned and operated. Ruby Leslie Engagement See More

Thank you for sharing this. A shame I missed it live, but I am thankful for the recording! ------------------------------ Aslan Parsons Grants Coordinator CARE Humane Society Auburn, AL carehumane.org See More

Well said Carlo, thank you for your kind words. I hope you have a fabulous week! Your signature has intrigued me! I have a deep love for Rabbits and would always love to expand my education on those See More

Carol, thank you, this is a great idea and one I had not fully chased. Auburn is our state's vet school, and a clinical outreach program or a DVM student group is exactly the kind of local, motivated source See More

Rachel, thank you, and it's good to see you here. You nailed the core of it. When a community's own leaders already see the need, you are not selling anything, you are just handing them a way to act on See More

Id appreciate a copy. We're in an area with a vet shortage and a council who could care less. I think you have my email, Thank you ------------------------------ Bre Hoffman (they/m) Special Little Whiskers See More

This is what we came up with ------------------------------ Tanya Kopp Animal Care & Enrichment Specialist III Humane Society of Sarasota County Sarasota, Florida ------------------------------

I've found that recurring donors tend to respond really well when they can connect their gift to something tangible. For something like flooring, I'd lean into the impact it has on the clinic's day-to-day See More

Hello everyone! Our shelter is very interested in using Doobert for our volunteer management. We are only allowed to use a US based company if there is no Canadian equivalent. Does anyone know of anything See More

This message was posted by a user wishing to remain anonymous Hey all! I'm hoping others who work in HVSN clinics can assist me with ideas on how to get recurring donors, and how you're keeping them See More

I got my undergraduate at University of Nebraska Lincoln and then have spent the last several years working with cats at my current shelter. I've spent a significant amount of time doing continuing education See More

They only link to one other study in their blog post that talks about the 72-hour cortisol reduction time frame, every other link goes to a different part of their page with resources the author created See More

This isn't exactly what you're looking for but could be helpful-- One thing that's been shown to significantly reduce adoption returns in multiple studies is for the pet to have spent time in foster See More

This is brilliant. Just a thought here: have you approached your state's vet school? Perhaps the folks in the Clinical Studies Department at Auburn University can work the rabies vaccination days into See More

In a world that seems a bit nutty and with natural disasters affecting so many humans and non-human animals, I just want to say how amazing everyone is for nudging all us beings, bit by bit, into a better See More

Here is one link, and within the article it gives links to studies. To me it's just common sense. Senario. Family gets a dog from a shelter. The dog is there because it was a stray or relinquished. Little See More

This is amazing advice Julie! As an adoption counselor for cats, what I also do is when I want to go over what they should do with their new pe, I bring them out of the cat room and sit them down in our See More

HI Linda, Debunked by who, if you don't mind my asking? I do agree that every animal is different and some may take longer (or not) to acclimate to a new environment. Just curious if there are studies See More

We do send every animal home with an "adoption packet" that includes some information on decompression (we do utilize the generalized 3-3-3 paperwork to give people a place to stand on). It also includes See More

Hey Devon! Love the sense of community and social pieces offered to volunteers, I know I do enjoy hearing experiences from others, gives me ideas and support, never thought of that for our volunteers, See More

Fantastic! It's much easier to get buy-in from a community when it's leaders already see its a need. It's also great to try and start seeding these events in election year. I recommend looking into Bissel's See More

Hey Jeanette! This is beautiful! Thank you so much for your feedback, it's so easy to get caught up in the day-to-day items and not think about those little pieces that can really make someone feel loved, See More

Hey Daniel, I am so sorry to hear you had an experience like that. Volunteers are so valuable to so many organizations and folks working within the organization need to understand that and ensure to See More

Hi Deborah, our biggest concern was taking in an owned animal and all the liability that would go along with that. We would have had to house the owned animal in the same 5200 square foot building as our See More

Most pet surrender begins before the shelter. Everybody in this group knows that. What we have been short on is a way to get a whole county to act on it before the animals show up at intake. We are trying See More

Thanks for sharing. Were your concerns on regulations etc ? It seems daunting to me as well, we are a very small Sanctuary so I am not sure if it's just too big of a change. But we have a good BOD - so See More

We are not a larger organization at all !! I just have "large" ideas and that's what makes me nervous 🤣🤣 If we do pursue , we'd have to grow in staff (we have zero paid employees) , support etc. , See More

I love this idea !!! Best of luck ------------------------------ Deborah Torrice CFO Road To Refuge Animal Sanctuary CT ------------------------------

We're working on starting a thrift store. We're starting online and hopefully get to the point of being in a building. ------------------------------ Bre Hoffman (they/m) Special Little Whiskers Sanctuary See More

I'm not sure I have particularly helpful advice here (I think our shelter does fine, but not paragon-of-volunteer-management well!), but the things that we focus on are: Recruitment: Super low barrier See More

This is honestly what kept me volunteering so long at 1 organization ------------------------------ Bre Hoffman (they/m) Special Little Whiskers Sanctuary Decatur IL SpecialLittleWhiskersKittenRescue.com See More

It's possible your adopters are experiencing cognitive overload at the time of adoption. If you consider how much is happening in just a few hours, including deciding to adopt a pet, visiting the shelter, See More

Great! From what university did you earn your degree? Florida has a great undergraduate degree in Animal Science, and they offer the advanced Masters or Doctoral degrees. ------------------------------ See More

Great question. In our early days as a non-profit rescue, we had thought about creating a for-profit boarding business to help bring in money, but then decided not to go forward because of the work involved See More

What a sad situation for all involved, but especially the kitty. Humans. We are an all cat rescue, and we too go over (and over) slow introductions. And then hope for the best. Luckily, we don't See More

What you are proposing is not unusual in the non-profit arena. YES, definitely seek legal advice on this transaction. You must be a larger organization, which is good because such an endeavor will need See More

I am a behaviorist as well but that rule has not necessarily been debunked it's just been discussed as not a hard set rule but more of a good generalization. We do go over that as well that each animal See More

At our shelter, a government shelter, nothing goes home with a pet except the pet. No instructions, no conversation. I commend you for making the effort. I would like to add the the 3-3-3 rule has been See More