News Archives: Volunteer News: 2005-10-16
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NEWS AND EVENTSHSPC Events 10/16/2005
Hurricane Pets - Saturday night we received our Hurricane Animals from Mississippi. We have about 36 dogs and an equal number of cats. Many volunteers came to help get them settled in, and to walk and water the ones continuing on to Fort Smith. Several foster families came late Saturday night, and Sunday morning to foster many of them. We will be working on getting them permanent homes. Pictures of the dogs are on our web site, under "Shelter Dogs", in several places: "Hurricane Dogs 2, 3, 4, etc; also H-1, H-2, etc. Many are in foster care, many foster to adopt, and many are still available for either. Next week, I'll post the cats!
HSPC Alumni - If you, or anyone you know, has adopted a shelter animal...we are looking for alumni pictures. We want to make a giant poster of alumni for our 60th anniversary early this spring.
REIGNING CATS AND DOGS is Saturday October 22. Over 400 great auction items, food, drinks, live music, cats and dogs...tickets $40 if purchased before the event, $45 at the door. Volunteers, please think about selling tickets, and/or purchasing one and coming out to join the fun. They are available at the shelter, at Whiskers at the Mall, at River Market Art Space, the Bead Shop in Argenta, and through me. And of course, they will be available at the door. We'd love to see you there!
Thursday, 10/16, the Dayplanner preview party was wonderful. We sold almost $1500 in exra books, and the auction raised (as yet undetermined) a lot of money as well. And it was a great party! Huge thanks to the Dayplanner Committee, Sammye Johnston, the Porters, who hosted it in their lovely home, and the volunteers who helped--Toby, Laurie, Debra, Hayden,and others I can't remember just now...
Whiskers at the Mall. Saturday October 22-- If you would like to help at our mall store contact Chris at ellischris@uams.edu
October 21--Third Annual AYPN Golf Tournament. Go to www.aypn.org and click on Paws for the Cause for more information and application form. We need volunteers for this! If interested, contact Richard Morgan at casperbryantmimi@yahoo.com
October 30--Birthday Party at the shelter. Please consider helping.
November 11--Second Friday Art Night in Little Rock. Rivermarket ArtSpace is dedicating a percentage of sales this night to HSPC. We can have dogs and cats there, and hand out information. Plus have a good time!Second Friday Art Night is a lot of fun--free trolley rides from gallery to gallery; food, wine, art...and this time, cats and dogs! ArtSpace owner Debra Wood is an HSPC supporter, and recently adopted a darling kitty from us You can check her website at: www.rivermarketartspace.com - click on "gallery news." We will be needing a few Dog escorts. Erin has signed up, and Jennifer M.
Also, volunteers, think about helping with adoptions. More animals get adopted if the potential adopters get personal attention. Helping with adoptions is my favorite thing to do, but I am not there all the time. If you like seeing our dogs and cats going to wonderful homes, and would like to help with adoptions, let me know, and I will be happy to get you started. Stephanie has started doing this, and she has hagreatat success. People love the personal attention, and even if they don't find the perfect dog or cat, they leave thinking very well of HSPC!
Kroger Cards - A reminder --if you have an HSPC Kroger Gift card, don't forget to use it! And we have some more, if you know anyone who wants one. We earned $479 from August use of Kroger cards.
Puppy Love---We still need more volunteers for Puppy Love. Christina would like to schedule more visits. You can contact Christina for more information at: ramseyresources@aol.com Her phone # is 766-6662. Christina has a lotof peple on her list, but is having a hard time getting teams together for visits. This is something you can do with your kids!
Adoptions: Solo, Rosie, Beverly,lots of puppies and kittens
Next volunteer orientation: Oct 24 6:30 PM at the shelter
Upcoming Events:
| Fri Oct 21 | AYPN Golf Tournament |
| Sat Oct 22 | Reigning Cats and Dogsfood, drinks, live music, auction items |
| Sun Oct 30 | Birthday Party |
| Sat Nov 5 | HSPC Adoption day at LRAFB. Need volunteers |
| Sun Nov 6 | Mission Market at Pulaski Heghts United Methodist Church |
| Fri Nov 11 | Downtown Art Scene - 2nd Friday Art Night |
| Sat Dec 4 | Downtown Holiday Parade. Need dog escorts. Also, if you know of a group that would like to decorate a truck or make a float, we'd be thrilled. |
And remember to here on our website- www.warmhearts.org - I update every Sunday night.
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For the Warm Hearts and Cold Noses...
Nancy Thaden, HSPC Volunteer Coordinator, 224-7859 info@warmhearts.org |