News Archives: Volunteer News 3/10: 2008-03-09
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St. Patrick's Day Parade Saturday March 15, 1-3PM; meet at the shelter by noon. If you plan to walk a dog, let me know, so I can have a final list and know how many dogs to have ready. If you have a special dog you would like to walk, let me know. I have some St Pat's-theme kerchiefs, Jennifer had a nice banner made... John recorded the kids at the birthday party singing 'This Nice Dog..." if anyone else has anything to add to the festivities..hats, kerchiefs, dog jackets...let me know, so I can fill in if we need something. The website for the parade is.... lririshparade.com and if you look through it, you can see last year's HSPC participants.**Puppy Love Schedule for March:
Parkview
March 22nd: 10:00 am - meet at the shelter
Please join us next Saturday March 15th for our first Puppy Love visit to Presbyterian Village. We will meet at HSPC at 9:30 a.m.
If you want more information, contact Leah at leahcapel@sbcglobal.net
** Writing Contest,
. For anyone interested in writing, we are sponsoring a contest entry in the 2008 Arkansas Writer's Conference writing contests. The announcement and link to rules is at http://www.geocities.com/penwomen/ "Our" contest is #34 -- "Second-Hand Dogs and Cats." A true story about an older cat or dog who lost its home due to the owner's inability to keep the pet. 2500 word limit. Entrants will have to get a copy of the rules for details, either down-loading from their website or contacting directly Clovita Rice, 1115 Gillette Drive, Little Rock, AR. Entry deadline is April 30.
If you have any questions after checking the website and getting the rules, contact Gene Mullins, memullins@ualr.edu
** Central Arkansas Hunter Jumper Association (CAHJA) first horse show will be March 22 and they are donating the proceeds of all concession sales, raffles and a portion of the entry fees to the Humane Society. We have been invited to bring some adoptables, and pictures of other adoptables...
this could be a good opportunity for adoptions, so please consider going...let me know... **Birthday parties! 3/16...Hayden and Laura are helping.There will be two parties on the 16th!-- one at 1PM and one at 3:30, with some overlap (they're friends!)
Our Kroger cards made $669 for February. Thanks to everyone who remembers to use them, and takes advantage of this painless way to help the shelter.
**April 18/19 is Earth Day, and the Zoo has again invited us to set up with handouts and adoptables. We haven't done it for the past two years, but it would be nice to participate again. The dogs we take always enjoy it . We'd love to have at least 8 people on Saturday, and will be happy for as many as we can get on Friday!! We plan to have a book showing all of our adoptables, a poster for Special Friends Sponsorships, and lots of adoptables in person (or "in dog?")
**April 26, "Craws for the Paws" fundraiser at RiverMarket west pavilion. Craw fish, beer, live music, fun...this is not an HSPC event, but one that should be fun, and will benefit us. We can take adoptables. For more info click on....http://www.CrawsForPaws.com.
We have some really nice HSPC merchandise available, some say "volunteer", some not. Go to our our website, click on New Merchandise and check it all out. Shirts, totes, bibs, license plate frames, dog outfits, hats...some with our logo, some with beautiful designs by Little Rock Artist Les Waite
Check our website for information on buying a page, or sponsorshop, of the 2009 DayPlanner. We are already selling pages, so don't wait too long...last year we had to turn away people, or the book would be too thick!!
Also new on our website is information on the 2008 Children's Be Kind to Animals Art Contest. If you have a school age child--K-12, or are a teacher, consider taking part in this fun activity.
Training class has graduated with some wonderful accomplished dogs "Making the Grade!" Congratulations to dog/team members: Kyla and Hazelnut, Tony and Buckaroo, Karen and Zoie, Susann and Ripley, Hollis and Buttercup, Pat and Rudy, Alexis and NitaJo, Indigo and Evie, Sandy and Maria and Rodger, LindaF and Copper, Debbie and Leo, Nikki and Bubbie, and Julie with Charlie/Timmy. Six class graduates are already adopted. This class was exceptional with the dogs all learning sit, down, off, leash walking, basic recall, and they gained great confidence! What a wonderful bunch of dogs and great trainers! If you want to give a big dog a chance, join us for the next session starting March 22nd at 10am. You will need to commit to 4 Saturday mornings. Please RSVP to Phyllisnewt@hotmail.com and if you have a particular dog you want to work with let us know that as well.
In this program we have trained 84 dogs and 86% have been adopted! If you want to help the big dogs, training class is the way to go! TRAINED DOGS RULE!
Super Suppers in North Little Rock will donate 10% of the sales to the Humane Society if you go there on the following dates: (You must mention that they are purchasing to help the shelter.)
Friday, March 7 Saturday, March 8 Friday, March 14 Saturday, March 15 Friday, March 21 Saturday, March 22 Thanks to Elizabeth McMullen for doing this for us each month!
**Dr Medlock, our staff vet, has put a green binder up front, for volunteers to write down any illness or problems that they might observe. She promises to look at it first thing when she comes in.
**Adoptions: Angelina; Kairi; Gus; Gypsy; Frankie; Bubbie
**Next volunteer orientation: Monday March 17 at 6:00PM at the shelter.