News Archives: Volunteer News: 2007-02-26
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We could use foster homes for: Sadie, black dog, very sweet and her eight adorable newborns. Also, for a nice dog and her two week-old puppies; haven't seen her, but hear she is about 40 pounds. And, of course, we provide food and supplies, and take them all back.For everyone who was concerned about Bess, the older dog on TV Saturday, she got a great home, with several back-ups; over 49 people called the shelter asking for her, and many were waiting for her to arrive at the store at 10 PM! We have a few other older dogs who also would love a nice home!(Chelsey and Ms July and Saucy, are some)
It looks like we can do the St Patrick's day parade! Charlene, I'll take you up on your offer of kerchiefs. So far we have: Alexis, Cathy, Kim and Isabella, Angela and Ashlyn, Lara and Michael and eight of their friends! (Did I miss anyone who offered?) The more the merrier.
The parade starts at Clinton Library, walks up CLinton Ave, over the bridge to NLR. The parade starts at 1PM; we need to be there earlier for our spot, and at the shelter to pick up dogs.
The 2008 Dayplanner Committee is organizing. If you would like to work on this, or find out more about it, come to the first organizational meeting. Last year's Dayplanner made $65,000, so you can see how important this is for HSPC.
Date: Tuesday, March 6, 2007 Time: 6-7 p.m. Place: The Janet Jones Company (on Cantrell, across from Cantrell Gardens) For more information, Suzanne Hamilton 2008 Chairman suzham@aristotle.net 225-1959
Grand Opening of Our New (second) Cageless Cat Room March 10 , 1-5 PM is the Grand Opening of our new (second) Cageless Cat Room. We can use donations of cat beds, scratching posts, hide-aways and toys. ***Thanks to Pat and Dan for the fabulous cat furniture! The cats are already loving it! And we never have too many (or enough) of those little oval fleecy white cat beds. Come see our new room on 3/10, and tell all the cat lovers you know. We have the nicest, prettiest cats waiting for homes. Nice as our cageless cat rooms are...a loving home is way nicer! We have actually moved some cats in to the space, and they are loving it.
If you are interested in doing a Puppy Love visit, contact Amanda at acarter01@yahoo. com. She is scheduling visits. There are regular visits scheduled for the second Saturday of each month at Arkansas Health and Rehab, and she is scheduling others. Also, the first Saturday of each month, Mary and Leigh make regular visits to Women and Children First, from 10-11, and third Saturdays at Dorcas House, also 10-11. If you would like to go on one of these visits, let Mary know at mmstephens@ashland.com. Mary and Amanda are doing a great job getting our program back on it's feet!
****Our KROGER CARDS made us $693 last month. That's getting better! If you don’t have an HSPC Kroger card, please get one. If you have one, don’t forget to use it, and if you don’t know about them, let me know and I will explain this painless way to make money for the shelter. v The trick is to remember to use them!! Note--you can only purchase HSPC Kroger Gift Cards through us--at the shelter, the Mall store, or by mail.
Birthday parties March 4 and March 11; Need help
Whiskers at the Mall, our off-site adoption center and store, needs someone to take over management from Chris. Chris has done a fabulous job for several years, but has other demands on his time now. Managing involves scheduling help and transports, keeping track of inventory, etc. Also, we need a few more people available for transporting animals from the shelter to the store, and back again. and to help at the store on Saturdays. If you are interested, let me know. If you want more details, or want to help at the store next week, contact Chris at: ellischris@uams.edu.
*****UPDATE Thanks to all federal employees who named us as their charity of choice, to the amount of $22,000 for this next year. That is a great help, and we appreciate it!
We can always use HELP AT THE SHELTER---walking dogs, taking them out to our dog park, brushing cats, playing with cats, and helping potential adopters choose the perfect pet.
**If you no longer wish to receive these newsletters each week, let me know, and I will remove you from the list. Also, they sometimes are marked “spam” because I send so many at once.
** Please encourage people you know to give a shelter animal a chance, or consider fostering an animal for a while. We have had a lot of adoptions of animals in foster care.
Adoptions: Yukon; Don; Randall; Bess; Peyton and Kipper; Laverne; Monica;Cherry; Coal; Ducky (cat); and lots of puppies, kittens, and Small Dogs from Mountain Home
New Volunteers: Jennifer and Brad Rogers; Angela and Ashlynn Underwood;; Amanda Smith; Courtney McGahhey
**Next volunteer Orientation: Monday February 26, 6PM at the shelter.