News Archives: Volunteer News: 2007-03-05
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We need a foster home for Tanya, a pretty Boxer mix, and her eight newborn puppies. Tanya is very sweet, loves kids, and is taking very good care of her puppies. But the shelter is a stressful place for a new family. They'd do so much better in a home. I have a picture. Let me know if interested. Of course, we provide food and supplies, and take them all back when they are ready for adoption.We welcome our new Assistant Shelter Manager, Stacy Hunt. We look forward to an improved shelter, with Stacy's help.
It looks like we can do the St Patrick's day parade! Charlene, some volunteers have bought kerchiefs and hats. So far we have: Alexis, Cathy, Kim and Isabella,Kyla and Tony, Andrea and Ashlyn, Paula and Racheal,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 And if you want to buy a page, the forms will be on the website shortly.
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.
Puppy Love Schedule for March: *Sat., March 3rd - Pleasant Valley Living Center 1211Hinson Rd) 2:00 * Sat., March 10th - Parkview Rehab (2600 Barrow Rd) 10:00 * Sat., March 24th - Brookside Health & Rehab (800 Brookside Dr) 10:00 *Sat. March 31st Parkway Health (14324 Chenal) 10:00 If interested, contact Amanda at : acarter01@yahoo.com 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.
****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. 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 Party 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!
I will be sending these newsletters on gmail now; it is much easier. I still have the Yahoo account, so can be reached either way.
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: Saucy; Samson; Scott; Justin; Teeny; Nori; Beauty, and several puppies
New Volunteers: Stephanie Staton and Brandi Parker
**Next volunteer Orientation: Monday March 12, 6PM at the shelter.