News Archives: Volunteer News 6/23/08: 2008-06-23
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Dog Wash at Kroger made $996!! Thanks to Justin and Jessica, David and his daughter, Dan and Jamie, Billye, Gene, Joe, Jennifer, and Ali. If anyone else came to help, thank you! (These were the only folks that were there when I was).This Saturday, we have a Dog Wash in Sherwood. The folks at Sherwood United Methodist are doing it as a fund raiser for us, and I promised we would send volunteers. David is going to help...if anyone else can help,please let me know.
**Puppy Love , if you are interested in helping with this great program, contact Leah at leahcapel@sbcglobal .net for more info. This is the schedule for the next several months:
1st Saturday: Briarwood 10:30 a.m.
2nd Saturday: Parkway 10:00a.m.
3rd Saturday: Presbyterian Village 10;00 a.m.
4th Saturday: Parkview 10:30 a.m.
Meet at the shelter a half hour before, to get your puppy ready.
This weekend is a Murray Park weekend! If you can take an adoptable on Saturday or Sunday, let Laura know laurajade76@ yahoo.com
Reigning Cats and Dogs will be November 15, and the kick-off meeting will be Tuesday, July 8 at 6:30 at the Oyster Bar. This will be for people who are interested in promoting the event and obtaining items and sponsorships. There will be a meeting in the fall for the folks who help at the actual event . If you are interested in helping, contact Debbie Howell at nicsmom5@aristotle. net or on her cell at 454-4865. Volunteers remember, please, to pick up poop in the Dog Park when you have dogs out. And no more than three dogs at a time, per volunteer.AND. ..instead of taking a few favorites out for a long time, consider taking several different ones for 15 minutes at a time. That way many more can get some exercise and fun. In the hot weather, they won't even mind a shorter play period!
**If you would like to learn a new skill and help our dogs get adopted, sign up for our Dog Training Classes, by contacting Phyllis at Phyllisnewt@ hotmail.com These four-week courses teach our dogs the basics of canine "good citizenship" , make them ore adoptable, and the dogs and trainers have a lot of fun; contact Phyllis if you would like to be part of it!
** For those of us who don't get to see our dogs on Channel 4 on Thursdays at 5:45 AM, you can now go to our website, click on "Our TV Stars at Ch 4" (under News) and see a video clip of the spot.
**We have some really nice HSPC merchandise available, some just for volunteers, some for everybody. 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. AND FOR VOLUNTEER GEAR, go to www.cafepress. com/hspcvolunteers
Remember to use your Kroger CarThey don't help us if you don't use them! If you don't have one, we just got more at the shelter. If you don't know how they work, let me know and I will explain this painless way to make money for the shelter.
**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.
**Christine is again going to do our Critter Camps. These are the dates, if you know any children over 8 that would enjoy it, or if you would like to help:
Dates:, July 11, and August 1 (11am-3 pm all days)
**Adoptions: I know Crystal was adopted. Will get the complete list Monday...
We welcome new volunteers Talia Pellindini; Neal Krause; Carly Collyge; Ed Matz; Ashley Hubbard; Vickie Wilkerson; Sheila Brown; Avary and Joyce Harding; Jennifer Melton ..
Next Orientation for new Volunteers.. Monday June 30, 6PM at the shelter
And check our website www.warmhearts.org.
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For the Warm Hearts and Cold Noses... Nancy