Hi All,
It’s Wednesday! I have lots of news and food for thought.
First, thank you for filling out the survey: mark your
calendar- the First Volunteer and Foster Social will be on Thursday, August
29th at 6pm at Hive Café in Oakland. The café is located at 2139
MacArthur Blvd. There will be sandwiches, coffee and tea and we will have adult
beverages available for a donation. This event is totally family friendly: we
know that kids are vital Hopalong fosters! I will probably set up one last poll
as we get closer to the date so that we can give Hive a rough head count.
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| CATelyn and New Brother |
Next, as Furball gets
closer, we’ve identified two Very Important Tasks that need filling. If these
sound like your skills, please holler!
·
Software Point Person for Good: If you’re
fairly tech savvy and want to use your skills for a cause, we’ve got some
software that needs setting up. This software handles our auction, ticket sales
and a variety of other event-related tasks.
The bulk of the work will happen in the next two weeks, but we’re also looking
for you to be our go-to when questions come up until the event in October.
Availability by email is important, daytime phone access even better! Working
from home (or work) is totally cool for this.
- Solicitation Follow-Upper: We sent out a bunch of silent auction solicitation letters and now we need to follow up. If you are good at schmoozing, buttering people up, making cold calls and generally getting people to say “YES!” then this is a great job for you. This opportunity can also be done from home (or work), but you’re more than welcome to come into the office.
Sam sends along the news that Catelyn, who we pulled from the shelter with her litter of babies has found a purr-fect forever home with an awesome feline brother she can snuggle up with. It's success stories like this that remind us of how rewarding our work can be.
We’ve been pulling together some training
opportunities and I want to make sure you’re aware of them. Here
are the first ones- let me know and stay tuned for more.
Last thing: we’ve got lots and lots of puppy adoptions
coming up and are looking for some volunteers to do home visits this weekend.
If you’ve done these or would like to learn how, please contact me or Trish.
Thank you!!!
