Volunteer Opportunities: March 26th and Forward

• When: Saturday, April 5th, 12-3
• Where: Pet Food Express in Berkeley
• What: 1 mobile coordinator, 3-5 dog handlers, 1 transporter to/from

• When: Monday, Tuesdays and Thursdays anytime (ongoing) and some other shifts during the week
• Where: PetCo, Alameda
• What: Cat Cuddling at our mobile adoption site in Alameda

• When: An evening TBD 
• Where: At the office
• What: Thank-a-Thon. We will be calling all donors ($5-$50,000) starting this month on a weekday evening that works for as many volunteers as possible. If you're interested in this, please let me know what weekday is best so we can get started!

• When: Sundays, Ongoing (and some other shifts)
• Where: Petsmart, Pinole
• What: Cat cuddling at our mobile adoption site in Pinole

WAY IN THE FUTURE! Mark your calendars and sign up now!

• When: Saturday, May 10th
• Where: San Francisco
• What: Skip-a-thon! This is a walk-a-thon type event but skipping! The whole world is invited to, well, skip! We'll need some volunteers, but mostly we'll need you to come, have fun, and skip!

• When: Saturday, May 31st-Sunday June 1st
• Where: TBD (Oakland or Emeryville)
• What: Maddie's Adoptathon! We'll need everything- dog handlers and coordinators, cat handlers and coordinators, basically everyone! So fun, so busy!

• When: Friday, July 4th
• Where: Alameda
• What: We'll be joining Alameda See Spot run in the Alameda 4th of July parade- 3 miles of fun! We may have a mobile, we'll definitely have kids, and it will be really hot and fun :)

Opportunities March 18th and Forward

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  • When: Last Wednesday of every month starting March 26th, 4:15-7:15
  • Where: Tiburon Tavern: 1651 Tiburon Blvd, Tiburon (Marin)
  • What: Yappy Hour! 1 or two people to help set up, staff and break down the event. This is a really fun event where people bring their dogs to happy hour. Represent Hopalong- sign up for one event or monthly. 

  
  

  • When: Saturday, March 29th, 12-3
  • Where: Fenton's on Piedmont Ave
  • What: 1 dog handler

  
  

  • When: Saturday, April 5th, 12-3
  • Where: Pet Food Express in Berkeley
  • What: 1 mobile coordinator, 3-5 dog handlers, 1 transporter to/from

  
  

  • When: One weekday a week starting ASAP, ongoing.
  • Where: the office
  • What: General Office Support. Tasks can vary but include cleaning, animal care, office work and adoption screening if you're comfortable. About 3 hours, whenever you'd like.

  
  
  • When: Monday, Tuesdays and Thursdays anytime (ongoing) and some other shifts during the week
  • Where: PetCo, Alameda
  • What: Cat Cuddling at our mobile adoption site in Alameda
  
  
  • When: An evening TBD 
  • Where: At the office
  • What: Thank-a-Thon. We will be calling all donors ($5-$50,000) starting this month on a weekday evening that works for as many volunteers as possible. If you're interested in this, please let me know what weekday is best so we can get started!
  
  

  • When: Sundays, Ongoing (and some other shifts)
  • Where: Petsmart, Pinole
  • What: Cat cuddling at our mobile adoption site in Pinole

  
  

  • When: Thursday, March 20th, 4pm-6pm
  • Where: Happy Hound Day Care, Oakland
  • What: a few handlers and a driver for a special dog mobile at Happy Hound's anniversary celebration. (There will be a cupcake truck!)

  
  

  
  

  • When: Fridays starting ASAP, ongoing 
  • Where: the office
  • What: Animal Care and cat cuddling. Like to scoop, clean and generally help out with the cats? This is the job for you. About an hour/hour and a half, preferably in the morning.

Opportunities March 12th and Forward

• When: Thursday, March 20th, 4pm-6pm
• Where: Happy Hound Day Care, Oakland
• What: a few handlers and a driver for a special dog mobile at Happy Hound's anniversary celebration. (There will be a cupcake truck!)

• When: Saturday, March 29th, 12-3
• Where: Fenton's on Piedmont Ave
• What: 1 dog handler

• When: Last Wednesday of every month starting March 26th, 4:15-7:15
• Where: Tiburon Tavern: 1651 Tiburon Blvd, Tiburon (Marin)
• What: Yappy Hour! 1 or two people to help set up, staff and break down the event. This is a really fun event where people bring their dogs to happy hour. Represent Hopalong- sign up for one event or monthly. 

• When: Fridays starting ASAP, ongoing 
• Where: the office
• What: Animal Care and cat cuddling. Like to scoop, clean and generally help out with the cats? This is the job for you. About an hour/hour and a half, preferably in the morning.

• When: One weekday a week starting ASAP, ongoing.
• Where: the office
• What: General Office Support. Tasks can vary but include cleaning, animal care, office work and adoption screening if you're comfortable. About 3 hours, whenever you'd like.

• When: Monday, Thursdays anytime (ongoing) and some other shifts during the week
• Where: PetCo, Alameda
• What: Cat Cuddling at our mobile adoption site in Alameda

• When: An evening TBD 
• Where: At the office
• What: Thank-a-Thon. We will be calling all donors ($5-$50,000) starting this month on a weekday evening that works for as many volunteers as possible. If you're interested in this, please let me know what weekday is best so we can get started!

• When: Sundays, Ongoing (and some other shifts)
• Where: Petsmart, Pinole
• What: Cat cuddling at our mobile adoption site in Pinole

Wednesday Updates!

Hi All,

Hope you’re having a great  week and enjoying the sun!

Thank you everyone for all of your contributions this week!Thanks to the awesome group who came out last week to learn how to screen dog adoption applications- what a great group! Thanks to the cat crew for being flexible with a little last minute hoopla at the event Saturday, and for the dog crew for putting on a nice event. Adoptions are going really well- this is all thanks to all of your hard work and dedication. We also said a sad goodbye to longtime volunteer Christine who has come in weekly to socialize cats and send thank you letters to our donors. Tears were shed. We wish her the best of luck in her move.

For those of you not in the facebook group, Coco the longterm office cat was adopted from a site last week- very exciting!

We have a lot of varied opportunities coming up. I’ve put them all, along with details, on the blog. There are weekend and weekday opportunities including regular opportunities at the office and even something in Marin! Also, for those of you who like to plan ahead, mark your calendars! The Maddie’s Adoptathon (all hands on deck, for those of you who haven’t been there, and even those who have) is Saturday, May 31^st and Sunday, June 1^st. It’s not too early to sign up! After that, the EBSPCA Adoptathon is Saturday, July 19^th. Both of these events will need everything: dog handlers, dog coordinators, cat people- coordinators and assistants and floaters and, well, everything! They’re fun events! Also save the date of May 10^th for a Skip-a-Thon. If you don’t know what that is, well, neither do I, but it sounds really fun!

For those of you that have or know kids, stop by Alameda See Spot Run this Saturday at 1pm for a free educational event! Details here.

Thanks again, for all of your hard work!

Best,

Happy Wednesday!

Hi Everyone,

Hope your weekend is treating you well! Thank you for everything this week- lots of wonderful contributions to the animal cause this week. I look forward to seeing many of you tonight at the screening training.

I can’t send this email without telling you about the wonderful class we just taught today in Richmond atCésar Chávez Elementary to a group of 6^th graders. Students had chosen the topic themselves, so this was the first week of a unit on pit bulls. Rollie was happy to oblige (pictured)! Humane education is such an awesome way to talk about all kinds of things and really get out the message of kindness, compassion and respect. It’s wonderful to watch the wheels turn as they see appropriate treatment of animals and discuss real-world scenarios.

Next, we’ve got some dogs who really could use out of boarding. If you’ve got a warm spot in your house, even for a little bit and are mostly animal-free,Janie, Corky and Kevin all really need fosters. These are all great dogs but can’t show that or get adopted from boarding, so we’d really like to get them to fosters like yesterday. Fish owners or pet-fix needers, this is your moment to shine! (Janie may be able to chill with a cat, not sure about Corky or Kevin.)

I’ve updated the blog again with lots of opportunities. We’re still looking for a driver for this Saturday to the mobile adoption event at PetCo Unleashed on Lakeshore- 12:15ish-1 and 4:00-4:30.

And if you’re hungry the next day or two (and who doesn’t get hungry in the next day or two?), check out Pasta Pomodoro who is generously donating a portion of proceeds at a few locations March 5^thand 6^th. Info here.

Thanks again, everyone, and be well!

PetCo Unleashed Mobile Adoption Event

Saturday, March 8th we will be participating in PetCo Unleashed on Lakeshore (Oakland) opening celebrations with a dog mobile event from 1:00-4:00pm. (time change)

We need the following:

12 noon 1:00 pm: Driver to PetCo

1:00-4:00 2 dog handlers  (full)

4:00-4:30 Driver from PetCo