Volunteer Opportunities from now until Chrsitmas!

There are so many volunteer opportunities from now until Christmas! Please read below and contact me at dani@hopalong.org if you're available for any of them. 


Calling all kitten lovers! We're having a kitten adoption every Saturday and Sunday from now until Christmas. If you are available to coordinate, mobile assist, or screen on any upcoming weekend (including this weekend), please let me know!


Santa Paws is almost here! This year we're having two Santa Paws events: one one Saturday December 5th at our Berkeley Pet Food Express adoption, and another at the Pet Food Express Headquarters on December 18th, in the evening.

What we'll need:

• A very special volunteer to dress up as Santa Claus and pose for photos with dogs and cats. Someone ca do both events or we can have a different volunteer for each. 
• Volunteers to help handle the animals waiting for photos with "Santa Paws."

This week 

• Thursday we'll need a transporter to take a few dogs from the Hopalong office down to Aborn in Fremont, then pick up a dog and bring her back to Hopalong. This can be done any time during the day and you can use one of Hopalong's vehicles for the drive. 
• Saturday our dog Bounce needs to be picked up from Happy Hound in Oakland, taken to our mobile adoption at Rockridge Pet Food Express, then handled at the event from 12pm-3pm. He will also need a ride back to Happy Hound after the event if he is not adopted. 

Last minute Fur Ball Projects at the Hopalong office

We have a few last minute Fur Ball projects going on today and tomorrow in the office. Please let me know if you can help out with any of the following:

• We need someone to pick up cookies and brownies from Costco. You can take our vehicle and charge this to the Hopalong account (of course),
• A litter of kittens and several cases of wine need to be picked up from our board member in Marin either today or tomorrow,
• Several black pieces of cloth we bought to use as tablecloths need to be trimmed and ironed (they're already washed). Hopefully someone can do this from home,
• Several thank you party favors need to be put together. All materials for these are here in the office. they can be put together tomorrow morning or this afternoon, 

Let me know if you can help with any of these last minute projects! We are eternally grateful to all our wonderful volunteers!

dani@hopalong.org

Fur Ball Preparations

We are up to our elbows in Fur Ball preparations!

We need someone to help us out by checking our post office box tomorrow, Thursday, and Friday. We expect a lot of Fur Ball returns in the mail, but we staff members are putting our noses to the grindstone and can't get away from the office! if you are interested in doing one or all three of these days please let me know. You'll need to swing by the office to get the mail box key and address. 

Also, we have Fur Ball flyers ready to be posted in all of our adoption sites and anywhere else that's flyer friendly. If you can stop by to grab a handful, that's great! if you're doing a transport over the next few days don't forget to pick some of those up before you head to the adoption site!

Thank you!  

East Bay Transports the week of the 5th

Calling all Transporters!

• Our kitties Moo, Betsy, Simon, and Eddy need picked up today at East Bay Vet at 4pm. 

• Tomorrow morning our kitties Boris and Natasha need a ride to East Bay vet in the morning (between 9:00-9:30am). 

• Boris and Natasha will also need transported back to the Hopalong office tomorrow at 4pm. 

• Two other kittens will need transported to/from East Bay vet on Thursday. 

If you're available for any of these transports let me know as soon as possible: dani@hopalong.org

Monday/ Tuesday Transports- week of September 21st

Update: Tuesday we still need kittens to be delivered to Your Basic Bird in Berkeley. Our kitten Rapunzel also needs to be picked up from Campus Vet in Berkeley any time on Tuesday. Let me know if you can do either of these transports. Thank you! 

Good Morning Transporters!

Kitten season never sleeps, and several of our kitties need rides to their S/N appointments or sites!

Monday:

- Our kittens Sangria. Margherita, and Starsky all need a ride to Aborn Vet in Fremont this afternoon. This can be whenever it's convenient enough for the transporter to miss traffic today (though it must be before 5pm).

- This afternoon we have kittens going to Your Basic Bird in Berkeley. This transport can be done anytime between 1pm and 5pm.  

Tuesday:

- Our kitten Rapunzel needs to be dropped off at Campus Veterinary in Berkeley between 7:30am and 8:30am. We know that's early, but transporting Rapunzel is a treat at any time of the day.

- Tuesday between 3pm and 4pm Margherita, Sangria, and Starksy need to be picked up from Aborn in Fremont and brought back to the Hopalong office.

- Rapunzel also needs a ride back to the office from Campus Veterinary, also around 4pm. 

As always, our air-conditioned vehicles are an option. Let me know asap if you can help us get these kitties where they need to go. Email me at dani@hopalong. org, or give me at call at (510) 267-1915, ext. 103.

Check this blog later in the week for Wednesday- Friday assignments.

Week of August 14th, Volunteer Needs!

Hello All Volunteers!

**Emergency**

Our foster dog Ginger is missing! She was last seen at 1580 Madison Street in Oakland. If you have the time today to help Erica and Lana search that neighborhood, please let me know asap! We also need volunteers to put up flyers. Ginger is a 6-month Doxie Mix. Her profile is here: http://www.hopalong.org/profiles/ginger/#.Vfhf-dJVhHw

Please keep an eye out for our pup!

Volunteer Transportation Needs this week:

• Transport is needed for three kittens at Loyal Pet Shop tomorrow. They need to be taken to their appointment at East Bay Vet on Grand Avenue at 12:30. After their appointment they'll need a ride back up to Loyal Pet Shop. 
• Three of our kittens are currently being spayed/neutered down at Aborn Vet in Fremont. We need a transporter to pick them up Thursday at 4pm and returned to the Hopalong office. 
• Another three kittens are being s/n at the Fix our Ferals Spay and Neuter Clinic in Richmond, CA. They will need to be picked up Friday at 4pm and returned to the Hopalong office. 
• Tomorrow three of the puppies we currently have in the office are scheduled to head down to Aborn Veterinary Clinic around 3pm. Transportation for these three puppies is needed.

Dog Mobile Adoption at Rockridge Pet Food Express this Saturday from 12pm-2pm. For this event we'll need:

• Dog Handlers (2-3)

Contact Dani if you're interested in any of these projects: dani@hopalong.org

Labor Day Weekend Volunteer Opportunities!

Hello Volunteers!

Anyone interested in volunteering this labor Day weekend for Hopalong? We have activities for you!



Mobile Adoption positions available for September 6th at Pet Food Express in Berkeley (12pm-3pm)

Mobile Assistant/transporter

Dog Handlers (2)


In office Cat Care needed for Monday September 7th

Cat Care (10am-12pm)

Cat Care (2pm-4pm)

If you're interested in this Saturday's mobile adoption event, or Labor Day cat care in the office, let Dani know as soon as possible (dani@hopalong.org)

Thank you volunteers!

Late August Opportunities

In the office:

• Laundry! Laundry! Laundry!
• Sort canned cat food
• Clean up the stock room
• We're also looking for someone handy with a hammer to fix the gap above our cat loft door (email dani@hopalong.org for details)

Dog Mobile Adoption at Fenton's Creamery in Oakland on August 29th:

• Coordinator Needed! If you're a trained coordinator and have the availability for this, please contact Dani (dani@hopalong.org) as soon as possible!
• Mobile Assistant
• Handlers (1 needed) 
• Transporters

Cat Mobile Adoption Adoption at Your Basic Bird in Berkeley on August 29th:

• Mobile Assistants (2-3)
• Transporter (from Hopalong office to YBB and back again!)

We're also looking for office interns! If you know responsible individuals who are interested in learning animal rescue from within the organization we are looking for the following:

• Operations Intern
• Feline Program Intern(s)
• Canine Program Intern 

If you have the availability for any of these tasks contact dani@hopalong.org

Congratulations to our August 2015 Volunteer of the Month, Paula Choi! From the time that Paula started volunteering at Hopalong in mid-July until she left in mid-August to attend Loyola University in New Orleans, Paula fostered a dog, did cat care in the office several times per week, transported animals, cleaned our stock room and orientation room, and also performed various office tasks. Thank you, Paula!

Volunteer Opportunities 1/12/15 and forward

• When: January 17th, 2015, 12-3
• Where: Pet Food Express Rockridge
• What: Regular Dog Mobile. 1-2 dog handlers.

• When: Tuesday, January 20th, early morning and late afternoon
• Where: Office/Berkeley
• What: Pick up a cat at the office in the morning and bring her to Campus Vet in Berkeley for her spay (early morning!). Pick up the cat in the afternoon and bring her back to the office. (This can be two separate drives.)

• When: Weekly- pick a weekly shift in San Rafael or Mill Valley
• Where: Woodlands, San Rafael or Mill Valley (Marin)
• What: Cat Care! Join our Cat Care Team as we adopt out kittens through February/March. This is one of our favorite places for adoptions- last year we did over 100 adoptions! These volunteers socialize kittens and help keep the place clean and healthy. Cleaning is involved :)

• When: Weekly- pick a weekly shift (mornings)
• Where: The office
• What: Cat Care! We are looking for cat lovers to help us keep the cats who both live here for longer term stays and who are just passing through on their way to foster or to adoption sites clean and socialized. Pick a weekly shift (Tuesday, Wednesday or Friday) and come in some time in the morning to help clean, feed, scoop, etc. This job does involve getting down and dirty, but there is the reward of knowing these cats depend on you while they stay with us!

• When: Occasional
• Where: The office
• What: Miscellaneous office tasks. We're getting behind in our office stuff- keeping the storage area organized, shredding, etc. If you have time on a weekday, or know you will coming up, email me (Lauren) and we'll get cracking!