Maddie's Wrap Up!

Cork!

Buddy!

Peggy!

This kitten went home!

Gladys!

So did this one!

WE MADE IT!

Wooly in his new home!

Thanks to all of our amazing fosters and adopters, over 70 animals went home this weekend (May 31st-June 1st). Here are just a few of them- if you've got more pictures, feel free to send them my way and I'll post them here.

Thank you volunteers and fosters- this was an amazing weekend!

Wednesday is Hopalong Day!

Hi fosters and volunteers,

Hope you’re enjoying the rain and that your pets aren’t melting- I know many of them are made of sugar!

We had a great week- FIVE dogs were adopted at the last mobile adoption! Nineteen new volunteers joined us at the volunteer orientation this Saturday and many have already signed up to help out! Our “Home for the Holidays” promotion ($10 adoption donations for cats 6 months and over) has already led to two cat adoptions including Xander! Our humane education program kicked off this week (see picture) and we reached over 50 kids with a message of responsible pet ownership and safety around dogs. We’ve got two more classes this week and are looking forward to heading into more schools.

Coming up, we still have openings for Santa Paws, but they’re going fast! All of the openings are listed here. If you’re in Marin, we could really use help on December 1^st. (We’ve also got a great opportunity for cat lovers in Marin- let me know if you’d like more info- think KITTENS!) We’ve also added a mobile dog adoption to the awesome event at Bay Street in Emeryville on December 7^th, so if that’s your thing, let me know.

A little nudge for volunteers- if you aren’t tracking your hours, this is a great time to start doing so. Please let me know if you need a new password for our volunteer database. You can bookmark that link and you can also access it from the “volunteers” tab of www.hopalong.org. Right now we’ve got over 4,000 hours of service logged just since March! (I’ve been keeping track of the hours that I know you’re doing, but I know there’s even more!) Fosters, we keep track of your hours slightly differently, so need to log into the database for this purpose. These hours cumulatively are amazing for grants and really, it’s pretty awesome to know that you’ve contributed to 4,000 hours?? I’m very proud!

And of course, YOUR appreciation party is coming up on December 5^th. Go ahead and RSVP so we can say thank you in person! Remember, dinner is provided this year!

Thank you guys for everything, and see you soon!

Hi Fosters and Volunteers,

Hope you all are doing well! This has been a pretty exciting and busy week around here. Today we were featured in a live chat by the Chronicle of Philanthropy about microvolunteering and welcomed new volunteers from Toolworks, a group that helps adults with disabilities get job skills. Sam and Trisha went did a tour de shelter today and sprung some dogs and cats and Erica planned the arrival of some puppies! Our humane education program has been kickstarted- we’ll be teaching 5 classes next week, and it’s not too late to bring Hopalong to a school near you- bring the message of kindness to the kids in time for the holidays!

In adoption news, Dallas the Dog found his forever home and kittens continue to find new scratching posts (read: couches).

Coming up, we still have many spaces open for Santa Paws so check out the dates and times and let me know when you’d like to join us! We also invite you to join the Cat Care Team at Woodlands in Marin- there will be an orientation this Friday in Mill Valley. If you’re in Marin or have friends in Marin, please let them know about this cuddling opportunity!

And of course you’ve already marked your calendar for December 5^th at 5:30, but that’s our Very Fun Volunteer and Foster Appreciation Party. I’ve set up a place to RSVP, and if you can take a minute to do that between now and then, it will help me know how many dinners to tell Juliet to cook. (Just checking if you’re still reading.)

Thank you, everyone, for all of your work!

Recent Adoptions!

Thank you to a very smart volunteer who pointed out that volunteers and fosters are itching to know where and when Hopalong animals get adopted! This is a major oversight on my part and I am working to correct it as quickly as possible. For now, I've created this page: Recently Adopted Animals and will try to stay on top of it (the animals there are just a start).

I'll also be including some recently adopted animals in weekly emails. If you have any questions about where an animal is, feel free to email me!

Lauren
lauren@hopalong.org