Wednesday Email! Time to Get Together!

 Howdy, Guys,

I’ve got some news, some opportunities, and TWO invitations!

First news- Scooter, our longest term Hopalong animal, was adopted last week! Any of you who have been to the office in the last TWO years have probably met him- and he has left the building! Cats, staff and volunteers are still adjusting to his absence but we’re all thrilled for him and his new family.

Next comes opportunities, we’re really looking for some volunteers for this Saturday, the 8th. We need 3 more dog handlers and a coordinator for the event happening. Timing is 3-5pm, and it will be FUN! See next item!

First invitation: This Saturday, February 8th, we’re having a “Share the Love” social at Wooden Duck, a furniture store in Berkeley (1823 Eastshore Hwy) and everyone is invited! 3-5pm, bring your well-behaved canines! We’ve extended this invitation to EVERYONE in the Hopalong family including past adopters and donors and, well, everyone. Staff will be there- I promise to try not to talk about how excited I am about Spring Training for the WHOLE time.

Second Invitation: After much deliberation and coordination, we have created a facebook group for volunteers and fosters. This is totally optional but is a way to communicate and build community. We hope that it will be fun and productive. It will be a learning curve (I had to join facebook to do this, so forgive me as I learn!) Please check in with the group guidelines before joining. Because it’s a “secret” group (only members can see it exists), you’ll need to shoot me an email to get invited.

Thanks guys- I look forward to seeing you as a volunteer or attendee on Saturday and on facebook!

Best,

Facebook Policies!

Welcome to the Hopalong Volunteer and Foster facebook group!

This group is a “secret group”- that means that only members of this group can see what is posted here. We’ve set the group up to help build community and increase communication. Please feel free to post on the “wall” here- your posts will have to be approved by a staff person before they before they are visible.

We only ask a few things:

•   Try to keep this group “on topic.” We all love cute pictures and funny stuff, but this is a Hopalong group, so posts should be Hopalong related- adoption stories, questions about volunteering, foster pictures, etc!
•    Be nice! We don’t anticipate a problem with this, but we have to say it.
• What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. We may share things with you that we aren’t quite ready to share with the public and you may share things with each other that you’re not ready for the whole world to hear. Please honor that.
•  Follow your foster protocols: if you have any questions or concerns about your foster dog or cat, they need to go to the dog and cat coordinators!
•  Please address any problems or complaints privately to me (Lauren) rather than on the group wall.
• HAVE FUN!