Saturday, August 6, 2011

Friends of BCAS - Weekly Email 8/4/11

Below is the contents of the weekly Adoptions & Newsletter email sent out on 8/4/11.


Hello, fellow Friends of BCAS volunteers!

Volunteer Stats for July 2011:
- Volunteer hours: 438.75 (+25% from June)
- Volunteer visits: 257 (+24% from June)
- Total volunteer participation: *48%
*Note: Several volunteers were removed from the database due to non-participation during the 2nd quarter (April-June).

Giant thanks to the following volunteers:
- Delano Byrd for 15 visits in July giving our cats some much needed attention.
- Carol Ingham for 16 visits in July to walk our smaller, adorable dogs.
- Brian Skelly walked dogs for over 24 hours in July. Brian handles our bigger babies, especially those in the back/yellow section.
- Our new sisterly dynamic duo, Jean Stone & Mary Porter. Jean posts our dogs on Craigslist, giving us another avenue to find adopters. She also promotes our volunteer program to anyone willing to listen!! Mary is doing an amazing job taking dog pics and posting them online.
- Terry & Brian Walsh, Judy Witt, Jane Pratt, Pat & John MacRonald, Nancy Call and Andrea & David Ferrare, thanks for participating at the Dog Days event on 7/30/11.

Volunteerism is the voice of the people put into action. These actions shape and mold the present into a future of which we can all be proud.
- Helen Dyer

Monday, August 1, 2011

Friends of BCAS - Weekly Email 7/28/11

Below is the contents of the weekly Adoptions & Newsletter email sent out on 7/21/11.


Hello, fellow Friends of BCAS volunteers!

Please spare a moment to read the following announcements:

Help us understand you, our volunteer base, by doing this 6-question survey by the end of August, and get chance to win a free Friends of BCAS t-shirt! All feedback is very welcome, but we'd especially love to hear from our non-participating volunteers.You can answer anonymously!

Over 20 dogs were adopted last week! In response, here is part of an email that Animal Advocate John sent to his fellow shelter workers and the volunteer coordinators, praising everybody's great work: "Great job all around! Having more people helping with the website so that animals appear more quickly is a help. It's a huge and important job. Just an example of HOW important the website is: An owner in the military who is doing a stint in Europe spotted HIS dog on the website and told the person supposedly taking care of the dog to get straight to the shelter to reclaim, which they did just yesterday. How would that have happened in pre-internet days? It wouldn't! The volunteers working with the cats and dogs have also made a clear difference in how well the animals are showing. Thanks, guys!"