How Dallas Animal Services placed 160 dogs in 3 days by incentivizing foster and rescue transfers
Dallas Animal Services (DAS) was in a tight spot. Like many shelters in late 2022 and despite their best efforts, the number of pets they were caring for had been high for months. They’d been asking their community for emergency adopters and fosters for some time. When dogs began showing symptoms of Upper Respiratory Infections, the situation quickly escalated, becoming critical. “We discovered that CIV (Canine Influenza Virus) was in our population, and we needed to make a clean break to address the illness and...
Community Partnership Resources for your animal organization
When animal services agencies connect with other organizations, both benefit to better support people and pets where they live. Creating relationships with human and environmental organizations that may not traditionally help animals offers a more holistic approach to care. That’s why the February Maddie’s® Pet Forum resource drive is focused on community partnerships! How to Participate in this Resource Drive? Upload or Share Community Partnership examples & resources on this thread Reply with a request for a...
Maddie’s Weekly Roundup: National Foster Survey, on-demand webcast and more!
Happy Monday! Below is a brief roundup of resources added over the past week. The January Weekly Community Conversations grant giveaway winners are…On Monday, Maddie’s Fund® gave four organizations a $2,500 grant for attending the January Weekly Community Conversations! A total of $10,000 in grants was given to four people chosen at random. These four people won a grant for their organization: Kyle O’Neill, AniMeals, (Missoula, MT) Cecilia Oliveros, Animal Friends (Pittsburgh, PA) Vickie Ramirez, One...
The January Weekly Community Conversations grant giveaway winners are…
On Monday, Maddie’s Fund® gave four organizations a $2,500 grant for attending the January Weekly Community Conversations! A total of $10,000 in grants was given to four people chosen at random. These four people won a grant for their organization: Kyle O’Neill, AniMeals, (Missoula, MT) Cecilia Oliveros, Animal Friends (Pittsburgh, PA) Vickie Ramirez, One Health Clinic Seattle (Seattle, WA) Jenna Riedi, Animal Friends Alliance (Fort Collins, CO) Want a chance to win a grant for your organization? All you have to...
Please take our National Foster Survey!
Maddie’s Fund® is looking to collect accurate information about foster programs at shelters and rescue organizations based in the United States. If this sounds familiar to you, that’s because we conducted this same survey several years ago. Our goal is to learn what has changed since then. You will be asked to provide information about your organization such as: size, intake numbers, work structure. We will only include one response per organization in our results; please make sure that the person most familiar with your...
Maddie’s Weekly Roundup: Animal Care Expo, free help and more!
Happy Monday! Below is a brief roundup of resources added over the past week. Animal Care Expo is coming in April!The Humane Society of the United States Animal Care Expo 2023 will be in New Orleans, Louisiana, April 3-6! The annual conference will have nearly 100 sessions, with a select number being live-streamed this year. If you’re making the trip to Louisiana this year, you won’t want to miss the following sessions, sponsored by Maddie’s… Learn More Support more pets and people in your community with this...
Animal Care Expo is coming in April!
The Humane Society of the United States Animal Care Expo 2023 will be in New Orleans, Louisiana, April 3-6! The annual conference will have nearly 100 sessions, with a select number being live-streamed this year. If you’re making the trip to Louisiana this year, you won’t want to miss the following sessions, sponsored by Maddie’s Fund. Additionally, Maddie’s Fund® will be sponsoring this year’s Marketing & Fundraising track. On Monday, April 3 at 3:30PM, Dr. Jyothi Robertson will be giving the keynote...
Support more pets and people in your community with this toolkit
One of the main goals of Human Animal Support Services (HASS) is to help keep pets with their people, even during tough times. And since some of the most common reasons animals are surrendered to shelters include issues with housing, lack of access to affordable veterinary care, and the need for behavioral support, HASS has created a Pet Support Services Toolkit to help achieve this goal. Support may include, but is not limited to: telephone response and advice, medical support for owned pets, food and supplies, fence building and pet shelter...
Maddie’s Weekly Roundup: Open Arms Challenge registration ends today, short-term fostering for cats and more!
Happy Monday! Below is a brief roundup of resources added over the past week. Today is the last day to register for the Open Arms Challenge!It’s your last chance to register for the Open Arms Challenge! Twenty-three national organizations have come together to host this Challenge that’s all about opening our hearts and minds to more accessible and inclusive practices. And there’s $420,000 in grant prizes available! Register Now Maddie’s® Insights webcastJoin Dr. Kristyn Vitale on Thursday, February 9 at...
How these Open Arms Challenge winners improved their community engagement
Community engagement is a key part of becoming a more welcoming and inclusive animal organization. As we prepare for the 2023 Open Arms Challenge (Registration ends January 30th!), we’re sharing some of the stories from the winners of the last Open Arms Challenge in 2022. From reaching new groups of people and providing resources to forming partnerships, these particular organizations all involved community engagement of some kind in their approach. We hope these will inspire you as we head into the next Challenge! Reaching...
