Thanks to @Caitlin Quinn and @Kelly Duer for giving us new tools to share information about our community-focused programs and new research to grow our foster programs! If you missed today's call, you can watch the recording here.
Congratulations to the two grant giveaway winners who each won a $2,500 grant for attending Monday calls in February: Tasha Haug from Homeward Animals Shelter in Fargo, ND and Elisa Blue from NEMO Humane Society in Hannibal, MO!
Want in on the grant winning action? Be sure to complete the giveaway form for each Monday call you attend or watch on demand during the month of March: https://www.maddiesfund.org/monday-community-conversations-mar22-giveaway.htm (YES, you can enter more than once!)
Here's a recap of the full agenda and resources shared on the call today:
Agenda
- Welcome – Bobby Mann bobby.mann@americanpetsalive.org
- Mary's Monday Motivation
- Announced February Community Conversation Winners from Monday Calls
- Tasha Haug, Homeward Animal Shelter (Fargo, ND)
- Elisa Blue, NEMO Humane Society (Hannibal, MO)
- Sometimes we're filled with a tremendous amount of righteous indignation and anger, but it doesn't get us very far. Meet them with a grateful heart. When I meet people with loving kindness and compassion in my heart, then I have a chance to actually hear them, see them, respect them, understand where they're coming from, and then help figure out how we get to the next part. Before I'm going to have a difficult conversation, I write down five things I'm grateful for with regards to that situation or person.
- Maddie's Fund Monthly Giveaways! Enter here for a chance to win CA$H in a random drawing: https://www.maddiesfund.org/monday-community-conversations-mar22-giveaway.htm Open to all who are watching live or on-demand. Be sure to enter each week you attend.
- Maddie's Fund webcast Co-sheltering: Keeping Families and Pets Together, Wednesday March 9 at 12n PT. With Lauren Rogers of San Diego Humane Society, Jesse Casement of Father Joe's Villages and Riley Yates of GRACE Marketplace. Register here: https://maddiesfund-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_sj2KHr7zTZ2_qUOcqbe_kA
- The We Foster Challenge: https://www.maddiesfund.org/we-foster-challenge.htm The last day to apply is TODAY, March 7 by 5pm Pacific Time.
- National Updates
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Session One: Caitlin Quinn of HeARTs Speak will talk about a new series of communications toolkits, built in collaboration with HASS, that are designed to make it easier to talk about community-focused programs and practices. These comprehensive kits include talking points, customizable graphics, media templates, FAQs, and more. They are built to fit your specific needs, so you can use the tools in any combination that feels right for you, and this short presentation will focus on how you can use them in your organization to better connect with your community.
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Session Two: Kelly Duer, Foster Care Specialist at Maddie's Fund will share research from child foster care and welfare and how we might apply this to foster care programs for pets. She'll also discuss the results of a recent survey on foster pleas and some simple tips for increasing your chances of success.
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Kim Domerofski (she/her)
Community Manager
Maddie's Fund
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-06-2022 09:12 AM
From: Bobby Mann
Subject: Shelter and Rescue Support Call - 3/7/22 - Communications Toolkits for Community-Focused Programs, Applying Child Welfare Research to Pet Foster Programs
Updated 3/7/22 - Recording now available!
Hello!
Sharing the agenda for the 3/7/22 Maddie's Monday Shelter and Rescue Support Call (LINK TO REGISTER):
Quick Reminder: You can also watch previous recordings and continue the conversation at Maddie's Pet Forum!
03/07/22
Topic One: @Caitlin Quinn of HeARTs Speak will talk about a new series of communications toolkits, built in collaboration with HASS, that are designed to make it easier to talk about community-focused programs and practices. These comprehensive kits include talking points, customizable graphics, media templates, FAQs, and more. They are built to fit your specific needs, so you can use the tools in any combination that feels right for you, and this short presentation will focus on how you can use them in your organization to better connect with your community.
Topic Two: We'll hear from @Kelly Duer about research from child welfare and how we might apply this to foster programs for pets. She'll also discuss the results of a recent survey on foster pleas and some simple tips for increasing your chances of success.
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