Animal Welfare Professionals

We hope to see you on the next Maddie's Community Conversation on Monday, February 2, 2026 at 11am PT / 2pm ET  for "Expand Spay and Neuter with MASH," a conversation with @Megan Gram, Operations Director, and @Renee Gutierrez, M.A.S.H. Responder and RVT, for Animal Balance. 

Join us for this engaging and informative Community Conversation where we'll explore what M.A.S.H. style sterilization clinics truly are and how they can help you increase access to care in your community. This session will empower you to be creative with your shelter space (as well as other spaces), team, and equipment to help increase spay/neuter capacity for your shelter or community animals (community cats included). 

These speakers bring a wide variety of skills and knowledge to this discussion. With over 20 years of experience implementing M.A.S.H. clinics and community partnerships worldwide, and now here in the U.S., Animal Balance is one of the only organizations working both in the US and internationally to increase spay/neuter capacity in this way. 

This session is designed for clinic staff, shelter staff or volunteers who want to help increase spay/neuter capacity in their communities. Together we will discuss Animal Balance's program model and how you can transform your shelter, local community center or the high school gymnasium into a safe, efficient and effective high quality, high volume sterilization clinic while adhering to state regulations and laws.

This session is especially relevant for adoptions and foster staff & volunteers, return to home & intake prevention staff, veterinary professionals (vets, techs, & support staff), behavior staff & volunteers, field services & animal control officers, grant writers & fundraisers, and marketing & communications staff - but all are welcome! 

🔑 Key Takeaways:

• M.A.S.H. sterilization clinics make it possible for your team to safely bring clinics to specific neighborhoods in need, while maximizing efficiency and increasing capacity for surgery.

• Thinking outside the box can help your team use an existing space in your shelter or community to increase your capacity to provide sterilization services. You might be surprised at what your team can do!

• How to effectively and safely spay & neuter 200 animals in three days.
  
  

Don't forget! Maddie's Fund will be giving away up to $10,000 in grants each month! You can enter for a chance to win each time you attend a call or watch it on demand during the month by completing the monthly giveaway drawing entry form. 

Register for Community Conversations hosted via Zoom. 

🧠 Got Topic or Speaker Suggestions?
We want to hear your ideas! If there's a topic you're curious about or a speaker you'd love to hear from, please share your suggestions with us on our Community Conversations Suggestions thread. 

Looking forward to being in community with you! 

#AccesstoCare
#EducationandTraining
#Medicine,SurgeryandSterilization
#PetSupportServices*

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Sheila Kouhkan
Senior Education Specialist
Maddie's Fund
CA
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We are so excited to join the call and tell everyone more about M.A.S.H. spay neuter and our work in CA and around the world! Hope to see you all there!