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connecting our rescue family

  • 1.  connecting our rescue family

    Posted yesterday

    I'm setting up an online community for our rescue's dog adopters/fosters/volunteers to connect.  People will use it to share pictures & updates among their dog's littermates' families, coordinate meeting up for training/hiking/playing, recommend dog professionals in their area (groomers, trainers, vet) or dog products they like, maybe trade off petsitting.  So I want it to be functional for both online communication (posting video, commenting/chatting), but also allow people to locate members of our rescue family nearby so they can cultivate in-person relationships as well (so maybe a map that people can choose to add their dog to and see which dogs are in their area?).  Any recommendations on a forum that would work well for keeping our rescue family connected and supported and be, of course, free or very inexpensive? Bonus points if it's relatively-easy to set up and run from my end and allows for sub-groups to form (so, for example, the adopters of puppies from a particular litter might want to be their own subgroup, or maybe adopters/foster/volunteers from a particular zip code want to meet up  at someone's pool for regular swim dates).  I don't want to use Facebook.  I'm looking at BFF or MeetUp maybe?  Thanks for any suggestions/recommendations!  Thank you!


    #DataandTechnology
    #MarketingandSocialMedia
    #PeopleManagement(includingVolunteerIntegration)

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    Julie Hall
    Oracle Animal Rescue & Rehabilitation Inc
    AZ
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