Thank you all for joining this week!
Here is the Lost and Found Page for Portsmouth Humane. I love KC Pet Project's Trello Board, I aspire to achieve this level of awesome! Both Trello and Airtable (what Portsmouth Humane uses) are free and pretty easy to use! If anyone wants assistance setting something like this up for their shelter, let us know!
Our Community Pet Resource Guide was totally adapted from the Hearts Speak Community Pets Resource Guide. You can download the template for free and edit it in Canva, which is free for nonprofits!
I look forward to seeing all the amazing accomplishments from everyone during this challenge period!
Dyanna
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Dyanna Uchiek
Portsmouth Humane Society
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Original Message:
Sent: 09-23-2022 10:42 AM
From: Brittany Ransonet
Subject: Huddle #3 - Organization embraces a culture of RTH and Organization works with community to help facilitate return to homes
Here is speaker Dyanna Ucheik's presentation. Check it out!
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Brittany Ransonet
Marketing Communications Project Manager
Maddie's Fund
Original Message:
Sent: 09-20-2022 05:39 PM
From: Charlotte Otero
Subject: Huddle #3 - Organization embraces a culture of RTH and Organization works with community to help facilitate return to homes
Join us for the third huddle of the Return to Home challenge on Wednesday, September 21 at 12pm PT/3pm ET. The huddle will consist of a 20-minute presentation followed by a 30 minute Q&A. This thread will be updated with the recording if you're unable to join us live.
@Dyanna Uchiek (Portsmouth Humane) and @Sandra Solis (Best Friends for Life) will be presenting on the following Return to Home practices:
- Organization embraces a culture of Return to Home
- Staff/volunteer position dedicated to pet reunification is created or expanded
- Organizations create internal SOPs, tracking system and Return to Home goals
- Staff/volunteers are recognized/rewarded for successful reunifications
- LOS and cost of care for strays vs. cost of returning in field is recorded, analyzed
- and shared
- Stories of successful reunions are shared with team, stakeholders and
- community members
- Every member of organization is trained in lost and found practices (e.g.,
- Maddie's University Lost Pet Reunification course)
- Lost and found practices are discussed at time of adoption or Return to Home,
- including species-specific information
- Return to Home policies include keeping/returning Community Cats to their
- environment
- Organization works with community to help facilitate Return to Homes
- Partnerships exist with local businesses (e.g., veterinarians, pet supply stores),
- community centers and churches and other partners
- Volunteers in high stray intake areas foster lost animals and help look for owners
- "Finder to Foster" programs are implemented and used before animals are
- brought to shelter
- Utilities companies help find contact information for owners
Register now for all challenge Zoom huddles: https://maddies.fund/RTHChallengeRegistration
You can also catch up on the previous two huddles, watch the recordings or share the following links with the rest of your team:
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Charlotte Otero
Community Strategist at Maddie's Fund
she/her
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