Animal Welfare Professionals

Hi everyone!

I was wondering if anyone would be willing to share any successful past Valentine's Day fundraisers/promotions that they have done. Last year, for a donation, individuals could have a custom valentine with a picture of one of our pets sent to their sweetheart. The valentine was sent via email and via text message. We would like to try something different this year. 

Any ideas are welcome and I thank you in advance for sharing!

Thanks again, 

Stephanie
#AdoptionsandAdoptionPrograms
#FundraisingandDevelopment
#MarketingandSocialMedia

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Stephanie Salvago
Greater Birmingham Humane Society
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Hi Stephanie. For Valentine's Day  we are thinking of promoting our bonded pairs of cats that are available to adopt, and asking our followers to share photos of their cats together. (We are a cat-only rescue.) This is an example of a post we did last year that we'd like to repeat and expand on this year.

Pam Adelmann
Eden Animal Haven

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Pamela Adelmann
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BEAUTIFUL !!!

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Michele Maitland
none
Austin TX
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-10-2023 04:15 AM
From: Pamela Adelmann
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

Hi Stephanie. For Valentine's Day  we are thinking of promoting our bonded pairs of cats that are available to adopt, and asking our followers to share photos of their cats together. (We are a cat-only rescue.)

This is an example of a post we did last year that we'd like to repeat and expand on this year.

Pam Adelmann
Eden Animal Haven

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Pamela Adelmann
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This is an awesome idea!

We have so many that come in together and it is heartbreaking to see them split up.

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Lauren Tarvis
Shelter Manager
Humane Society of Barron County
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-10-2023 04:15 AM
From: Pamela Adelmann
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

Hi Stephanie. For Valentine's Day  we are thinking of promoting our bonded pairs of cats that are available to adopt, and asking our followers to share photos of their cats together. (We are a cat-only rescue.)

This is an example of a post we did last year that we'd like to repeat and expand on this year.

Pam Adelmann
Eden Animal Haven

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Pamela Adelmann
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Hi Stephanie,

We have used the whole dating app thing. We put up the pics and a bio of each animal "looking for a home."  "Swipe right or swipe left" and we did animalmatch.com

Just a thought!

Sherri Dennis

Director/AWL Charlotte County, FL

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Sherri Dennis
Animal Welfare League of Charlotte Count
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In 2021, we did a "speed dating" promotion 02/13-02/14 where you could complete a quiz to find your perfect match. We set up a 45 minute window where you could come in to meet the animals we thought would best suit your needs based on the answers to the quiz. It was very popular and adopters had so much fun finding their new pet through this process. We even got a shout out on Good Morning America!

https://www.facebook.com/LeeCountyHumaneSociety/videos/1813103058837114

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Jill Gilbert
Shelter or rescue staff
Lee County Humane Society
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The SPCA of Brevard Adoption Center's "Not a Fan of your Ex" Valentine's fundraiser in 2020 was one of the funniest promos I've ever seen. So clever. It looks like it was quite successful too -- the FB post says it raised $1,700, received 614 comments and 2.6k shares! A screenshot of the post is below. 

@Lacie Davis, @susan naylor, @Brooke Valet, @Veronica Vera, kudos to your team for coming up with this hilarious idea! Did you do that fundraiser in 2021 & 2022, too? Any Valentine's Day promo plans for 2023?​​​​​



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Kim Domerofski (she/her)
Community Manager
Maddie's Fund
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OMG - that is pretty funny.  hope it works well.

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geri golonka
Foster/Volunteer
Tiny N Tall Rescue
St. Charles, IL
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-11-2023 09:48 AM
From: Kim Domerofski
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

The SPCA of Brevard Adoption Center's "Not a Fan of your Ex" Valentine's fundraiser in 2020 was one of the funniest promos I've ever seen. So clever. It looks like it was quite successful too -- the FB post says it raised $1,700, received 614 comments and 2.6k shares! A screenshot of the post is below. 

@Lacie Davis, @susan naylor, @Brooke Valet, @Veronica Vera, kudos to your team for coming up with this hilarious idea! Did you do that fundraiser in 2021 & 2022, too? Any Valentine's Day promo plans for 2023?​​​​​

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Kim Domerofski (she/her)
Community Manager
Maddie's Fund
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OMG..  Never laughed so hard.  That HAD to bring in a ton of donations!  lol

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Maurna
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-11-2023 09:48 AM
From: Kim Domerofski
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

The SPCA of Brevard Adoption Center's "Not a Fan of your Ex" Valentine's fundraiser in 2020 was one of the funniest promos I've ever seen. So clever. It looks like it was quite successful too -- the FB post says it raised $1,700, received 614 comments and 2.6k shares! A screenshot of the post is below. 

@Lacie Davis, @susan naylor, @Brooke Valet, @Veronica Vera, kudos to your team for coming up with this hilarious idea! Did you do that fundraiser in 2021 & 2022, too? Any Valentine's Day promo plans for 2023?​​​​​

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Kim Domerofski (she/her)
Community Manager
Maddie's Fund
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We are going to give this a try, great and cute idea.

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Theresa Spataro
President
Central Jersey Animal Rescue
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-11-2023 09:48 AM
From: Kim Domerofski
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

The SPCA of Brevard Adoption Center's "Not a Fan of your Ex" Valentine's fundraiser in 2020 was one of the funniest promos I've ever seen. So clever. It looks like it was quite successful too -- the FB post says it raised $1,700, received 614 comments and 2.6k shares! A screenshot of the post is below. 

@Lacie Davis, @susan naylor, @Brooke Valet, @Veronica Vera, kudos to your team for coming up with this hilarious idea! Did you do that fundraiser in 2021 & 2022, too? Any Valentine's Day promo plans for 2023?​​​​​

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Kim Domerofski (she/her)
Community Manager
Maddie's Fund
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Here is what we worked up for our V day drive, available to use if your not in NJ. Thanks

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Theresa Spataro
President
Central Jersey Animal Rescue
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-22-2023 02:40 PM
From: Theresa Spataro
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

We are going to give this a try, great and cute idea.

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Theresa Spataro
President
Central Jersey Animal Rescue
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-11-2023 09:48 AM
From: Kim Domerofski
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

The SPCA of Brevard Adoption Center's "Not a Fan of your Ex" Valentine's fundraiser in 2020 was one of the funniest promos I've ever seen. So clever. It looks like it was quite successful too -- the FB post says it raised $1,700, received 614 comments and 2.6k shares! A screenshot of the post is below. 

@Lacie Davis, @susan naylor, @Brooke Valet, @Veronica Vera, kudos to your team for coming up with this hilarious idea! Did you do that fundraiser in 2021 & 2022, too? Any Valentine's Day promo plans for 2023?​​​​​

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Kim Domerofski (she/her)
Community Manager
Maddie's Fund

I'd like to thank you for sharing your graphics! I used several of these in a Valentine's Day: Love it or Leave It (in the Litterbox)" fundraiser for our cat rescue, Eden Animal Haven (https://www.facebook.com/edenanimalhaven).  Although we had several litterbox donations, we had any more for our kitty kissing booth. We raised $800  in all!

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Pamela Adelmann
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-29-2023 06:08 AM
From: Theresa Spataro
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

Here is what we worked up for our V day drive, available to use if your not in NJ. Thanks

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Theresa Spataro
President
Central Jersey Animal Rescue
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-22-2023 02:40 PM
From: Theresa Spataro
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

We are going to give this a try, great and cute idea.

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Theresa Spataro
President
Central Jersey Animal Rescue


Original Message:
Sent: 01-11-2023 09:48 AM
From: Kim Domerofski
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

The SPCA of Brevard Adoption Center's "Not a Fan of your Ex" Valentine's fundraiser in 2020 was one of the funniest promos I've ever seen. So clever. It looks like it was quite successful too -- the FB post says it raised $1,700, received 614 comments and 2.6k shares! A screenshot of the post is below. 

@Lacie Davis, @susan naylor, @Brooke Valet, @Veronica Vera, kudos to your team for coming up with this hilarious idea! Did you do that fundraiser in 2021 & 2022, too? Any Valentine's Day promo plans for 2023?​​​​​

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Kim Domerofski (she/her)
Community Manager
Maddie's Fund

Oh that's wonderful!  How did the kitty kissing booth work?

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Krystal Hasard
Karma Cat and Zen Dog Rescue Society
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Original Message:
Sent: 02-20-2023 06:38 AM
From: Pamela Adelmann
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

I'd like to thank you for sharing your graphics! I used several of these in a Valentine's Day: Love it or Leave It (in the Litterbox)" fundraiser for our cat rescue, Eden Animal Haven (https://www.facebook.com/edenanimalhaven).  Although we had several litterbox donations, we had any more for our kitty kissing booth. We raised $800  in all!

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Pamela Adelmann
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-29-2023 06:08 AM
From: Theresa Spataro
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

Here is what we worked up for our V day drive, available to use if your not in NJ. Thanks

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Theresa Spataro
President
Central Jersey Animal Rescue


Original Message:
Sent: 01-22-2023 02:40 PM
From: Theresa Spataro
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

We are going to give this a try, great and cute idea.

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Theresa Spataro
President
Central Jersey Animal Rescue


Original Message:
Sent: 01-11-2023 09:48 AM
From: Kim Domerofski
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

The SPCA of Brevard Adoption Center's "Not a Fan of your Ex" Valentine's fundraiser in 2020 was one of the funniest promos I've ever seen. So clever. It looks like it was quite successful too -- the FB post says it raised $1,700, received 614 comments and 2.6k shares! A screenshot of the post is below. 

@Lacie Davis, @susan naylor, @Brooke Valet, @Veronica Vera, kudos to your team for coming up with this hilarious idea! Did you do that fundraiser in 2021 & 2022, too? Any Valentine's Day promo plans for 2023?​​​​​

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Kim Domerofski (she/her)
Community Manager
Maddie's Fund

We made a booth from a cardboard box and supplies from Dollar Tree, and took photos of some of our cats inside it. As "kiss" donations came in, we edited the photos to include the person's name and posted them with a comment on which cat was sending kisses. We had about 3 times as many kisses as litterbox donors. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=508840384763430&set=pb.100069124196395.-2207520000.&type=3

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Pamela Adelmann
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Original Message:
Sent: 02-20-2023 10:24 AM
From: Krystal Hasard
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

Oh that's wonderful!  How did the kitty kissing booth work?

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Krystal Hasard
Karma Cat and Zen Dog Rescue Society
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Original Message:
Sent: 02-20-2023 06:38 AM
From: Pamela Adelmann
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

I'd like to thank you for sharing your graphics! I used several of these in a Valentine's Day: Love it or Leave It (in the Litterbox)" fundraiser for our cat rescue, Eden Animal Haven (https://www.facebook.com/edenanimalhaven).  Although we had several litterbox donations, we had any more for our kitty kissing booth. We raised $800  in all!

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Pamela Adelmann


Original Message:
Sent: 01-29-2023 06:08 AM
From: Theresa Spataro
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

Here is what we worked up for our V day drive, available to use if your not in NJ. Thanks

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Theresa Spataro
President
Central Jersey Animal Rescue


Original Message:
Sent: 01-22-2023 02:40 PM
From: Theresa Spataro
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

We are going to give this a try, great and cute idea.

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Theresa Spataro
President
Central Jersey Animal Rescue


Original Message:
Sent: 01-11-2023 09:48 AM
From: Kim Domerofski
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

The SPCA of Brevard Adoption Center's "Not a Fan of your Ex" Valentine's fundraiser in 2020 was one of the funniest promos I've ever seen. So clever. It looks like it was quite successful too -- the FB post says it raised $1,700, received 614 comments and 2.6k shares! A screenshot of the post is below. 

@Lacie Davis, @susan naylor, @Brooke Valet, @Veronica Vera, kudos to your team for coming up with this hilarious idea! Did you do that fundraiser in 2021 & 2022, too? Any Valentine's Day promo plans for 2023?​​​​​

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Kim Domerofski (she/her)
Community Manager
Maddie's Fund

That is classic and so funny.  I imagine it worked well.

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Dawn Roberts
Executive Director
Beesley Animal Foundation
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-11-2023 09:48 AM
From: Kim Domerofski
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

The SPCA of Brevard Adoption Center's "Not a Fan of your Ex" Valentine's fundraiser in 2020 was one of the funniest promos I've ever seen. So clever. It looks like it was quite successful too -- the FB post says it raised $1,700, received 614 comments and 2.6k shares! A screenshot of the post is below. 

@Lacie Davis, @susan naylor, @Brooke Valet, @Veronica Vera, kudos to your team for coming up with this hilarious idea! Did you do that fundraiser in 2021 & 2022, too? Any Valentine's Day promo plans for 2023?​​​​​

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Kim Domerofski (she/her)
Community Manager
Maddie's Fund
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Hi there! This was definitely a fun way to raise funds for the shelter. We're doing things a little differently this year. Our V-Day promo is "The Barkchelor" where people can buy a rose for their favorite contestant.  Here's a link to the info:  https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=549861930503680&set=a.241713137985229

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susan naylor
Associate Director
SPCA of Brevard
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-11-2023 09:48 AM
From: Kim Domerofski
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

The SPCA of Brevard Adoption Center's "Not a Fan of your Ex" Valentine's fundraiser in 2020 was one of the funniest promos I've ever seen. So clever. It looks like it was quite successful too -- the FB post says it raised $1,700, received 614 comments and 2.6k shares! A screenshot of the post is below. 

@Lacie Davis, @susan naylor, @Brooke Valet, @Veronica Vera, kudos to your team for coming up with this hilarious idea! Did you do that fundraiser in 2021 & 2022, too? Any Valentine's Day promo plans for 2023?​​​​​

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Kim Domerofski (she/her)
Community Manager
Maddie's Fund
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LOL that is great!

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Kate Williams
Manager
Animal Welfare Friends
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-31-2023 01:23 PM
From: susan naylor
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

Hi there! This was definitely a fun way to raise funds for the shelter. We're doing things a little differently this year. Our V-Day promo is "The Barkchelor" where people can buy a rose for their favorite contestant.  Here's a link to the info:  https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=549861930503680&set=a.241713137985229

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susan naylor
Associate Director
SPCA of Brevard
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-11-2023 09:48 AM
From: Kim Domerofski
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

The SPCA of Brevard Adoption Center's "Not a Fan of your Ex" Valentine's fundraiser in 2020 was one of the funniest promos I've ever seen. So clever. It looks like it was quite successful too -- the FB post says it raised $1,700, received 614 comments and 2.6k shares! A screenshot of the post is below. 

@Lacie Davis, @susan naylor, @Brooke Valet, @Veronica Vera, kudos to your team for coming up with this hilarious idea! Did you do that fundraiser in 2021 & 2022, too? Any Valentine's Day promo plans for 2023?​​​​​

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Kim Domerofski (she/her)
Community Manager
Maddie's Fund

We are offering ecards sent anyone of your choice with pictures of our adoptable dogs and cats!!



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Ali Porter
Program Manager for Fosters and Transports
Lucky Dog Animal Recue
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Could you share which platform are you using for the ecards?

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Karinna Lozano
Meridian Canine Rescue
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-13-2023 07:40 PM
From: Ali Porter
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

We are offering ecards sent anyone of your choice with pictures of our adoptable dogs and cats!!

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Ali Porter
Program Manager for Fosters and Transports
Lucky Dog Animal Recue
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This is a great idea.  Can you send me more details on how to set up an ecard, did you get donations etc?   Thanks for Sharing!

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Teresa Underwood
Monroe County Friends of Animals
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-13-2023 07:40 PM
From: Ali Porter
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

We are offering ecards sent anyone of your choice with pictures of our adoptable dogs and cats!!

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Ali Porter
Program Manager for Fosters and Transports
Lucky Dog Animal Recue
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I would also like information on how to set up the Valentine's Day ecards, please, if able to share!

Thank you!

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Karen Olson
Volunteer Caregiver & apparently Fundraiser Coordinator
Thompson River Animal Care Shelter (TRACS)
Thompson Falls, MT
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-23-2023 08:56 AM
From: Teresa Underwood
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

This is a great idea.  Can you send me more details on how to set up an ecard, did you get donations etc?   Thanks for Sharing!

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Teresa Underwood
Monroe County Friends of Animals
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-13-2023 07:40 PM
From: Ali Porter
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

We are offering ecards sent anyone of your choice with pictures of our adoptable dogs and cats!!

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Ali Porter
Program Manager for Fosters and Transports
Lucky Dog Animal Recue

I love the e-card idea. I would also like to know how to do this. I have Canva and Adobe Express, did you use either of them to create the cards?
Thank you,

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Sincerely,
Johanna Spielman
Founder of Jamie Brianna's Legacy Fund
https://jamiebriannaslegacyfund.org/
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-13-2023 07:40 PM
From: Ali Porter
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

We are offering ecards sent anyone of your choice with pictures of our adoptable dogs and cats!!

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Ali Porter
Program Manager for Fosters and Transports
Lucky Dog Animal Recue
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Has anyone done affiliate program with local or national florist chain just gound out about this option to promote florist on social media recieving a percent of flower sales as donation seem like a perfect time to partner with florist and share some love and joy also looking at card options.

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Cindy Wilde
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-29-2023 11:39 AM
From: Johanna Spielman
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

I love the e-card idea. I would also like to know how to do this. I have Canva and Adobe Express, did you use either of them to create the cards?
Thank you,

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Sincerely,
Johanna Spielman
Founder of Jamie Brianna's Legacy Fund
https://jamiebriannaslegacyfund.org/
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-13-2023 07:40 PM
From: Ali Porter
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

We are offering ecards sent anyone of your choice with pictures of our adoptable dogs and cats!!

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Ali Porter
Program Manager for Fosters and Transports
Lucky Dog Animal Recue

I would like to know too

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Betsy Ballenger
President
Cat Action Team
Charlottesville, VA
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-29-2023 12:35 PM
From: Cindy Wilde
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

Has anyone done affiliate program with local or national florist chain just gound out about this option to promote florist on social media recieving a percent of flower sales as donation seem like a perfect time to partner with florist and share some love and joy also looking at card options.

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Cindy Wilde
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-29-2023 11:39 AM
From: Johanna Spielman
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

I love the e-card idea. I would also like to know how to do this. I have Canva and Adobe Express, did you use either of them to create the cards?
Thank you,

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Sincerely,
Johanna Spielman
Founder of Jamie Brianna's Legacy Fund
https://jamiebriannaslegacyfund.org/


Original Message:
Sent: 01-13-2023 07:40 PM
From: Ali Porter
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

We are offering ecards sent anyone of your choice with pictures of our adoptable dogs and cats!!

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Ali Porter
Program Manager for Fosters and Transports
Lucky Dog Animal Recue

Bronx Zoo isn't going to the sweet and cuddly route this year lol

https://bronxzoo.com/roach

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wendy frink
Marketing Communications Specialist
Maddie's Fund
New York NY
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Hi Stephanie!

We have set up a Doggy Date Day where people can donate $25 to bring their significant other to the shelter to socialize with dogs for an hour! So far it seems to be gaining a lot of interest! We also debated on even doing Spaghetti Dinners with shelter animals over the weekends in February, but due to lack of volunteers nixed the idea. 

We also have a "Spread the Love" Campaign  where people can donate $10 for a Valentine to be sent to someone from an animal of their choice.

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Alicia Terek
Director of Development
Butler County Humane Society
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What a cute idea!!  Love it.

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Dawn Roberts
Executive Director
Beesley Animal Foundation
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-17-2023 10:34 AM
From: Alicia Terek
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

Hi Stephanie!

We have set up a Doggy Date Day where people can donate $25 to bring their significant other to the shelter to socialize with dogs for an hour! So far it seems to be gaining a lot of interest! We also debated on even doing Spaghetti Dinners with shelter animals over the weekends in February, but due to lack of volunteers nixed the idea. 

We also have a "Spread the Love" Campaign  where people can donate $10 for a Valentine to be sent to someone from an animal of their choice.

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Alicia Terek
Director of Development
Butler County Humane Society
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I've been toying with the idea of a Bring Your Dog on a Date (with Valentine themed Photo Opp booth) since I know so many women and some men who have replaced their former spouses with a furry friend. We have a local brewery that has an outdoor area but, unfortunately it is currently covered in 8' of snow. Thought about a Kissing Booth with dog featured in it too as an added fun- fundraising idea. A silent auction at the event with dog and cat themed baskets full of goodies, supplies, bling colors etc…  I'm just a single volunteer and all 3 of the animal organizations have no resources with which to launch such an event or build a committee to create it.

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Barbara Richard
Volunteer Foster/Grant Writing & Development
Kauai SPCA
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Barbara,

I posted under "Great Event Idea". Years ago a friend  I threw a singles party for pet owners. It was a smash! If I did over I would have an inside outside venue where everyone with dogs could socialize and bring their animals. We had owner pet look alike contest. Everyone had such fun. It could be done any time of year but think Vday would be great since so many singles l now!


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Susan Knoll
Fundraising
Maine Coon Rescue
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-17-2023 01:23 PM
From: Barbara Richard
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

I've been toying with the idea of a Bring Your Dog on a Date (with Valentine themed Photo Opp booth) since I know so many women and some men who have replaced their former spouses with a furry friend. We have a local brewery that has an outdoor area but, unfortunately it is currently covered in 8' of snow. Thought about a Kissing Booth with dog featured in it too as an added fun- fundraising idea. A silent auction at the event with dog and cat themed baskets full of goodies, supplies, bling colors etc…  I'm just a single volunteer and all 3 of the animal organizations have no resources with which to launch such an event or build a committee to create it.

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Barbara Richard
Volunteer Foster/Grant Writing & Development
Kauai SPCA
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Once a month in the summer, our small town does hometown days. I suggested a kissing booth and the chamber loved it. But because of lack of help I was unable to get it going. Hoping this year will be better.

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Kate Williams
Manager
Animal Welfare Friends
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-17-2023 01:23 PM
From: Barbara Richard
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

I've been toying with the idea of a Bring Your Dog on a Date (with Valentine themed Photo Opp booth) since I know so many women and some men who have replaced their former spouses with a furry friend. We have a local brewery that has an outdoor area but, unfortunately it is currently covered in 8' of snow. Thought about a Kissing Booth with dog featured in it too as an added fun- fundraising idea. A silent auction at the event with dog and cat themed baskets full of goodies, supplies, bling colors etc…  I'm just a single volunteer and all 3 of the animal organizations have no resources with which to launch such an event or build a committee to create it.

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Barbara Richard
Volunteer Foster/Grant Writing & Development
Kauai SPCA
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Barbara Richard, That's a great idea! I think I will suggest it to our Board and see if we can do something similar. Also, if you have any events April 20-26, 2023, let me know! I will be in Kauai then and will bring my family.

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Laura Pelegrin
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-17-2023 01:23 PM
From: Barbara Richard
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

I've been toying with the idea of a Bring Your Dog on a Date (with Valentine themed Photo Opp booth) since I know so many women and some men who have replaced their former spouses with a furry friend. We have a local brewery that has an outdoor area but, unfortunately it is currently covered in 8' of snow. Thought about a Kissing Booth with dog featured in it too as an added fun- fundraising idea. A silent auction at the event with dog and cat themed baskets full of goodies, supplies, bling colors etc…  I'm just a single volunteer and all 3 of the animal organizations have no resources with which to launch such an event or build a committee to create it.

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Barbara Richard
Volunteer Foster/Grant Writing & Development
Kauai SPCA
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The first thing that popped into my head was personalized valentine cards like the ones kids use in elementary school and give to their classmates! People could order valentine cards with their own pets on them and a cute valentines day saying to give to their friends and family or classmates.

Secondly, it would be cute to have a doggie spaghetti dinner like in Lady and the Tramp. It could be mixed with others' ideas of doggie dating as well!

Just some thoughts hahah. Goodluck!

~Kelsey

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Kelsey Lee
Farmer/ dog sitter
Southall
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I love all of these ideas so much! I don't know if, due to being so small and understaffed, that I could do some of them but others I can! I have also floated around the idea of "selling" paper hearts donors can write their name on. Simple but a little over done I think but we work with what we have. lol.

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Jessica West
Executive Director
Animal Welfare Alliance of Southeast Missouri
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Here are two of our adoption special flyers that have worked well in the past! We make the adoption price $14.

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Amelia Jones
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These are nice well done!

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Theresa Spataro
President
Central Jersey Animal Rescue
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-18-2023 06:48 AM
From: Amelia Jones
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

Here are two of our adoption special flyers that have worked well in the past! We make the adoption price $14.

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Amelia Jones
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We are doing a fundraiser "pictures with cupid".  We have a red velvet couch that we will take out to our dog park and have cupid in a toga with a play bow and arrow that people can have their dogs pics taken with for a $20 donation.  We find that these types of photo events bring in lots of donations.   We also have food trucks attend and get a 20% give back from them.

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Kat Cortelyou
SPCA of East Texas
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Last year I organized a small fundraiser for Valentine's Day that I thought would just be fun to do. It was just an unoriginal 'How many candy hearts are in the jar?' I counted out over 300-400 hearts and gave to 6 businesses that agreed to participate. (1 of them didn't tell me until I went to pick up their jar and money that they had decided not to do it.) Prizes included gift certificates for massages, a restaurant, and a big stuffed Teddy Bear that I bought just for this fundraiser. It turned out to be a flop. We're in a very small county in rural Montana and let's just say participation was lacking. I had given the businesses instructions, and they each had a heart decorated bucket for the money and guesses to go in. It was 'One buck for one guess'. I raised only $50 and had more guesses than I should have so I don't even know if the people that won had actually put in their dollar. Some kids just write down '20' for their guess so those were easy to throw out when I checked the guesses.

Hmmm, you wanted successful fundraiser ideas. Maybe some others have been able to make something like this successful? Probably our next fundraiser will be more of a social one in a local brewery. The brewery had reached out to me to see if we wanted to do something like a pint a buck, and then have a rep from our shelter talk about what we do. That sounds like it could be fun - and not too much work.

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Karen Olson
TRACS
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-18-2023 07:17 AM
From: Kat Cortelyou
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

We are doing a fundraiser "pictures with cupid".  We have a red velvet couch that we will take out to our dog park and have cupid in a toga with a play bow and arrow that people can have their dogs pics taken with for a $20 donation.  We find that these types of photo events bring in lots of donations.   We also have food trucks attend and get a 20% give back from them.

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Kat Cortelyou
SPCA of East Texas
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Hi there!!

We haven't run this before, but this year we are doing Valentine's Day Puppygrams.  We have a local florist and baker that will be making arrangements for us for folks to purchase and have one of our dogs deliver to their sweetheart!

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Kelly Eckerle
Dubois County Humane Society
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We are launching this fundraiser next week. It's hilarious and in good fun and hopefully will be successful!



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Jill Gilbert
Shelter or rescue staff
Lee County Humane Society
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-19-2023 06:22 AM
From: Kelly Eckerle
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

Hi there!!

We haven't run this before, but this year we are doing Valentine's Day Puppygrams.  We have a local florist and baker that will be making arrangements for us for folks to purchase and have one of our dogs deliver to their sweetheart!

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Kelly Eckerle
Dubois County Humane Society
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This is a super cute idea, can't wait to hear how it turns out!

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Laurie Lyons-Makaimoku
Hawaii Animal Kuleana Alliance
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-19-2023 07:36 AM
From: Jill Gilbert
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

We are launching this fundraiser next week. It's hilarious and in good fun and hopefully will be successful!

#CrappyEx

 

"Ghosted after a few dates? Dumped? Best friend fall out? Or maybe you just want to feel the absolute satisfaction of knowing a cat is about to poop on somebody you used to know. We know Valentine's Day isn't for everyone, so don't worry about it-we've got it covered.

 

For just a $5 donation, you can get your own retriPOOtion (your reDUMPtion, even). 

 

From January 23rd until Valentine's Day, our staff will write the name of your certain ex-someone in the bottom of our litter boxes. Then, our kitties will make sure to cover your former #1 with plenty of #2. 

 

Feel free to donate via Venmo (@LeeCounty-HumaneSociety) or this link: (general donation link here) between now and February 14th to declare your unlove for Valentine's Day. 

 

All proceeds will go to helping us prepare for Puppy and Kitten Season at LCHS."

 

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Jill Gilbert
Shelter or rescue staff
Lee County Humane Society
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-19-2023 06:22 AM
From: Kelly Eckerle
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

Hi there!!

We haven't run this before, but this year we are doing Valentine's Day Puppygrams.  We have a local florist and baker that will be making arrangements for us for folks to purchase and have one of our dogs deliver to their sweetheart!

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Kelly Eckerle
Dubois County Humane Society

We are doing the same thing! I saw it last year and just knew we needed to do it. We are also doing a sort of dating profile for our animals that we ran last year. It got attention even if we did not see an increase in adoptions.

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Kate Williams
Manager
Animal Welfare Friends
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-19-2023 07:36 AM
From: Jill Gilbert
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

We are launching this fundraiser next week. It's hilarious and in good fun and hopefully will be successful!

#CrappyEx

 

"Ghosted after a few dates? Dumped? Best friend fall out? Or maybe you just want to feel the absolute satisfaction of knowing a cat is about to poop on somebody you used to know. We know Valentine's Day isn't for everyone, so don't worry about it-we've got it covered.

 

For just a $5 donation, you can get your own retriPOOtion (your reDUMPtion, even). 

 

From January 23rd until Valentine's Day, our staff will write the name of your certain ex-someone in the bottom of our litter boxes. Then, our kitties will make sure to cover your former #1 with plenty of #2. 

 

Feel free to donate via Venmo (@LeeCounty-HumaneSociety) or this link: (general donation link here) between now and February 14th to declare your unlove for Valentine's Day. 

 

All proceeds will go to helping us prepare for Puppy and Kitten Season at LCHS."

 

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Jill Gilbert
Shelter or rescue staff
Lee County Humane Society
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-19-2023 06:22 AM
From: Kelly Eckerle
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

Hi there!!

We haven't run this before, but this year we are doing Valentine's Day Puppygrams.  We have a local florist and baker that will be making arrangements for us for folks to purchase and have one of our dogs deliver to their sweetheart!

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Kelly Eckerle
Dubois County Humane Society

Original Message:
Sent: 1/20/2023 11:43:00 AM
From: Kate Williams
Subject: RE: Valentine's Day Promotions

We are doing the same thing! I saw it last year and just knew we needed to do it. We are also doing a sort of dating profile for our animals that we ran last year. It got attention even if we did not see an increase in adoptions.

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Kate Williams
Manager
Animal Welfare Friends
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-19-2023 07:36 AM
From: Jill Gilbert
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

We are launching this fundraiser next week. It's hilarious and in good fun and hopefully will be successful!

#CrappyEx

 

"Ghosted after a few dates? Dumped? Best friend fall out? Or maybe you just want to feel the absolute satisfaction of knowing a cat is about to poop on somebody you used to know. We know Valentine's Day isn't for everyone, so don't worry about it-we've got it covered.

 

For just a $5 donation, you can get your own retriPOOtion (your reDUMPtion, even). 

 

From January 23rd until Valentine's Day, our staff will write the name of your certain ex-someone in the bottom of our litter boxes. Then, our kitties will make sure to cover your former #1 with plenty of #2. 

 

Feel free to donate via Venmo (@LeeCounty-HumaneSociety) or this link: (general donation link here) between now and February 14th to declare your unlove for Valentine's Day. 

 

All proceeds will go to helping us prepare for Puppy and Kitten Season at LCHS."

 

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Jill Gilbert
Shelter or rescue staff
Lee County Humane Society
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How did the speed dating event work? That might be an idea for when the weather is warmer and might attract some dog walkers.

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Kate Williams
Manager
Animal Welfare Friends
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-20-2023 08:58 AM
From: Jill Gilbert
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

I hope it is successful for us both! We did a speed dating event in 2021 that was fun. Not a lot of adoptions either but great exposure!

Jill Gilbert

Rescue and Grant Coordinator

Lee County Humane Society

jill@leecountyhumane.org

334-821-3222

Original Message:
Sent: 1/20/2023 11:43:00 AM
From: Kate Williams
Subject: RE: Valentine's Day Promotions

We are doing the same thing! I saw it last year and just knew we needed to do it. We are also doing a sort of dating profile for our animals that we ran last year. It got attention even if we did not see an increase in adoptions.

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Kate Williams
Manager
Animal Welfare Friends
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-19-2023 07:36 AM
From: Jill Gilbert
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

We are launching this fundraiser next week. It's hilarious and in good fun and hopefully will be successful!

#CrappyEx

 

"Ghosted after a few dates? Dumped? Best friend fall out? Or maybe you just want to feel the absolute satisfaction of knowing a cat is about to poop on somebody you used to know. We know Valentine's Day isn't for everyone, so don't worry about it-we've got it covered.

 

For just a $5 donation, you can get your own retriPOOtion (your reDUMPtion, even). 

 

From January 23rd until Valentine's Day, our staff will write the name of your certain ex-someone in the bottom of our litter boxes. Then, our kitties will make sure to cover your former #1 with plenty of #2. 

 

Feel free to donate via Venmo (@LeeCounty-HumaneSociety) or this link: (general donation link here) between now and February 14th to declare your unlove for Valentine's Day. 

 

All proceeds will go to helping us prepare for Puppy and Kitten Season at LCHS."

 

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Jill Gilbert
Shelter or rescue staff
Lee County Humane Society


Original Message:
Sent: 01-19-2023 06:22 AM
From: Kelly Eckerle
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

Hi there!!

We haven't run this before, but this year we are doing Valentine's Day Puppygrams.  We have a local florist and baker that will be making arrangements for us for folks to purchase and have one of our dogs deliver to their sweetheart!

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Kelly Eckerle
Dubois County Humane Society

Original Message:
Sent: 1/20/2023 1:33:00 PM
From: Kate Williams
Subject: RE: Valentine's Day Promotions

How did the speed dating event work? That might be an idea for when the weather is warmer and might attract some dog walkers.

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Kate Williams
Manager
Animal Welfare Friends
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-20-2023 08:58 AM
From: Jill Gilbert
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

I hope it is successful for us both! We did a speed dating event in 2021 that was fun. Not a lot of adoptions either but great exposure!

Jill Gilbert

Rescue and Grant Coordinator

Lee County Humane Society

jill@leecountyhumane.org

334-821-3222

Original Message:
Sent: 1/20/2023 11:43:00 AM
From: Kate Williams
Subject: RE: Valentine's Day Promotions

We are doing the same thing! I saw it last year and just knew we needed to do it. We are also doing a sort of dating profile for our animals that we ran last year. It got attention even if we did not see an increase in adoptions.

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Kate Williams
Manager
Animal Welfare Friends
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-19-2023 07:36 AM
From: Jill Gilbert
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

We are launching this fundraiser next week. It's hilarious and in good fun and hopefully will be successful!

#CrappyEx

 

"Ghosted after a few dates? Dumped? Best friend fall out? Or maybe you just want to feel the absolute satisfaction of knowing a cat is about to poop on somebody you used to know. We know Valentine's Day isn't for everyone, so don't worry about it-we've got it covered.

 

For just a $5 donation, you can get your own retriPOOtion (your reDUMPtion, even). 

 

From January 23rd until Valentine's Day, our staff will write the name of your certain ex-someone in the bottom of our litter boxes. Then, our kitties will make sure to cover your former #1 with plenty of #2. 

 

Feel free to donate via Venmo (@LeeCounty-HumaneSociety) or this link: (general donation link here) between now and February 14th to declare your unlove for Valentine's Day. 

 

All proceeds will go to helping us prepare for Puppy and Kitten Season at LCHS."

 

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Jill Gilbert
Shelter or rescue staff
Lee County Humane Society

Laughing so hard!  I love this idea and it is so well written.

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Sabrina Hill
Aide 2 Adoption Rescue
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-19-2023 07:36 AM
From: Jill Gilbert
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

We are launching this fundraiser next week. It's hilarious and in good fun and hopefully will be successful!

#CrappyEx

 

"Ghosted after a few dates? Dumped? Best friend fall out? Or maybe you just want to feel the absolute satisfaction of knowing a cat is about to poop on somebody you used to know. We know Valentine's Day isn't for everyone, so don't worry about it-we've got it covered.

 

For just a $5 donation, you can get your own retriPOOtion (your reDUMPtion, even). 

 

From January 23rd until Valentine's Day, our staff will write the name of your certain ex-someone in the bottom of our litter boxes. Then, our kitties will make sure to cover your former #1 with plenty of #2. 

 

Feel free to donate via Venmo (@LeeCounty-HumaneSociety) or this link: (general donation link here) between now and February 14th to declare your unlove for Valentine's Day. 

 

All proceeds will go to helping us prepare for Puppy and Kitten Season at LCHS."

 

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Jill Gilbert
Shelter or rescue staff
Lee County Humane Society
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-19-2023 06:22 AM
From: Kelly Eckerle
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

Hi there!!

We haven't run this before, but this year we are doing Valentine's Day Puppygrams.  We have a local florist and baker that will be making arrangements for us for folks to purchase and have one of our dogs deliver to their sweetheart!

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Kelly Eckerle
Dubois County Humane Society

Love this idea.

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Davyd Smith
No Kill Colorado
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-19-2023 07:36 AM
From: Jill Gilbert
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

We are launching this fundraiser next week. It's hilarious and in good fun and hopefully will be successful!

#CrappyEx

 

"Ghosted after a few dates? Dumped? Best friend fall out? Or maybe you just want to feel the absolute satisfaction of knowing a cat is about to poop on somebody you used to know. We know Valentine's Day isn't for everyone, so don't worry about it-we've got it covered.

 

For just a $5 donation, you can get your own retriPOOtion (your reDUMPtion, even). 

 

From January 23rd until Valentine's Day, our staff will write the name of your certain ex-someone in the bottom of our litter boxes. Then, our kitties will make sure to cover your former #1 with plenty of #2. 

 

Feel free to donate via Venmo (@LeeCounty-HumaneSociety) or this link: (general donation link here) between now and February 14th to declare your unlove for Valentine's Day. 

 

All proceeds will go to helping us prepare for Puppy and Kitten Season at LCHS."

 

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Jill Gilbert
Shelter or rescue staff
Lee County Humane Society
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-19-2023 06:22 AM
From: Kelly Eckerle
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

Hi there!!

We haven't run this before, but this year we are doing Valentine's Day Puppygrams.  We have a local florist and baker that will be making arrangements for us for folks to purchase and have one of our dogs deliver to their sweetheart!

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Kelly Eckerle
Dubois County Humane Society

FUREVERILOVEATLANTA will be giving away 100 Valentines dog treat boxes. These homemade treat can be consumed by both human and pet! A great way to share and bond! It will be featuring 3 flavors! We have original peanut butter, glazed maple bacon and pumpkin spice! Each box will be randomly giving out at different community events! Free samples are provided along with community information and cards!!! I'm so excited! Thank you Maddies Fund for providing funds to make sure that our community can receive all natural safe pet treat! I almost forgot, I will also be hosting a class on how to make your own treats from home as well as some food safety tips! This class will be held at our local Andrew Young YMCA on February 6,2023 at 630pm eastern time!!!

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Beunca Gainor
Advocate
Care
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-21-2023 06:39 PM
From: Beunca Gainor
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

FUREVERILOVEATLANTA will be giving away 100 Valentines dog treat boxes. These homemade treat can be consumed by both human and pet! A great way to share and bond! It will be featuring 3 flavors! We have original peanut butter, glazed maple bacon and pumpkin spice! Each box will be randomly giving out at different community events! Free samples are provided along with community information and cards!!! I'm so excited! Thank you Maddies Fund for providing funds to make sure that our community can receive all natural safe pet treat! I almost forgot, I will also be hosting a class on how to make your own treats from home as well as some food safety tips! This class will be held at our local Andrew Young YMCA on February 6,2023 at 630pm eastern time!!!

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Beunca Gainor
Advocate
Care
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We did a Valentine's Day fundraiser with Kitty Town Coffee (https://www.kittytowncoffee.com/). They sell different varieties of coffees (ground or whole bean) and donate 20% of proceeds to us. We promoted it as Valentine's Day gifts. Our first try netted us almost $400. Not a lot, but easy and fun. Each blend of coffee is named for a different cat.

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Betsy Ballenger
Cat Action Team
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Ooh! I love all things coffee!

We have done Valentine's Bark-uterie Boxes with homemade dog treats, dehydrated meats and chicken paws, etc. It's a lot of work to put together, but does decently well.

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Rebecca Zelanko
Vice President
Second Chance Ranch Rescue and Sanctuary
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-23-2023 10:57 AM
From: Betsy Ballenger
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

We did a Valentine's Day fundraiser with Kitty Town Coffee (https://www.kittytowncoffee.com/). They sell different varieties of coffees (ground or whole bean) and donate 20% of proceeds to us. We promoted it as Valentine's Day gifts. Our first try netted us almost $400. Not a lot, but easy and fun. Each blend of coffee is named for a different cat.

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Betsy Ballenger
Cat Action Team
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We're a small feline rescue and are doing a cuddle a cat sale where $14 is taken off the adoption fees from Monday to Friday that week. As long as they submit an application during that time frame, the special will be applied at time of adoption. We have 5 kitties who have adoption fee sponsorships ranging from $25-100 and the special will also be applied to them. 
Starting the week after Valentines from the 18th to the 28th we're doing another adoption fee special titled, " giving our teenagers an allowance," cause we have so many kittens around 6mo-10mo old who've had zero interest so we'll be taking $25 off their adoption fee.

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Tracy Hanson
Ellie's Legacy Pet Rescue
Alexandria MN
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Cindy Womack
Paws for Life NC
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Oh my gosh, these are adorable.  We are going to try a Valentine's card fundraiser this year and we might have to consider something like this for any bonded pairs we have.

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Sabrina Hill
Aide 2 Adoption Rescue
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-24-2023 04:35 AM
From: Cindy Womack
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

This is what we are doing for the bonded pairs in our rescue to help promote them for adoption.

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Cindy Womack
Paws for Life NC
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https://pin.it/4d2OpCm
Looking fur love pin board featuring adoptable animals in area. Utah Idaho WY.

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Here's our current Valentine's Day flyer...

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Cristina Bellefeuille
Foster Manager
Compassion Without Borders
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We had a great See's candy yum raiser fundraiser and it was super successful! We posted it to our Facebook and people all across the country ordered for Valentine's Day!

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Riley Morris
President
Almost Eden Rescue
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Details please!

___________________
Donna, Secretary Misfit Felines
____________________

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Joelle Thorne
President
Misfit Felines, Inc.
WI
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-31-2023 11:23 AM
From: Riley Morris
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

We had a great See's candy yum raiser fundraiser and it was super successful! We posted it to our Facebook and people all across the country ordered for Valentine's Day!

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Riley Morris
President
Almost Eden Rescue
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Hello-
This will be our first Valentine's fundraiser so am appreciative of all these great ideas! We are going to hold an adoption event the week before at a local pet food/supply store that has a good amount of foot & paw traffic.  We're going to make paw-print cards using pet-safe coloring and either we or the donor can decorate the matte.  Our logo sticker will go on the back of the card.
Hope it's successful!

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Nada Grodek
Adoptable Friends nfp
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Hello! 

We just held a Valentines Blind Date with a dog to promote our foster day trips program which we are just getting started. We had people sign up via a google form (https://forms.gle/6r94BsL58myzPtxN9) and we used the info provided to match our volunteers with a blind date.  We created dating profiles for the dogs selected and included it in the folder provided to the volunteers to share their info with anyone interested.

It was a pretty successful day, we were able to get out 17 dogs for the day. One turned into a long term foster, and one got adopted later that day due to his day trip notes! Almost all of the volunteers who attended signed up to take another dog out next weekend. We hope to be able to continue to grow this program more. Blind dates seemed like a great way to kick it off!



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August Hutchins
Foster Coordinator
Hillsborough County Pet Resource Center
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This is our first year hosting a  Valentine's adoption event for our longer term animals and hard to adopt animals. Our event is being held the weekend before Valentine'a at our local PetSmart. We will be having our adult cats, senior dogs, and harder to adopt breeds such as our pitbull / american staffordshire terrier mixes. We decided to this event this way because during our larger scale adoption events, these categories of animals just get over looked quite often. We had one of our volunteers take super cute Valentine's  pics of our animals attending to gain interest!

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Hillary Witt
Foster Coordinator
Bottle Babies Rescue
Plymouth
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I wanted to come up with something that wouldn't be a lot of work to manage - please see video (I hope it shows up). In case it doesn't load, it's a short survey asking people to donate $5 if they prefer big dogs as pets, $5 if little dogs, $5 if prefer cats, $5 if can't choose and $20 if choose all 3. We're running it for a week. Donations aren't required to be counted for their preference. At the end of the survey, I'll tally it up and make a post of what the results are. I doubt it will bring much money in but I had fun creating the posts.

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Karen Olson
Volunteer Caregiver & apparently Fundraiser Coordinator
Thompson River Animal Care Shelter (TRACS)
Thompson Falls, MT
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We are also doing an e-card that people can purchase for $10 and have it sent to a person of their choice, but it will include a video of some of our adoptable dogs, puppies, cats and kittens.  We are using canva to create the e-card, but our CRM won't allow us to send the e-card without creating a profile for each individual who the card will be going to (we didn't get permission from these individuals since this is a "surprise" card). That being said, we are sending each e-card individually via email, which is cumbersome. If anyone has ideas for an easier way to do this, please let me know. So far, the fundraiser is doing well. We've had many people indicate that the price is nice because its cheap enough that they want to send multiple e-cards at a time. 

Valentine Fundraiser | Paws4ever

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Whitney Zoghby
Paws4ever
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susan brandt
Rational Animal
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Golden Gala that weekend with lunch at a award winning bistro and raffel prizes to help raise money for medicial fund.
https://altadogrehab.com/golden-gala 

I had a thought over the weekend to send e-cards and came across a website called https://www.dontsendmeacard.com -- a platform for non-profits to upload e-cards for fundraising purposes. They're UK-based but can adjust currencies. No fees to join, and links to PayPal. We're creating a bunch of cheesy valentines in Canva to upload / I signed up today, and they say it usually takes around 24 hours for approval...seems like an easy promo to run without much leg work!

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bonnie hiliadis
Development & Communications Coordinator
North Country Animal League
Morrisville VT
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We're doing an Adopt a Sweetheart event!  We decorated our adoption center, put posters up all over town, hit up social media and the local radio station.  We're doing half-priced adoptions and inviting the community in.  Can't wait!

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Krystal Hasard
Karma Cat and Zen Dog Rescue Society
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I'm late to the party, but I wanted to share HeARTs Speak's Valentine's Day templates and design tools for anyone looking for last-minute promotion resources! Links below and please feel free to reach out if I can help troubleshoot anything

Printable Valentine Cards https://heartsspeak.org/printable-valentines-day-cards/

Valentine Adoption Promo Templates https://heartsspeak.org/valentines-day-adoption-templates/

Social Toolkit for Valentine's Day https://heartsspeak.org/social-toolkit-valentines-day/

Editable Dating App template https://heartsspeak.org/editable-dating-app-template/

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Caitlin Quinn
HeARTs Speak
Salt Point NY
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I just learned about GivingGrid.com. They have several platforms and you can use them for more than just Valentine's day. 
https://www.givinggrid.com/animals/

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Sincerely,
Johanna Spielman
Founder of Jamie Brianna's Legacy Fund
https://jamiebriannaslegacyfund.org/
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I decided to do the name in the litter box idea because I thought it was funny and cute. While it got some laughs, it did not bring in any donations and was a total flop :(

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Amanda Gray
Truly All Cats Trapping and Rescue
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I also did the litter bow for V-day. It brought in maybe $50 and got a lot of laughs. I did add a few extra names to make it look good so maybe it will be better next year. Also, fundraising is down overall so it is not surprising.

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Kate Williams
Manager
Animal Welfare Friends
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Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 08:37 AM
From: Amanda Gray
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

I decided to do the name in the litter box idea because I thought it was funny and cute. While it got some laughs, it did not bring in any donations and was a total flop :(

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Amanda Gray
Truly All Cats Trapping and Rescue
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Thank you everyone for weighing in and sharing your Valentine's promos. We ultimately went with a dual promotion. People could donate and have a personalized E-Card sent to their loved one on Valentine's Day.

We also did a Kiss or Diss promotion that is going through the end of the month. People can choose to get a Kiss, and we put your special someone's name on a kiss that we posted on different kennels. The Diss was that we would write your 'not-so-special' someone's name in a litter pan. 

We did not have as much success as we had thought, but we also were unable to really promote it as much as we would have liked.  

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Stephanie Salvago
Greater Birmingham Humane Society
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Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 08:55 AM
From: Kate Williams
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

I also did the litter bow for V-day. It brought in maybe $50 and got a lot of laughs. I did add a few extra names to make it look good so maybe it will be better next year. Also, fundraising is down overall so it is not surprising.

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Kate Williams
Manager
Animal Welfare Friends
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Original Message:
Sent: 02-21-2023 08:37 AM
From: Amanda Gray
Subject: Valentine's Day Promotions

I decided to do the name in the litter box idea because I thought it was funny and cute. While it got some laughs, it did not bring in any donations and was a total flop :(

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Amanda Gray
Truly All Cats Trapping and Rescue

We did a Neuter You Ex fundraiser this year and it was wildly popular

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Joy Smith
FieldHaven Feline Center
Lincoln CA
9163008166
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