Animal Welfare Professionals

We absolutely love seeing posts like this! ❤️ We're The Reunite Tonight Project, a 501(c)(3) based in Virginia, and we've been building a network of 24/7 public microchip scanning stations along with free community microchip education.

Our goal has always been to work alongside the amazing shelters, rescues, animal control agencies, and veterinary clinics already serving their communities-not replace them. If we can help reunite even a few pets before they ever enter the shelter system, that's more time, space, and resources available for the animals who truly need them.

One thing that's been especially important to us is making sure our partners aren't taking on an additional financial burden. Our project covers the cost of the scanning stations, educational materials, and community education courses so shelters and rescues can keep their funding focused on what they do best-caring for animals. We see our role as filling a gap and strengthening the incredible work that's already happening in our communities.

If anyone reading this is thinking about starting something similar and has questions, we're always happy to share our perspective and what we've learned. Every community is different, but we're happy to talk through what has worked for us, our educational program, partnerships, station setup, or anything else that might help. We started here in Virginia, but we'd love to support communities anywhere that want to make it easier for lost pets to get home.

The more we share ideas instead of reinventing the wheel, the more families are reunited with their pets. That's a win for everyone. 🐾❤️

Hi Megan,

I am reaching out to you and your organization for guidance and help with starting a free community microchip scanning station. We are a small nonprofit and we have been watching people posting on Nextdoor about either lost or found pet and want to be part of their reunification. We purchased a few chip readers giving some out to the local dog walkers but we plan to propose to our local shelter to establish a station. We would sponsor the entire project. We would love to learn more about the logistics of setting up such a station ( materials - what to use, how to keep the reader from vandalism etc) as well as educational materials and community education courses. Our mission is to keep pets and people together and to fill any gap toward that goal. Thank you, Julie https://www.thelifeofkai.org. My email: connect@thelifeofkai.org

We absolutely love seeing posts like this! ❤️ We're The Reunite Tonight Project, a 501(c)(3) based in Virginia, and we've been building a network of 24/7 public microchip scanning stations along with free community microchip education.

Our goal has always been to work alongside the amazing shelters, rescues, animal control agencies, and veterinary clinics already serving their communities-not replace them. If we can help reunite even a few pets before they ever enter the shelter system, that's more time, space, and resources available for the animals who truly need them.

One thing that's been especially important to us is making sure our partners aren't taking on an additional financial burden. Our project covers the cost of the scanning stations, educational materials, and community education courses so shelters and rescues can keep their funding focused on what they do best-caring for animals. We see our role as filling a gap and strengthening the incredible work that's already happening in our communities.

If anyone reading this is thinking about starting something similar and has questions, we're always happy to share our perspective and what we've learned. Every community is different, but we're happy to talk through what has worked for us, our educational program, partnerships, station setup, or anything else that might help. We started here in Virginia, but we'd love to support communities anywhere that want to make it easier for lost pets to get home.

The more we share ideas instead of reinventing the wheel, the more families are reunited with their pets. That's a win for everyone. 🐾❤️

Hi Megan,

I am reaching out to you and your organization for guidance and help with starting a free community microchip scanning station. We are a small nonprofit and we have been watching people posting on Nextdoor about either lost or found pet and want to be part of their reunification. We purchased a few chip readers giving some out to the local dog walkers but we plan to propose to our local shelter to establish a station. We would sponsor the entire project. We would love to learn more about the logistics of setting up such a station ( materials - what to use, how to keep the reader from vandalism etc) as well as educational materials and community education courses. Our mission is to keep pets and people together and to fill any gap toward that goal. Thank you, Julie https://www.thelifeofkai.org. My email: connect@thelifeofkai.org

We absolutely love seeing posts like this! ❤️ We're The Reunite Tonight Project, a 501(c)(3) based in Virginia, and we've been building a network of 24/7 public microchip scanning stations along with free community microchip education.

Our goal has always been to work alongside the amazing shelters, rescues, animal control agencies, and veterinary clinics already serving their communities-not replace them. If we can help reunite even a few pets before they ever enter the shelter system, that's more time, space, and resources available for the animals who truly need them.

One thing that's been especially important to us is making sure our partners aren't taking on an additional financial burden. Our project covers the cost of the scanning stations, educational materials, and community education courses so shelters and rescues can keep their funding focused on what they do best-caring for animals. We see our role as filling a gap and strengthening the incredible work that's already happening in our communities.

If anyone reading this is thinking about starting something similar and has questions, we're always happy to share our perspective and what we've learned. Every community is different, but we're happy to talk through what has worked for us, our educational program, partnerships, station setup, or anything else that might help. We started here in Virginia, but we'd love to support communities anywhere that want to make it easier for lost pets to get home.

The more we share ideas instead of reinventing the wheel, the more families are reunited with their pets. That's a win for everyone. 🐾❤️

We absolutely love seeing posts like this! ❤️ We're The Reunite Tonight Project, a 501(c)(3) based in Virginia, and we've been building a network of 24/7 public microchip scanning stations along with free community microchip education.

Our goal has always been to work alongside the amazing shelters, rescues, animal control agencies, and veterinary clinics already serving their communities-not replace them. If we can help reunite even a few pets before they ever enter the shelter system, that's more time, space, and resources available for the animals who truly need them.

One thing that's been especially important to us is making sure our partners aren't taking on an additional financial burden. Our project covers the cost of the scanning stations, educational materials, and community education courses so shelters and rescues can keep their funding focused on what they do best-caring for animals. We see our role as filling a gap and strengthening the incredible work that's already happening in our communities.

If anyone reading this is thinking about starting something similar and has questions, we're always happy to share our perspective and what we've learned. Every community is different, but we're happy to talk through what has worked for us, our educational program, partnerships, station setup, or anything else that might help. We started here in Virginia, but we'd love to support communities anywhere that want to make it easier for lost pets to get home.

The more we share ideas instead of reinventing the wheel, the more families are reunited with their pets. That's a win for everyone. 🐾❤️

One addition -- 
Add tracking to each QRC so that you know how many people are scanning at which sites.
We didn't do it and now need to print QRC stickers and go back and add them. 
:)

~Sarah