2023 Open Arms Challenge

Our nonprofit, Buster's Paw Prints, does a lot of community pet care and food distribution for the dogs of people experiencing homelessness. We have two volunteers that assist with transporting clients and/or their dogs to veterinary appointments but we often have events where we need more than the two of us to check-in clients, photograph pets, etc. 

One of our goals in the 2023 Open Arms Challenge is to provide training materials for volunteers who may want to expand into this role.  I've struggled to find good training resources to for this particular topic. 

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!

Boy this would be great help for us too as we are working on Pat Day out with our Rescue along with just increasing our volunteer list .   I'm hoping someone has some materials that can help guide me. Thanks

Our nonprofit, Buster's Paw Prints, does a lot of community pet care and food distribution for the dogs of people experiencing homelessness. We have two volunteers that assist with transporting clients and/or their dogs to veterinary appointments but we often have events where we need more than the two of us to check-in clients, photograph pets, etc. 

One of our goals in the 2023 Open Arms Challenge is to provide training materials for volunteers who may want to expand into this role.  I've struggled to find good training resources to for this particular topic. 

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!

Our nonprofit, Buster's Paw Prints, does a lot of community pet care and food distribution for the dogs of people experiencing homelessness. We have two volunteers that assist with transporting clients and/or their dogs to veterinary appointments but we often have events where we need more than the two of us to check-in clients, photograph pets, etc. 

One of our goals in the 2023 Open Arms Challenge is to provide training materials for volunteers who may want to expand into this role.  I've struggled to find good training resources to for this particular topic. 

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!

My organization also works with the unhoused population and I created a training that I am happy to share with you. It includes information on the role of the volunteer, crisis communication, trauma informed care, and creating healthy boundaries. I'm not exactly sure that that is the type of thing that you are looking for, but if it is, I am happy to share my training.  You can email me at volunteer@chesapeakehumane.org. 

Our nonprofit, Buster's Paw Prints, does a lot of community pet care and food distribution for the dogs of people experiencing homelessness. We have two volunteers that assist with transporting clients and/or their dogs to veterinary appointments but we often have events where we need more than the two of us to check-in clients, photograph pets, etc. 

One of our goals in the 2023 Open Arms Challenge is to provide training materials for volunteers who may want to expand into this role.  I've struggled to find good training resources to for this particular topic. 

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!

My organization also works with the unhoused population and I created a training that I am happy to share with you. It includes information on the role of the volunteer, crisis communication, trauma informed care, and creating healthy boundaries. I'm not exactly sure that that is the type of thing that you are looking for, but if it is, I am happy to share my training.  You can email me at volunteer@chesapeakehumane.org. 

Our nonprofit, Buster's Paw Prints, does a lot of community pet care and food distribution for the dogs of people experiencing homelessness. We have two volunteers that assist with transporting clients and/or their dogs to veterinary appointments but we often have events where we need more than the two of us to check-in clients, photograph pets, etc. 

One of our goals in the 2023 Open Arms Challenge is to provide training materials for volunteers who may want to expand into this role.  I've struggled to find good training resources to for this particular topic. 

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!

I have attached our training to this reply. It has some information about our particular programs (crisis boarding, pet pantry, low-income clinic), but after that it discusses the role of volunteers, values, trauma-informed care, crisis communication, and healthy boundaries. Please reach out if you have any questions.

Thanks!

Shoshana

My organization also works with the unhoused population and I created a training that I am happy to share with you. It includes information on the role of the volunteer, crisis communication, trauma informed care, and creating healthy boundaries. I'm not exactly sure that that is the type of thing that you are looking for, but if it is, I am happy to share my training.  You can email me at volunteer@chesapeakehumane.org. 

Our nonprofit, Buster's Paw Prints, does a lot of community pet care and food distribution for the dogs of people experiencing homelessness. We have two volunteers that assist with transporting clients and/or their dogs to veterinary appointments but we often have events where we need more than the two of us to check-in clients, photograph pets, etc. 

One of our goals in the 2023 Open Arms Challenge is to provide training materials for volunteers who may want to expand into this role.  I've struggled to find good training resources to for this particular topic. 

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!

Our nonprofit, Buster's Paw Prints, does a lot of community pet care and food distribution for the dogs of people experiencing homelessness. We have two volunteers that assist with transporting clients and/or their dogs to veterinary appointments but we often have events where we need more than the two of us to check-in clients, photograph pets, etc. 

One of our goals in the 2023 Open Arms Challenge is to provide training materials for volunteers who may want to expand into this role.  I've struggled to find good training resources to for this particular topic. 

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!

Our nonprofit, Buster's Paw Prints, does a lot of community pet care and food distribution for the dogs of people experiencing homelessness. We have two volunteers that assist with transporting clients and/or their dogs to veterinary appointments but we often have events where we need more than the two of us to check-in clients, photograph pets, etc. 

One of our goals in the 2023 Open Arms Challenge is to provide training materials for volunteers who may want to expand into this role.  I've struggled to find good training resources to for this particular topic. 

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!

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Nichole Bethurem
President
Buster's Paw Prints
Tehama County, CA
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Hi Nichole. I think Shoshana's resource is probably exactly what you're looking for, but I'd also encourage you and/or your volunteers to attend My Dog Is My Home's upcoming Co-Sheltering Conference. For just general knowledge, there's a short talk on Day 1 called "Homelessness 101 for Animal Welfare Professionals. Promoting Understanding for Trauma-Informed Responses." that might be a useful orientation for any volunteers who will be working with people experiencing homelessness.

https://www.mydogismyhome.org/2023-cosheltering-conference

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Christine Kim
My Dog Is My Home

Original Message:
Sent: 03-08-2023 02:40 PM
From: Nichole Bethurem
Subject: Training for Volunteers Assisting Unhoused Clients

Our nonprofit, Buster's Paw Prints, does a lot of community pet care and food distribution for the dogs of people experiencing homelessness. We have two volunteers that assist with transporting clients and/or their dogs to veterinary appointments but we often have events where we need more than the two of us to check-in clients, photograph pets, etc. 

One of our goals in the 2023 Open Arms Challenge is to provide training materials for volunteers who may want to expand into this role.  I've struggled to find good training resources to for this particular topic. 

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!

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Nichole Bethurem
President
Buster's Paw Prints
Tehama County, CA
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