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This page was last updated on:Friday May 09, 2008

Hi Friends!

I wanted to send you the events we have scheduled so you can mark your calendar. Please pass this information on to some of your friends/family that may like to know what the shelter is planning in 2008.

Please go ahead and let me know if you are able to help with any of these events. The sooner we get schedule of volunteers done the better! (Less stress for us)

You can expect more events to be added later and I will resend an updated events list as we add them. You can always look here on the website, Thank you for all your help & contributions to help the animals!!

If you are not a member of the shelter for 2008, I ask you to consider becoming a member. The cost is minimal and the money helps the shelter with the bills. If you would like more information, please feel free to contact me, or you can also get details on the website.

God Bless You All! I look forward to a wonderful year working along side you, for the animals!! Please take one moment and send me a reply, so I know I am still getting thru to you at this email address. Thanks!

Charline (Charlie) Pope – Volunteer Coordinator for the Humane Society of Elmore County

Home # 334-514-7088

Cell# 334-202-1381

Work# 334-394-6044 } weekdays 7a-3p

Humane Society of Elmore County
Calendar of Events 2008 – Volunteer Opportunities



SAT, 10 May - Supply Drive @ Millbrook Wal-Mart } 10:00 am – 2:00 pm. We need enough volunteers to greet customers at both doors, so we can share our supply needs with them. We will have cookbooks, magnets to sell, and information to hand out. Donation box will be set up at each table.

If you can help for 1-2 hours or more, please contact Charlie Pope @ # 334-514-7088. The supplies we get donated really save the shelter $$$,so more animals can get the care they need!





Sat, 17 May & Sun, 18 May - Elmore Tractor Pull – We will join in the fun in the Elmore community for their annual tractor event. We need volunteers to work our booth -selling cookbooks, magnets, maybe some of the Tail’s End thrift store merchandise, etc…. Volunteers can sign up for 1-2 hour shifts (or more) Please call Charline @ # 334-514-7088 to volunteer.





SAT, 24 May – Supply Drive @ Wetumpka Wal-Mart } 10:00 am – 2:00 pm. We will need enough volunteers to set up tables at both doors so we can talk to people and ask for donations, and hand out events list, sell cookbooks, etc… If you are available for 1-2 hours please contact Charline Pope @ # 514-7088. These supplies really help save the shelter $$.





SAT, 21 JUN – Cruisin ‘fer Critters 6th Annual Benefit Run - Motorcycle Poker Run and fund raiser for our shelter by The Predator’s Motorcycle Association. Event will be held at The Keys, Montgomery, 1343 Dalraida Road outside the back gate of Gunter AFB. Rain or Shine- Registration begins at 12 pm. First bike out 12:30 pm – Last bike out at 1:00pm - Last bike in 4:00 pm. $20.00 per play—includes: event patch, food, door prize ticket, live music, bike games. Please let your biker friends know about this fundraiser! Contact ; Stephanie # 334-233-0603 for more details. There is a flyer on our website- if you can get business to put up, please feel free to do so.

Cruisin Donation Letter 08.pdf

Cruisin flyer 08.pdf

Fri. 25 JULY – 3rd Annual Wags & Whiskers “BONE – A – FIT” Silent Auction - Millbrook Civic Center - doors open at 6:30 pm, bidding starts at 7 pm. Besides lots of volunteers, we need unique / nice auctions items! We need donations of food / drinks to serve as refreshments. We will start setting up, decorating on Thursday 24 July, we need volunteers for helping with this also. The silent auction is our biggest event for the year, so please sign up early so we know this is well covered!



Sun. 28 SEPT. – BARK in the PARK – Fort Toulouse starts at 1:00 pm – ends at 5:00pm . One of our big events! Volunteers needed to help with the pet contest /games, children’s games, selling baked goods (need donations of baked goodies also), selling t-shirts / cookbooks or any other shelter goods we might have then. Vendor space available for small fee! We will have a “Volunteer sign up table” and “New Membership” table, need volunteers to help with these things. Rain date} SUN. OCT. 5




Ongoing Volunteer Needs….



Almost every Saturday, 11 am – 4 pm – We need volunteers for Prattville PETsMART to help us do adoptions. With two PETsMARTs in our area ( Prattville & Montgomery ), we would really like to do adoptions from both locations! Adoption paperwork would need to be taught to volunteer.. If you are willing to learn this paperwork, please let us know!



Every Thurs, Fri & Sat – our Tail’s End Thrift Store is open from 9am-3pm. We are looking for dedicated volunteers to help with the operation of the store. If you want more information on this please contact Charline Pope # 334-514-7088 or Ann Smith # 334-569-3040. This store makes 100% profit for the shelter, since it is all donations from our wonderful supporters and volunteers that run the store!




Nursing home visits with pets from shelter. ---Volunteer would need to be able to come to the shelter at around 9:50 am to pick up two-three puppies and transport them to the Nursing Home in your vehicle (they will be crated). Stay with them during the visit and then bring the pups back to the shelter – usually takes no more than 45 minutes to an hour at the Nursing Home.

You can go with the volunteers to see if this is something you would like to help with. The visits have to be pre-scheduled with the nursing home staff, and put on their calendar in advance, so volunteer will need to sign up a month ahead of visit, unless just going along with volunteers already scheduled.

Right now we are visiting the Sunbridge Care & Rehab in Elmore on the first Wed of every month. For more details, please contact Charline Pope # 334-514-7088.
 

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Please contact Charline (Charlie) Pope - Volunteer Coordinator for the Humane Society of Elmore County for more information or to volunteer for any of these events.

Home# 334-514-7088 - Work (weekdays 7a-3p) # 334-394-6044 – Cell # 334-202-1381. popecharlie@russellcorp.com 

Thank you for helping us, help them!


 

Artist Wanted! We are looking for a volunteer who can take on as their volunteer activity for our shelter updating our Cherished Friends Wall  at the shelter. Our Cherished Friends Wall was started by a wonderful lady named Rebecca Carlisle who left this earth far too young. This wall allows people to commemorate their special pets for a $50 donation and is a wonderful addition to our office and kennel walls. This would only entail the volunteer coming in perhaps 4-6 times per year to update names. You will have to be able to work from a ladder as some spots are rather high on our walls. We have gotten behind on updating some of these, so at first there would be a catch up of perhaps 12-15 names, but then it generally entails just one or two a month at the most. We have most of the paints which are acrylic and many animal stamps that Rebecca used to make the spots that much more special. If you have that artistic talent (much of the names are actually done using stencils) and think this is a way you could help us please contact Rea at 334/567-3377 or send an email to hselco@bellsouth.net. We not only love commemorating beloved pets in this way, but want to keep this going in memory of Rebecca. Click Here For Volunteer Form -PDF   If you are interested in volunteering you may contact Charline (Charlie) Pope our Volunteer Coordinator at Work # 334-394-6044 or Home # 334-514-7088 (evenings) PetsMart Volunteers Needed!! PETsMART: (Prattville & Montgomery) We are looking for more volunteers to help, usually on a Saturday, adopting out shelter pups, dogs, kittens and cats from PetSmart. We are generally there from 11-4 on Saturdays. We hope to start doing Fridays as well, so if that works better for you, great! This is a lot of fun and for those of us who might be suffering from a little burn out, it is invigorating to see these needy "babies" go to great homes.  At PetSmart, people often end up lining up to get some of these kids! If you haven't done this before, you will be paired with someone who has to learn the (easy) paperwork and to start learning the answers to some of the common questions folks have.  There is a vet clinic in PetSmart and their staff is also wonderful and very helpful. If you need information , or would like to volunteer for, please call or email the shelter at  567-3377 hselco@bellsouth.net  OR Charline Pope- popecharlie@russellcorp.com PetSmart has proven to be a wonderful outlet for our critters. We are so grateful to their commitment to helping the homeless animals.  And it's just a GREAT store too!   Other areas in need of volunteers. Information Booths Helping with Events Drawdown Bark In The Park (When event comes around) Auctions Selling Raffle Tickets Sorting Donations In Shed Nursing Home Visits School Programs Socializing & Training Animals Helping at the Shelter -In Office or In Kennels On Site Adoptions Cat or Dog Fostering Adopting out shelter animals at PetsMart Bathing & Grooming Animals Transport of Animals to- Rescue Groups, Vets, Adoption Location. Yard Sales   Click Here For Volunteer Form -PDF Our Humane Shelter has conducted Nursing Home visits with puppies and kittens for many years now. We can only do this with the help of dedicated volunteers who are able to commit to one morning each week to make this happen. One of our most faithful volunteers has been Dawn Sullivan (in the maroon shirt in these pictures) and she comes almost every Tuesday to take our pets to the River Ridge Assisted Living Home in Wetumpka. We are sadly losing Dawn as she moves to Tennessee later this year, but we know a very lucky humane shelter there will surely benefit from her love for animals and willing volunteer spirit. It is easy to tell from these pictures of the joy these visits bring to the members of River Ridge every week. Thank you Dawn - we will certainly miss seeing you each week and best wishes for your new life in Tennessee. Click thumbnail for larger photo     If you are interested in volunteering you may contact Charline (Charlie) Pope our Volunteer Coordinator at Work # 334-394-6044 or Home # 334-514-7088 (evenings)