Greetings Volunteers,
You’re receiving this post a day early as I’m heading to L.A. to join a few other Marin Humane staff to help at Pasadena Humane for the week. We’ll be supporting the overwhelmed and exhausted staff there get some much-needed respite. As you may have heard or read, late Sunday night, we welcomed 46 animals from municipal shelters around L.A. county. These 2 dogs and 44 smalls (guinea pigs, hamsters, and rabbits) were already in the shelter system before the fires started, and moving them to Marin gives the L.A. shelters more space to house stray and evacuated animals from the fires. It also relieves the pressure on shelter staff. We’re eager to give these animals fresh starts here in Marin County! Some of these cuties are already available for adoption! (The two dogs are not up for adoption yet.) See the below Volunteer High for Linda and Chris, our volunteer animal transporters!!
Shelter update: We currently have 261 animals in our collective care. 222 are at Marin Humane: 65 animals in foster and 196 animals in the shelter/Kitty Corner, including: 25 dogs, 4 puppies, 42 cats, 11 kittens, 13 rabbits, 25 guinea pigs, 20 rodents, 6 reptiles, 6 birds, and 5 fowl. 39 animals are with the Hopalong Foster Program: 5 animals are in the Oakland office and 34 are in foster or offsite adoption sites!
Adoption update: To enjoy the rest of your week, here’s the adoption slideshow! Thank you so much to the adopters who turned out last week and gave our animals forever homes! Here’s the Adoption Report if you’d like more details.
Hopalong happenings! We had a super successful weekend mobile adoption event, full of adoptions! Almost all of our dogs found their new homes on Saturday! Four dogs were adopted at our mobile event at the Greenbrae Woodlands Pet Food & Treats store and two were adopted at our Oakland facility. Pictured here are Fozzie, Coconut, Noel, Josie, Rosie, and Posie with their brand-new families! We’re so excited for them to start their new lives and so grateful for our amazing volunteers who give their time at these events to help these pups find their forever homes.
Tails of Marin: This week’s Tails of Marin is, of course, about the fires in L.A.: “Helping animals in the wake of disasters.”
Community Clinic: Our next FREE drop-in Community Clinic for low-income pet parents in Marin will be on Saturday, January 25, at Pell Plaza in Novato. This space is covered so we’ll be there rain or shine! Bring your canine companion or feline friend to our mobile clinic at 500 Redwood Blvd., Novato, from 11:00am- 12:30pm to get: *Free vaccinations (DA2PP, FVRCP, rabies) *Free microchipping! *Free mini-check-up by a veterinarian *Free pet food and supplies. This is a FREE event to help low-income Marin County families struggling to meet their pet’s needs. Learn more about out Pet Safety Net program here.
Volunteer High Five to Linda Futrell and Chris Jones! HUGE thanks to our amazing transport volunteers, Linda and Chris, who drove to Los Angeles on Saturday, spent the night, then picked up 46 animals from municipal shelters around LA county. They transported 2 dogs and 44 small companion animals like guinea pigs, rabbits, and hamsters, all of whom were available for adoption before the fires hit and are not the pets of evacuees. These special little buddies are so often overlooked, and we’re lucky to be uniquely equipped to accept small animals here at Marin Humane, due to our shelter set-up and staff expertise. We’re so grateful to Linda and Chris for stepping up and allowing us to help LA shelters at a moment’s notice. We hope they are resting this week and don’t plan on getting in a car for a few days, ha! Thank you Linda and Chris!!
Heart of Marin: Last Thursday, the Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership (CVNL) presented the annual Heart of Marin awards. Congratulations to our very own volunteers nominated for Volunteer of the Year: Frankie Malsam and Brian Cooley. To know more about these incredibly dedicated, compassionate volunteers, read Frankie’s Heart of Marin nomination and Brian’s Heart of Marin nomination.
In addition to these volunteer nominations, Woodlands Pet Food and Treats was nominated — and WON — the Heart of Marin award for Corporate Community Service! Congratulations Rob Hansen, the owner of all four Woodlands Pet Food and Treats stores, for your ongoing support of Marin Humane + Hopalong Foster Program!
We’re also so very proud that Cindy Machado, former Marin Humane Director of Animal Services, was nominated in the category of Lifetime Achievement for her 40+ year commitment to animals and the organization! Read Cindy’s inspiring nomination: Cindy’s Lifetime Achievement nomination.
Huge heartfelt thanks to all four of these wonderful nominees!
Columbia Sportswear discount! Yeah, the Columbia Sportswear Employee Store Perk is here again! Here’s the Columbia Sportswear Store Winter Invitation valid for volunteers and staff. The offer runs from January 3rd – January 26th! Save up to 50% off select styles starting tomorrow, including new Fall products from their family of brands – Columbia, Mountain Hardwear, SOREL and prAna – items are marked at employee store pricing. For store access, please provide the invite (printed or shown on your mobile device) + proof of affiliation (your name badge should suffice), you can bring up to four additional guests with each visit, and this offer is for store access (not valid online). Happy shopping!
Be safe, be well!
Candace
