Community Outreach
Adopt-a-Thon Event Recap
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Another extremely busy weekend for the Outreach Team & one well spent …
Friday morning we were at our usual Flagler Beach Farmer’s Market set-up. Although we were without a tent, the weather remained breezy enough to spend the full morning there. Beth, Bob, Dana & I were with 4 well behaved dogs and though we had no adoptions, $95 was collected in donations. We also had the surprise of seeing SPAZ, a dog we had adopted only the week before, who showed up clean, happy & sporting a fancy collar.
Next day was Saturday, back again at the Volusia Mall ( a new favorite set-up for us ). Dana, Stephen, Bob & I had 5 dogs. No official adoptions on this day” –but approx. $100 was collected. Our new shelter Director stopped by to visit & take pictures. Sunday we were back at Volusia Mall in what turned out to be our best day yet. Approx. $90 was collected in donations. Sally, Dana, Stephen & I had come with 5 dogs but they did not all come back with us….
Siren was a beautiful young dog we had bought out each of the 3 days …. Sunday it seemed like EVERYBODY who saw her wanted to take her home. When the dust settled, a lady with a young daughter was ready to take her home ASAP, so when we were convinced it would be a good fit, she filled out all the paperwork, gave us the adoption fee and off she went with her new addition. (Hopefully, the other people interested in Siren will take our advice and come find another dog at our shelter).
Buddy was a little mix of many different breeds. But what is certain is that he is cute, friendly, and deserving of a great home. Since he has been at our shelter, he had been fostered so that he could recover from heartworm treatment, but now he was more then ready to find a new home. During the day, a store owner at the mall spent time staring at him from afar and thought he might be a good fit for her family. She had her son came to check him out and together they decided to adopt him!
Sally, brought Yoo-Hoo with us, A Pit mix with a hard luck story ( what pit doesn’t seem to have one these days ?). He was so calm & well behaved, he couldn’t help but make friends. Although we don’t have him adopted yet, one person spent a long time getting to know him and filled out a hold form before leaving us. Fingers crossed!
Dan is a 1 year old black Lab/Hound mix who caught the eye of a family with young kids. After taking out a hold out on him, they returned to the shelter the following week for a meet & greet, and decided to adopt him!
That leaves us with, Clide, a young Walker Hound mix who is always calm and wouldn’t need much more than a space on the end of a couch. After being in foster care, Clide was adopted by the daughter of the lady who met him at the Mall…she came all the way from Virginia to adopt him!
So, all in all, a great weekend …
Being inside a mall in the middle of a hot summer has given us a valuable place to make connections for our adoptable animals to find homes. Thanks to Jack Guberman for allowing us such a great venue in which to set up. Jack is Executive Producer of a pet themed radio program …. the link is www.allpawspettalk.com . And, as always, thanks to all the above mentioned volunteers who so generously donate their time to make these adoptions happen.
Howard T.
Lead Adopt-a-Thon Volunteer
