Greetings from Volunteer Engagement! March 22, 2023

Categories: Blog, Other, Volunteers
Greetings Volunteers, Woofstock is our groovy, dog-friendly, family-friendly, fun-in-the-sun charity music fest coming up on Sunday, May 7th! It’s one of our largest fun(d)-raisers that supports the shelter animals. If you’re interested in attending, volunteers can get a 50% discount through March 31st with the promo code VOL50. Purchase tickets here. If you’re interested in …

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Cat Whispering

Categories: Behavior & Training
This blog post is authored by Candace Key When I’m sitting in room 3 of Cat Adoptions, curled up like a pretzel in the smallest cat kennel, facing the window, talking to myself and slowly blinking my eyes, I must look a bit daft. From the hall, passersby can’t see the young cats that are …

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Greetings from Volunteer Engagement! March 8, 2023

Categories: Blog, Other, Volunteer High Five, Volunteers
Greetings Volunteers, If you’re on campus regularly, you might see some of the Dog Pet Pal volunteers taking a shelter dog into the auditorium in the Whittell building for “Scenting for Shelter Dogs.” What you may not know is that Scenting for Shelter Dogs turned six this month! Burt Greenspan and Donna Kalal started SFSD …

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Greetings from Volunteer Engagement! March 1, 2023

Categories: Blog, Other, Volunteers
Greetings Volunteers, Join us TONIGHT for a special presentation, Living with Wild Cats in the Bay Area. Cohosted with the Felidae Conservation Fund’s Bay Area Puma Project, this is a special opportunity to learn from the experts about mountain lion ecology, camera trap research, myths & misconceptions, and, most importantly, tips on how we can all …

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