What: Friends Volunteer Engagement Meeting

When:             Saturday, January 24, 2004 from noon until 3:00 PM
                               -- and --
                         Saturday, March 5 from 1pm until 3pm

Where:           Dearborn Hills Golf Course Clubhouse
                        1300 South Telegraph Road
                        Dearborn, MI 48124
                        (313) 563-4653

Why: An opportunity to discuss the organization’s plans to help the animals in 2004!

Have a little extra time on your hands and want to help out somewhere? Or maybe you made a resolution that this would be the year you would give more of yourself?

The Friends For the Dearborn Animal Shelter will be holding a Volunteer Engagement Meeting on Saturday, January 24, 2004 from noon until 3:00 PM at the Dearborn Hills Golf Course Clubhouse, 1300 South Telegraph Road, in Dearborn. During this informational meeting, the Friends Board of Directors will be discussing the various events and activities that are planned to help the animals in 2004, and Project Leaders will be available to answer questions about volunteering for a particular offsite event.

Maybe you can picture yourself walking dogs at the shelter, cuddling cats and kittens, matching shelter animals with prospective adopters, answering the telephones, or fostering an orphaned pet in your own home – these are just a few of the many things that the Friends do each and every day. What about something as simple as filing forms or returning phone calls? Or maybe you’re reading this and thinking, “I could write a press release for the newspapers,” or maybe you want to snap some digital photos at an event? Even with over 500 registered Friends volunteers serving the cats and dogs, there is always a hearty welcome available for more energetic people to help out in a variety of ways - the Friends invite everyone from teenagers to golden-age adults to join their ranks!

Becoming a volunteer with the Friends For the Dearborn Animal Shelter is easy: sign-up information will be available at the Engagement Meeting, you can download an application at the Friends’ Website, www.dearborn-animals.com, or you can contact the shelter at (313) 943-2697. Once the application is approved, all volunteers are required to attend orientation and training classes before they can assist at the shelter and offsite events.

Even if you have just one hour each week to give, one lunch period, it makes a huge difference in the lives of the animals. And most Friends volunteers will assure you that the affectionate licks and purrs they receive from the animals is more than enough payment for the giving of their time.

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The mission of the Friends for the Dearborn Animal Shelter (FFDAS) is to
provide loving care and sanctuary to animals, encourage adoptions and reunions,
and promote respect, responsibility and compassion for all animals.

Animals are the heart of our mission.

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We cordially encourage your coverage of this information. Thank you.

Contact:          Elaine Greene
                       Executive Director, Shelter and Animal Services
                       (313) 943-2077

Kevin Palczynski
FFDAS Director of Communications
(313) 359-3391

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