What we do: Our major activities are:
What we do:
Our major activities are:
Here is a detailed list of.... Our Work
The following activities are jobs our volunteers do. We have no paid workers.
Shelter Activities: Grooming, selection
of animals, transportation to vet, adoption
(showing animals, screening applicants, paperwork), telephone follow-up with new owners -
vetting, database maintenance.
Foster activities: Home shelter and care of animals, transporting to and from vet appointments, and to and from adoption events, new homes, etc.
Publicity and Fund Raising Activities: Parades, raffles, community pet walks/washes, staffing booths at civic events, coordination radio/TV publicity, food sales, web site and newsletter maintenance and content, grant-writing. Posting animals on pet search sites, community bulletin boards and local newspapers listings.
Investigations: Responding to calls requiring investigation of animal abuse, coordinating responses to telephone calls.
Administrative: Writing articles for the newsletter, newsletter publication and distribution, Humane Society database maintenance, adoption paperwork and follow-up contact.
Educational/civic: Promoting animal welfare awareness at local schools, nursing home visits (pet therapy), inform public of availability of low-cost spay/neuter clinic (available to all - all incomes, any county)
Adopt a Pet: Coordination, Set up, staffing of event, animal preparation and grooming for Adopt a Pet event, transporting of animals to event
Hotline - Checking and recording answering machine calls… responding to or forwarding calls to appropriate people for action, dog adoptions, cat adoptions, cruelty investigations
Miscellaneous - Kennel cleanup, transporting and sorting donated pet food and supplies.
The animals can always really use your help
Hope to see you soon at one of our activities.
Humane Society of Concord
& Greater Cabarrus County
Updated November 26, 2006