November Volunteer Newsletter

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November 2021 | ISSUE 14

VOLUNTEER NEWSLETTER

Your Collective Impact 7.913 Volunteer Hours Served in 2021

Thank you all for your contributions to the animals at Animal Care League throughout the last month, but also throughout the many years that you have been here with us. Thank you all for being patient as I learned the ropes here and got our new volunteer orientation ready so that way our volunteers who we bring into the shelter are the best possible, especially as we continue to reduce how many people are indoors.

November is going to be a very exciting month! We will be opening up new volunteer applications. We also have several events including Giving Tuesday quickly followed by the Holiday Bazaar that we will need volunteer help for. We are so excited to see you all at these events and around the shelter!


STNETNOC FO ELBA

OUR IMPACT

3

Our September Numbers

VOLUNTEER TRAINING OPEN

4

Current Volunteers | New Volunteer Applications

EVENTS

7

Giving Tuesday | Holiday Bazaar

SEPTEMBER ADOPTIONS

9 SHELTER PET OF THE WEEK

10 HELP WANTED

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OUR IMPACT

Committed to helping animals in the community since 1973

OCTOBER INTAKE

OCTOBER ADOPTIONS

86

76

OCTOBER LOST PET REUNIONS

13

WHERE DO OUR ANIMALS COME FROM?

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Volunteer Applications Open November 15th! We will begin accepting new volunteer applications on November 15th! Volunteers are now invited to email volunteer@animalcareleague.org if they would like to train on a new volunteer postion. Below are the positions that we are currently offering training for and a brief description of the volunteer role.

2nd Chance Shop

Economy Shop

Volunteers are most needed Wednesdays

Volunteers are needed Tuesday-Thursday

and Fridays, but shifts are open most days of

and Saturdays. Must be customer service

the week. Must be customer service oriented

oriented and want to sort, price, and display

and want to sort and display donated items.

donated items.

Must volunteer one shift a month at Economy Shop.

Cat Care Assistant

Green Cat Enrichment

Volunteers are needed every day of the week

Volunteers are needed every day of the week

in the mornings. Assist our care staff with

in the afternoons and evenings. Volunteers

maintaining and cleaning the cat adoption

are needed to increase the socialization and

areas by scooping litter boxes, wiping off

adoptability of our cats through clicker

counter tops, and brushing cat trees.

training.

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Dog Enrichment

Yellow and Red Dog Walking

Volunteers are most needed every day of the

Volunteers are needed every day of the week

week in the afternoons and evenings. Dog

for all shifts. Volunteers must have prior

enrichment now includes some time for

shelter dog walking experience. If no

volunteers to provide enrichment with certain

experience, we will start you as a dog

pups in our playroom!

enrichment volunteer!

Donor Thank You Ambassador This position is completely remote. Volunteer from your house to reach out to our donors and say thank you to them through letters and phone calls!

Pets and People Support Program Delivery Driver

General Shelter Support Volunteers are needed every day of the week for all shifts. We have redone our task board to include all of the items that we expect our GSS volunteers to do so please use that throughout your shift!

Pets and People Support Program Donation Attendant

Volunteers are needed Wednesday-Saturday

Volunteers are needed Wednesday-Saturdays

to deliver care packages to seniors and other

to put together care packages for seniors

with pet needs in our community.

and others in need in our community.

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NEW VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! O P E N I N G

N O V E M B E R

1 5 T H

Volunteers are needed for all of our open

volunteer positions, seven days a week,

from 8am-7pm.

VOLUNTEER

POSITIONS

FOR

GENERAL SHELTER SUPPORT DOG ENRICHMENT CAT ENRICHMENT AND MORE! VIEW

AVAILABLE

APPLY

AT

OPPORTUNITIES

AND

ANIMALCARELEAGUE.ORG

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Volunteer Opportunities Street Team

"Virtual" Street Team

Hit the streets to collect money

Wear a special sticker with a QR

from passersby in busy areas of Oak

code to donate to ACL! Information

Park. Sign-up in VICNet today!

on how to get your sticker coming soon.

Telethon

Front Office

Call specific donors to ask

We need an extra person to help with

them to donate to ACL.

the extra phone calls and people

Sign-up in VICNet today!

coming to the shelter on Giving Tuesday. Email Rebecca to sign-up!

Ambassadors

Kennel Lock-In

Create a fundraiser on Facebook or

Use your social media presence to

the campagin site. Additional

raise some funds by spending a

resources are provided by Quinn

night in one of our kennels. Stay in

and all ambassadors are welcome to

one of our kennels until $1,500 is

attend a meetup prior to Giving

raised to be released! Email Rebecca

Tuesday. Email Rebecca or Quinn

or Quinn to sign-up!

for details!

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2021 Holiday Bazaar The Holiday Bazaar is back this year with adjustments to keep everyone safe while still bringing you all the joy of the holiday season. Join us on December 1st and 2nd to take pictures with cardboard Santa (by appointment only) and then Friday, December 3rdSaturday, December 5th to shop in person at the North Berwyn Park District building at 1529 S. Harlem in Berwyn. All of the proceeds benefit our shelter and are needed this year more than ever!

Volunteers are needed to make pet treats, setup, tear down, moving items from the shelter to the bazaar location, cashiers, baggers, and customer service. Email volunteer@animalcareleague.org or sign-up on VICNet!

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October Adoptions

DOGS

SMALL

ANIMALS

CATS

Louie

Pumba

RA

Mr Hollingsworth

Raphael

Earthling (rabbit)

Tammy

Cruz

Fozzy Bear

Finley

DiMaggio

Neptune (rabbit)

Gus

Buster

Razzmatazz

Georgie

Dwynn

Moonbeam (rabbit)

Booker

Pixie Dust

Mr. Meowgi

Santana

Cassian

Yertle (turtle)

Pepper

Millie

Minnie

Stevie

Aerona

Cece

Crunchy

Tristen

Jimmy Whispers

Dafydd

Judge

Ray Ray

Selena

Angel

Gruffydd

Beamer

Chris

Maia

Edmund

Pancho

Puffin

Virginia

Selma

Matata

Bandit

Norman

Lucinda

Sarafina

Madison

Stan

Florence

Nala

Yarrow

Ariel

Artie

Mufasa

Percy

Cassiel

Vera

Wendel

Hilarity

Posey

Leia

Lyra

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September Pets of the Week Bullwinkle, Booker, Lucy, Royal

Every week our staff selects one of our residents as "Shelter Pet of the Week" to highlight their progress as they wait for their forever homes.

Want

to

nominate

a

Shelter

Pet

of

the

Week? Fill out this form!

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HELP WANTED New volunteer applications will open on November 15th! If anyone you know wants to volunteer here, have them fill out an application on the volunteer page on the Animal Care League website. If you are interested in training for a different volunteer position, email Rebecca at volunteer@animalcareleague.org.

Interested in hosting a pet food and resource drive with your co-workers, scouting troops, school, or clinic? ACL is in need of pet food and other supplies to keep the momentum going for our Pets & People Resource Program! Contact Jillian at support@animalcareleague.org for more information on how to get started today!

Interested in donating to our cause, but can't spare the extra cash? No problem! Visit our Amazon Smile page, where Amazon will donate a portion of your regular purchases to ACL. Go to smile.amazon.com to get started!

Suggestions on how we

can improve this

newsletter?

Contact Rebecca, your Volunteer Coordinator, at volunteer@animalcareleague.org

Want to receive a

downloadable copy?

ANIMAL

CARE LEAGUE

1011 Garfield Oak Park, IL. 60304 (708) 848-8155

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