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 Dog Days of Summer
Join us for more sun, more fun, and more DAS for our Dog Days of Summer event June 20th. We are excited to celebrate the longest day of the year with our extended hours from 8AM-8PM. That's more time for adoptions, foster, and volunteer opportunities!
There will be 5 shifts available for the event; one shift from 6-8 AM dedicated to kennel cleaning, and four 3-hour shifts during the event to help engage with potential adopters/fosters, leading meet and greets, and to help clean kennels. If you have not had your Canine Handling training, you can arrive 30 minutes prior to your shift for an impromptu training to lead meet and greets. Help us make the most of the longest day of the year by signing up for a shift!
Kennel Cleaning Party
To gear up for our Dog Days of Summer event we are teaming up with our Animal Care team and hosting a special kennel care training on Saturday, June 15th, from 8am-10am and focusing on kennel cleaning. Help us improve and maintain the health of the facility by signing up for this optional kennel cleaning training.
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Bilingual Descriptions
Have you noticed? We've made some exciting updates on My Impact! Opportunities descriptions, such as kennel care and laundry, are now available in Spanish. You can start exploring opportunities and descriptions in both languages. To help you distinguish, all Spanish information will be italicized. Keep an eye out, as you'll gradually see more and more opportunities presented this way.
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Pride Music Festival
Join us tomorrow, June 1st, as DAS participates at the Dallas Pride Music Festival at Fair Park. We are looking for 3 enthusiastic volunteers to participate.
There will be 2 shifts available throughout the day: two shifts from 11am-3pm and one shift from 3pm to 7pm. If you are available, please sign up here. For those who sign up, please reach out to our event coordinator, Jen, at (903) 292-7235 to receive your wristband and parking pass.
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Rescue Assistant Opportunity
This team is urgently looking for volunteers who can help photograph, take video, and collect important behavior notes on pets to network to our partners. This position is crucial to our BeDallas90 mission and achieving a 90% live release rate. If you are interested in this position, please sign up on My Impact.
Please note: Canine Handling Training is required for this position.
Playgroup
Are you interested in learning more about dog behaviors and dog interactions? Our playgroup team is seeking volunteers to assist in bringing dogs to and from the play yards for observations. This is a great opportunity to not only assist with transporting dogs, but also to gain insight in canine behaviors. Shifts are available from 8AM-10:30AM and 12:30-3:30PM, you can sign up here.
Please note: Canine training is required for this position.
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Kitten Nursery
Our Kitten Nursery is running low on supplies again! We are in extra need of baby wipes and puppy pads. Go check out our Amazon Wishlist to donate or bring donation supplies in person!
Father's Day Bow Ties
Father's Day weekend is right around the corner, and we are celebrating in style. Every big dog adopted during this weekend will be gifted a bow tie to both dog and adopter. We are looking for a few volunteers who can help reach out to local businesses and solicit donations of bow ties for the giveaway. If you are able to help, get donations, or donate directly, please email us at DASVolunteer@dallas.gov for more details!
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Volunteer Town Hall
We will be having our next Town Hall Thursday June 13th at 6pm. We will be covering many topics including upcoming events and more volunteer opportunities so make sure to join us.
Note: If you have any questions you would like for us to address in the Town Hall, please send them to DASVolunteer@Dallas.gov by 10AM on June 13th.
You can join the meeting using the information below.
Here is the link to join the meeting.
Meeting ID: 249 506 485 291
Passcode: LWiYm4
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Volunteer Shout Out!
Every newsletter we try to randomly select an active volunteer to recognize for all of their hard work! This month, we would like to shout out Chloe Braaten. Thank you for everything you do as a volunteer.
Do you have any pets at home?
I have one dog who’s been my best friend for 8 years.
What is your favorite volunteer position?
I love taking dogs out and getting photos and videos for social media. It’s crazy how much attention one video can get for a dog!
What is your favorite part about volunteering with DAS?
Seeing the happy endings is by far the best part. My photo is with Doja (now Millie) who ended up in a wonderful home.
Do you have a favorite DAS story to share?
One of my favorite outcomes is the story of Talulah, who now goes by Helena. She had been in the shelter for over a month, and really didn’t have any notes or photos. I saw she was urgent and decided to take her out and see what she was like. I quickly realized she was an incredible dog. Some of DAS's rescue partners happened to walk by and I decided to try my best to get Talulah tagged by them. Talulah *completely* won them over. She didn’t even need my help! She was tagged by the rescue and now lives with her amazing family in Brooklyn. Just this weekend she was sailing on a boat with her brother and parents!
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Welcome New Volunteers!
Welcome all of the new volunteers who have joined us since the last newsletter!
Marc B. | Leah C.| Evelyn D. | Andrea F. | Kaitey G. | Emma M. | Christin S. | Lizeth A. | Nancy A. | Natalie B. | Marisol B. | Leanne C. | Courtney K. | Shea T. | Ethan B. | Mackenzie D. | Tera M. | Taylor M. | Emma M. | Alli O.| Ana O. | Shyann W. | Crystal D. | Taylor I. | Raymond M. | Manzar F. | Tracy F. | Snjezana M. | Tina N. | Irene O. | Julissa C. | Gabriela N. | Aleah R. | Darshea A. | Annie B. | Allison C. | Onyu L. | Rosa R. | Raeghan S. | Shontavious J. | Meghan P. | Nancy S. | Alyssa Z. | Elise A. | Liz H. | Robert H. | Gabbi O. | George S. | Myriam S. | Stephanie A. | Jessica A. | Isha B. | Sherri B. | Kevin C. | Amber M. | Natalie R. | Katie Carr. | Jennifer D. | Joe D. | Donia M. | Thomas O. | Lauren W. | Garrett W. | Camila A. | Neik B. | Franklin F. | Lisa H. | Allen L. | Emily M. | Anne O. | Tai-Yun W. | Ambris G. | Eddie H. | Renee W. | Marci W. | Stephanie K. |
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