Tonight I attended the orientation meeting at the local no-kill shelter. There were about 12 women varying from 14 to 60's in the group. We were taken on a tour of the facilities, and got to go in the kitty room and the cat room, as well as the small dog and large dog rooms.
There was a couple Siamese cats that were just adorable. And there was a 10 year old Maltese who just looked so sad. Can you imagine a 10 year old dog in a shelter? How likely is it he'll ever be adopted? I'm almost tempted ... just so he'll have a home, even if only for a few years.
You don't have to sign up for particular times, just show up when you have time and they're open.
I need to volunteer at least 8 hours, and then I can take another training session to learn how to train the dogs to do various tricks and commands. Or, I can also take another class to work with the big dogs.
The shelter is about a 20 minute drive, so it's not something I could go to on a whim, but maybe once a week would be doable.
I'm really looking forward to spending time with the animals there.
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Today B, one of my co-workers at the gym told me he tried to cash his paycheck today (the one that was over a week late) and he couldn't. His check was about the same as mine. I deposited mine yesterday.
Oh joy. I wonder how long it'll be till I find out how far it bounced? At least I found out the great possibility *before* I started moving money out of the account!
No-Kill Shelter
November 11th, 2009 at 04:54 am
November 11th, 2009 at 08:10 am 1257927013
I do buy the first Saturday of every month food and supplies for our local independent no kill shelter. They sit outside Costco.
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I think I'll love it too.
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