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Calling All Youth Groups!!!!
9 January 2008Calling All Youth Groups
Our Pal�s Place now offers Saturday morning workshops.
During the workshops, children will learn about our organization as well as responsible animal care and participate in hands-on activities with our dogs.
In order to provide a fun and safe experience at OPP,
we request no more than 10 children per workshop.
All groups are welcome including […]
Help us Gather 1 Million Pennies to Save More Puppies
4 November 2007Starting November 1, 2007 and running to February 14, 2008, Our Pal’s Place is running a campaign to collect 1 MILLION pennies. You can help by:
Starting a Family Penny Jar at home and collecting loose change.
Starting a Penny Jar at work and asking co-workers to contribute.
Picking one of the dogs at Our Pal’s Place […]
Celebrate Animals! Event Update
4 October 2007We had a great day at the Celebrate Animals! Run/Walk � Pet Expo � Super Adoption Event this past weekend. Over 60 pet vendors and pet rescue groups participated including OPP. The goal of the event was to raise money for a new animal welfare medical clinic and for the construction of a new dog […]
Scouts Are Having Fun At Our Pal’s Place
12 April 2007Every Saturday morning (minus the mornings of new volunteer training) we have local girl scout troops at the facility to learn about pet overpopulation, the importance of spay/neuter and keys to pet ownership. After the classroom time, the girls then get to spend some ‘quality time’ with our pups— washing, brushing, walking, and playing.
Thanks to […]
Domino, Dee and Russ Did Great on Atlanta & Company
3 April 2007Domino, Dee and Russ did a wonderful job on Atlanta & Company. Dee made here TV debut and discussed the youth learning programs and our plan to do summer programs for youth groups, summer camps in the area. Russ, the old hand at being on TV, introduced Domino and discussed the Radiant Sprint […]
Russ and Dee Will be on Atlanta & Company on April 2
1 April 2007Tune in tomorrow to Atlanta and Company at 11:00 AM. Russ will be taking Domino for her 15 minutes of pain. Dee will also be there to discuss the scouting and youth education program she has developed and is implementing.
Thanks to Pawsibilities in Roswell
1 April 2007Thanks to Jerry, Bob and Claire at Pawsibilities, a new holistic animal food store in Roswell for helping us get the word out about Our Pal’s Place. Last week Kathy Finnerman represented Our Pal’s Place at an event sponsored by them and this week, Jim and Marcia Sasser and Russ Boles conducted an off site […]
March Volunteer Training
26 March 2007Our next volunteer orientation is scheduled for Saturday, 3/31, 9:15 -12:30. We open at 9:00, and the session will start promptly at 9:15. No one will be allowed in after that time.
We begin with learning the mission of Our Pal’s Place an the myriad of ways you can help. Then, we will […]
Thanks To The Kind Folks at Cabot Corporation in Alpharetta
24 March 2007On March 23, 2007, Cabot Corporation hosted a volunteer fair at their offices in Alpharetta, GA. Our Pal’s Place was one of 10 or so Georgia nonprofits that were invited to participate. Gigi Graves and Carol Kirshner were there to pass out information and talk about OPP.
As a Fortune 1000 company, Boston-based Cabot gives […]
9 More Days to Help Us Spread the Word About 6 Degrees
22 March 2007Time is running short. We’ve got 9 more days to get people to donate in our 6 Degrees campaign.
Remember if we can get in the top 6 Kevin Bacon will give us a matching grant.
If you haven’t donated, please do so by clicking here and clicking on the orange donate button.
***Remember the amount doesn’t […]
