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  • Thu night intro visits - preceding our Sunday outreach days. SHARE has invited us to attend Thursday night community time in the living quarters of the current SHARE residents. This will be our time to bring two or three dogs who may be in foster or from UPPto the SHARE residents and to let them know how much we look forward to our Sunday time with them. This time serve both as outreach, as well as promotion of the adoption aspect of C4H.
    May. 2, 7:00 pm: SHARE Thu Night Visit at Biscayne Apts
  • Thu night intro visits - preceding our Sunday outreach days. SHARE has invited us to attend Thursday night community time in the living quarters of the current SHARE residents. This will be our time to bring two or three dogs who may be in foster or from UPPto the SHARE residents and to let them know how much we look forward to our Sunday time with them. This time serve both as outreach, as well as promotion of the adoption aspect of C4H.
    May. 5, 3:00 pm: Outreach Day at UPP
  • Thu night intro visits - preceding our Sunday outreach days. SHARE has invited us to attend Thursday night community time in the living quarters of the current SHARE residents. This will be our time to bring two or three dogs who may be in foster or from UPPto the SHARE residents and to let them know how much we look forward to our Sunday time with them. This time serve both as outreach, as well as promotion of the adoption aspect of C4H.
    Jun. 6, 7:00 pm: SHARE Thu Night Visit at Biscayne Apts
  • Outreach: Our outreach volunteers are a combination of hosts for our guests from The Shepherd Center, as well as ambassadors for the homeless animals at UPP. The outreach days will last from 3-6pm approx. 1. Volunteer Coordinator (Cathy LaMon) will coordinate between the UPP and our volunteers. Our volunteers will be from Buckhead, Brookhaven, and Rotaract. For outreach day, we will need one Rotarian per guest as well as two or three people to retrieve dogs and return dogs to the dog runs. Volunteers will need to arrive 45 minutes early to review layout and and the guidelines of the shelter and to help set up for our guests. During outreach days Rotarians will need to be able to assist our guests with everything from time with dogs to enjoying a snack with our guests. Cathy will be sure that each volunteer is given information from the training coordinator who will be supplied by SHARE. This will help all volunteers become aware of the best way we can make our guests have a superior time. a) Pen handler_ We will need two or three pen handlers during each outreach day. A pen handler will need to have a level of expertise in identifying dogs which may be good candidates for socializing with our guests. UPP staffers will be there to help with this phase. b) set up and clean up- Each outreach day will require about three hours of time. Rotarians will arrive at UPP, help set up tables and chairs for our guests. As our guests arrive, we will find them a comfortable space and monitor the interaction between the guests and the pets. Some guests may not want to interact all the time and may simply want to socialize, and/or enjoy a snack. The job for Rotarians is to be excellent hosts. After the guests leave, the volunteers will help with clean up so the facility is put back in the ame condition it was in prior to guest arrival. Note: Any volunteer can help w this!
    Jun. 9, 3:00 pm: Outreach Day at UPP

Health & Disease
Companions for Heros Committee

This is a two part project:

  1. Community Outreach, where monthly guests from the Shepherd Center’s SHARE initiative will be guests at the Urban Pet Project, where they can enjoy time in the community and have the therapeutic benefit of time with dogs.
  2. Adoption, where Rotarians will help facilitate and offer financial support to veterans that wish to enhance their lives by adopting a dog.

Rotary will act as foster homes for some of these animals to help train them for their forever homes and to make the transition easier for both the dog and the veteran. These dogs will be adopted without the veteran paying any adoption fees and will have a full year of pet insurance provided to them. We do not want financial issues to be a barrier of entry for a life enhancing experience for both the vet and the pet.

Please visit our partners: Urban Pet Project http://www.urbanpetproject.org/ and Companions for Heroes http://companionsforheroes.org/

Committee Members

Kari KirkleyKari Kirkley
(Chair)
Susan SmithSusan Smith
(Chair)
Candace KleinCandace Klein
(Officer)
Steve AlexanderSteve Alexander
Aadu AllpereAadu Allpere
Sam AlstonSam Alston
Bill BarneyBill Barney
Blake BeyerBlake Beyer
David BockelDavid Bockel
Lew BrownLew Brown
Todd CarlinTodd Carlin
Jim ColemanJim Coleman
Doug EidsonDoug Eidson
Bill FreelsBill Freels
Elizabeth GillElizabeth Gill
Geoff GillGeoff Gill
Kelly GreenKelly Green
Taylor HarperTaylor Harper
Fenwick HussFenwick Huss
Mark JohnsonMark Johnson
Lee KapnerLee Kapner
Bill KnightBill Knight
Cathy LaMonCathy LaMon
Catherine Land-WatersCatherine Land-Waters
Susan MasonSusan Mason
Mark MeltzerMark Meltzer
John MillerJohn Miller
Amy PanosAmy Panos
Nick SpatesNick Spates
Michael StimpertMichael Stimpert
Jodi TaylorJodi Taylor
Richard TaylorRichard Taylor
John TereshinskiJohn Tereshinski
Alan WolfAlan Wolf
Max ZygmontMax Zygmont