Tag: Volunteer
Nonprofit Helping Nonprofit
Nonprofit helping nonprofit with handmade pet beds!
Over the summer a group of Westminster Village residents, organized by Westminster Village employee & ABC Volunteer Krista R., worked hard to create pet beds. Last month the holidays came a little early for the wonderful animals at ABC. They were very excited about their new beds. A little Chihuahua name Hollywood even tucked himself into bed!
All the cats and dogs here know that ABC is home for as long as it takes for the right adopter to come and swoop them up. ABC is grateful for the love from Westminster Village, Scottsdale’s premier, not-for-profit life care retirement community.
Boys Team Charity Service Day!
Boys Team Charity Service Day at ABC
This past weekend, a group of 14 senior high school boys, along with their parents, came to the shelter for a service day.
They are all members of Boys Team Charity (btc), a volunteer service organization dedicated to son/parent participation in charitable activities. ABC was selected as their Senior Project charity, after an recent adopter saw there was a lot of things they could do to help the facility. So far, they have spent two six-hour service days at the shelter.
We appreciate and thank each of the members of btc North Valley for their help trimming trees, fixing gates and fences, planting trees, cleaning fans, and much more! They will wrap up their project in January with repairs to the parking lot and clean up throughout the facility.
Learn how btc is making a difference at boysteamcharity.org or btcnorthvalley.chapterweb.net.
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Fence Upgrade In Progress 
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Rocky Supervises – view his bio 
btc North Valley TeamMates
Newly Planted Tree!
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Nielsen Volunteer Day at ABC!
Nielsen Volunteer Day at ABC!
Every year, Nielsen chooses a nonprofit to support for a day. Animals Benefit Club was nominated by one of their employees and we were entered into their pool of nonprofits. We were so excited to hear ABC won the final vote by a landslide!
In mid-June ABC hosted the group of Nielsen volunteers, which turned out to be one of our largest groups, 16 people! Our Animal Caregivers were thrilled to have so many helping hands available to tackle all sorts of tasks.
Here are just some of the projects they assisted with during their time at ABC:
- Yard work, and A LOT of it: trimming trees, tackling weeds, and raking leaves
- Cleaned up the front driveway
- Scrubbed each and every dog Kuranda bed. Each dog received a like-new bed back in their kennel!
- Collected and cleaned all the Nylabones from the yards and kennels and re-distributed. It was like everyone got a new bone!
- Cleaned each and every floor fan
- Folded and distributed all the laundry from the Activity Center to the other buildings. It was a lot of laundry!
- Cleaned counters, microwaves, stovetop
This amazing group went above and beyond to help out and we are very appreciative of their hard work. We’ve even had some people return to attend our Volunteer Orientation and continue as ABC Volunteers!
Thank you Nielsen for volunteering your time for the animals!
Thank You for the Cat Condos!
New Cat Condos for the ABC Catio!
Thank you to Eagle Scout Drew for holding a successful linen drive and for making all these weather proof cat condos! These are AWESOME and will be used in our fully enclosed outdoor “catios”!
Thank You Boy Scouts!
Boy Scouts Make a Difference for the Animals at ABC
A huge SHOUT OUT to ABC volunteer Jason and Boy Scout Troop 644 for completing his Eagle Scout Service Project last weekend. They filled pot holes in the parking lot and all over the play yards. It was a huge job – 5 tons of dirt that had to be compacted as they went. Not to mention the redecorated outdoor, enclosed “catio” complete with carpeted perches and a ramp! The community cats LOVE the use of the vertical space and they enjoy looking out on the neighborhood. A very special thank you to Jason and to everyone who participated in or contributed to this project!
Celebrate Giving Tuesday
Join the #GivingTuesday community!
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#GivingTuesday
November 28, 2017
Animals Benefit Club has joined the global giving movement #GivingTuesday! There are many ways to take part in the celebration and give back to the animals. Attend our NYPD Dough-Raiser, help socialize our rescue animals , shop our partners, organize a donation drive for our wish list items, or simply help spread the word – share your #UNselfie or add the #GivingTuesday Facebook frame to your profile picture!
To learn more visit givingtuesday.org.
How to Share your Selfless Selfie
1.Take a “selfie” or use our #UNselfie template
2. Share how or why you’ll support the rescue cats & dogs at ABC
3. Share to social media and tag a friend to join you! Add the hashtags #UNselfie #GivingTuesday #SupportABC
Add the #GivingTuesday Facebook Frame to your Profile Picture
1. Vist this page. If needed, log in to your Facebook account
2. Click your profile picture in the bottom left
3. Search for “GivingTuesday” and select the 2017 frame
4. Click “Use as Profile Picture”
Thank you and Happy Giving!
