Volunteering: An Inspired Endeavor

The Queenie Foundation, Inc. invites you to table at our 15th annual International Homeless Animals' Day event on Saturday, August 21, 2010 from 3:00 – 7:30 pm, at Hubbard Green, Hubbard Street in Glastonbury.

The purpose of our International Homeless Animals’ Day event is to bring the public to the advocacy community to get it involved. Please go to www.isaronline.org for more information on International Society for Animals Rights, the creator of this event.

The Event

Organizations are invited to set up their table starting at 2:00 pm; the Pre-Adoption Meet 'n Greet is from 3:00 – 7:30 pm. Registration is $25. Although you may register up until the day of the event, we request that all registrations be in by August 14. We will be sending out press releases and promotional material and have a better chance of a higher public attendance if we can show that at least 15 organizations will attend a week before the event.

Please download the registration form and send your check for $25 made out to The Queenie Foundation to the address on the form.

Bring your volunteers, family, friends, co-workers, and neighbors; companion animals must be leashed or otherwise contained. We also encourage you to post this event on your website and list it in your newsletter. We will hold an interfaith Blessing of the Animals at 6:30. A candlelight remembrance will conclude the event followed by the raffle drawings at 7:30.

Schedule:
Set-up: 2 - 3
Meet ‘n Greet: 3 – 7:30
Speakers: 3 – 5:30
Interfaith Blessing of the Animals: 6:30
Candlelight Remembrance: 7:15
Raffle Drawings: 7:30

Speakers to be announced. This year we acknowledge you, the rescue and advocacy community, for your tireless work to save animals. Only you know the heartache, the joy, the despair, and the rewards that you experience every day. Only you know what it takes to be committed to work that many people don’t understand because there seems to be something more important to do. Volunteering for those who have no voice is a noble endeavor; one that is never done.

Please RSVP to queeniefound@hotmail.com that you will attend. This is an event to inform the public about the tragedy of animal overpopulation, specifically dogs and cats, and that spay/neuter is the solution, however, it can apply to any species, such as rabbits, horses, farm animals and wildlife.

We invite you to wear your organization T-shirt, display your banner, put out your donation jar and fundraisers, bring your literature, sign people up on your mailing list, make appointments with prospective adopters, invite the public to volunteer with your organization and bring some of your adoptable animals to introduce to the public. However, this is not an adoption event; it's specifically to show your fosters. Bring the necessary paperwork so you can start the screening process. Please make sure all animals are sterilized and current on vaccinations. No organization will be allowed to participate with unaltered animals.
 
We look forward to meeting everyone who did not attend last year and seeing all of you again who did. It is our aspiration, as it is every year, that International Homeless Animals' Day will be a thing of the past in the very near future; we can’t do this without your participation. We need to remind the public that spay/neuter stops the killing.

Directions:

Route 2 East to Exit 7. Route 2 splits here and Exit 7 is a left hand exit. Just after splitting to the left take the first left exit. At stop light go straight onto New London Turnpike (you will be passing Monaco Ford on your left). Continue straight. Before the next light, take a right on Hubbard Street. At the stop sign, go straight. The Hubbard Green will be on your right.

Route 2 West to Exit 8. At end of exit ramp take a left onto Oak Street. Go through one light. At the next light, take a left onto New London Turnpike. Continue straight. Before the next light, take a right on Hubbard Street. At the stop sign, go straight. The Hubbard Green will be on your right. 

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