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Mark Your Kalendar!
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So
Much is Happening!!
Be sure to check out the KPETS Kalendar!
Round Table Breakfast
Due to summer vacation time we will skip July and
host our next Round Table
in Sept. Date TBD
9 am - 12:30 ish
But coming soon:
Rehabilitation Therapies Video by Intermountain Therapy
Animals
Pet Grief Support Group:
Every third Thursday at Fred F. Groff,
234 W Orange Street, Lancaster 6:30 - 7:30pm
Light refreshments. No charge. Just rsvp to lizkhoff@gmail.com or call 717-397-8255
Save the Date!
KPETS Patriotic Pet Expo:
Sunday, June 10!
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EXTREMELY Important Links
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If you have trouble or want to review previous
KEYNOTES, they are available on the website at www.kpets.org
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STATUS:
Tickspot Volunteer Hours Tracking
300+ Registered KPETS Volunteers
111 - Volunteers
logging hours - that's 5 more from last month.
Thank you!
153 - Hours logged for May but I pulled them on
the 26 so I'm sure there are a lot more.
PLEASE REMEMBER
To get accurate numbers we need EVERYONE to log
their hours, and the number of folks
served!
We are doing A LOT better, but we
still have some who are entering data in a format we can
not access!
THE NOTES area
is IMPERATIVE.
DO NOT
ADD TEXT!
unless . . .
The first digits need to include or be commas! Example
if you serve 10 people and drive 15 miles,
enter: 10, 15,
Only enter numbers. If you want to add any text, do so ONLY after a
SECOND COMMA.
Example:
"10, 15, took Sammy"
Also, please be sure to let us know if you do not see
a facility you visit regularly in the 'task' list in Tickspot. We will need to add it for you.
Thank You VERY Much!
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Registration
Dates
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Orientations:
Sat, June 9 @ 9 am Lancaster (2nd Sat of even months)
Sat, July
21 @ 9 am, York (and Nov 17)
Sun, Sept 16 @ 1 pm, Palmyra
Wed, Sept 19 @ 7 pm, Hanover
Tues, Oct
16 @ 7 pm, Westminster, MD
As needed in: Oxford, Mohnton and Maricopa
Workshops: RSVP!
2nd and 4th Tues, Lancaster 6:30 pm
4th Mon, 6:30 pm Palmyra or Lebanon (alternating
months)
5 wk Training Workshop
Next one starts Sun, June 17 from 3-4pm
For any of the above please RSVP to:Kareng@kpets.org
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Support KPETS with a Clean House or Business
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Have your home or office cleaned by Cleaning From the Heart and
ten percent of the service fee will be donated to the charity of
your choice - hopefully KPETS!
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The Expo Committee is busy
busy busy
finalizing the details for the Expo and Pet Platoon Walk.
Hope you can join us!
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Meet our generous Expo event sponsors!
Opportunites still
available!
**** FIVE STAR SPONSORS ****
* * * * * Ephrata Elks Lodge, #1933 * * * * *
* * * * * Tremendous Life Books * * * * *
* Star
Sponsors *
* Shaggy to Chic
* Willow Run Veterinary Clinic
* American Legion Post 880, Richland, PA
* Lititz VFW #1463
* Bomberger's
Store
* Central Penn Rehabilitation Services
* Nancy Bouder, KPETS Volunteer!
* Carol Carlson - KPETS Volunteer!
Patriotic Sponsors
Conestoga Animal Hospital
K&K Kritter Sitters
Foxy Hound Grooming Salon
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Next Sunday! Pray for great weather!
Sunday, June
10, 11 am -3 pm
Ephrata
Grater Park and Eicher Center
Join the Patriotic Pet Platoon Walk (click for pledge sheet...)
Patriotic Pet Contest-Dress your pet in
his/her best Patriotic attire
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Meet our June Resource Sponsors!
Printer: Kate Galinus- In Memory
of Lexi
Internet: Bill & Carol Hopwood & Spenser
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Resource sponsors are key in
helping KPETS meet budget each month. . Please visit our sponsor page to meet
our sponsors and see the needs still open. KPETS future needs
your support. Thank
you!
- Internet
Sponsor: 11 months needed at $120
- Rent
Sponsor: 12 months needed at $420
- Phone
Sponsor: 11 months needed at $55
- Printer
Sponsor: ONLY 4 more needed for $100
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Important
Changes that will effect
all KPETS
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Staffing
Changes
As most of you already know Jenny is pursuing her
career in real estate, which has left a huge void in KPETS day to day
activities. She is still volunteering as time is available with
various events, etc. We do want to thank her for her three years of
employment, her prior volunteer work and her continued support. She
will still be around, but we will miss her.
Jenny and I were barely keeping our heads above
water and there was no extra money to hire any additional
help. Things needed to change. We've relied on our
wonderful volunteers all over the place to try to keep up. Diane Rima
has taken over info@kpets.org, Diane Klos
handles membership management, Jane Johnson works on TickSpot, and Suzanne Solodky pitches in with
workshop scheduling. It's been crazy, and we are only getting
busier.
After meetings with the board, KPETS has several new
and potential hires. That said, KPETS would
like to welcome Diane Klos to assist me in
the office with membership management, accounting and various other
duties. Thankfully, her schedule is perfect for both of us! She
will be working part-time.
We also hired Samantha Shewmaker,
a Millersville grad student, to assist me and help implement some of
the more techy changes coming to KPETS,
like our website, blog, and the integration of Giftworks,
our donor software, with Constant Contact, our email marketing tool.
These are all great things and her help in these areas will allow me
to be more involved with you and KPETS Services. Samantha is also
part-time.
Then, our plan for the August/September time frame is
to hire a gentleman who has a lot of experience running the
administrative areas of a non-profit, project management, years of
experience in PR for various programs, etc. He too, will be
part-time.
This is a very exciting time for KPETS. We are
doing our best to keep our budget in line. It's a labor of love
for most of us - minimal pay and no benefits - just dedication to
KPETS and those who desire our services, a desire that grows every
day!
Website
Changes
To help KPETS meet the ever-growing need for visit
request coordination, we have decided to make some much needed
changes. And one of those is our website.
We are working on a clean,
and more stream-lined site that will be easier for all to find
what they are looking for. Our website started out beautiful,
until I kept making changes to it with no skill or talent. I have it
so busy and messed up you can't find anything. I apologize to all.
But as we
are working on this, we need some pics to
show what we do - Touching Lives & Warming Hearts! We need
high resolution, great looking shots, no busy backgrounds, etc.
If you have some and can get permission from anyone in the shot, we'd
love to see them.
Another cool thing is - Sabina Hower is willing to
take photos of teams in action. If you are interested, please
contact her via email at: serveuscanines@aol.com. Don't forget
permission so we can use your pictures on the web!
Requests
for KPETS Visits
The requests for KPETS visits, speaking engagements,
presentations, vendor displays, etc. have
been steadily increasing since KPETS' inception almost nine
years ago. But like most non-profits stuggling
to keep programs going, it has become so overwhelming we have had to
look at a new way to connect volunteers with these requests. Surely
we want to continue to offer this service. This is what make KPETS different from the national
organizations. But the process will need to be more "Self
Serve". We just don't have the funds for staffing to
coordinate all the requests coming in. There are just too many of
them. Your inbox would be inundated with requests
constantly!
To find out what requests we have,
all you need to do is visit our KPETS Konnections Blog. This
blog will eventually be integrated with our new website, as well.
There is no login process, and you can go and find what interests
you. To see the various requests, go to the KPETS Konnections Blog. Then
just contact the requester directly. You, the requester, or
anyone can post a comment under the request. Who knows, we may get
great testimonials that way. This is a work in progress, so
please bear with us.
More news will be coming as we work on these over-due
changes.
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Visits Are What KPETS Is All About! 
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Your
heart-warming stories and/or testimonials are welcome. Please send
them to blogger@kpets.org so
we can share them!
KPETS Visits with Veterans - by Samantha Shewmaker
KPETS
volunteers recently attended a Vietnam Veterans Meet-and-Greet
hosted by The Vietnam Veterans of America and Associates Chapter 1008
of Lancaster! Volunteers visited with the veterans for a few hours
on Wednesday, May 16 at the Park City Mall in Lancaster. KPETS is
proud to support our troops and share the companionship of our
beloved canine friends. The group was encouraged to join us at our
Patriotic Pet Expo on June 10. Golden Retrievers Toby and
Zeke, Doberman Tucker, Collie Belle, mixed pooch Ozzy and Labrador Retriever Hunter were
accompanied by their handlers Katie Daubert, Karen Gerth, Sid Erb,
Joe McDonald, Terry McGarry, and Fred Horchler,
respectively.
Check Out The Whole Dog Journal!
The Whole Dog Journal provides a
wealth of information on natural pet care, including dog food, care
and training. Treating your dog well keeps your buddy happy
and healthy.
Best Rotation of the Year Award
Recently KPETS gave a presentation
to Pennsylvania Youth Apprenticeship Students from Hershey and Lower Dauphin High Schools.
The students are part of a two year program investigating and
shadowing careers in health care. KPETS' presentation focused on
the therapeutic benefits of pet therapy as part of a series on
topics related to the health care field.
Read this lovely review about the visit:
Today was by far my favorite seminar! It was the therapy
dogs seminar. I think that it is a
brilliant idea to use animals, especially dogs, in therapy. Who
doesn't love to see an animal to make their day?? I know I would
love it if I was sitting in the hospital and worrying about myself
and someone brought a dog in to see me to get my mind off of a
tragedy. I mean I know if I had a bad day and I am home alone and
can't talk to my mom about it, I talk to my dog and it makes me
feel better. I loved how I connected with the one dog that was
there. I can't remember the name of the dog that I was holding but
it was so adorable with its tongue hanging out because it had no
teeth on that side to keep her tongue in. The owner told me about
her dog's story and how she was in a breeding shelter for nine
years and how they rescued her. I wanted to cry! I hate hearing
about animal abuse! It makes me so angry!!! When I gave the dog
back to the lady, my arm hurt so bad but I
didn't care because I obviously love animals!! Like I said, BEST
ROTATION OF THE YEAR!.
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BINGO
SEASON will soon be upon us!
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Bingo Season is soon upon us!
Looking for some fun on a Friday nights this summer in
July & August?
Why not join
us at Outdoor World, Circle M Ranch, 2111
Millersville Road, Lancaster for BINGO!
KPETS Veteran
Bingo Callers, Barb & Chad Noll, Rob & Deb Reidenbach, Amos & Trish Hess and Adella
have the summer covered for the hard part. So, now we just need
someone to come out and assist by running the money to the
winners, or flick the numbered lights on, and even mingle with your
pooch a bit. (Hint - the snack bar has GREAT fries and other yummy
summer foods)
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