Category Archives: Volunteering
Reason Number 453 Why We Love Our Volunteers
If you talked to any weatherman just before the Memorial Day weekend kicked off, he would have told you to expect inches and inches of rain, scary lightning and loud thunder. Such talk didn’t excite the dogs at Austin Pets … Continue reading
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New Bottle Baby Training Dates
Our next training dates for the Bottle Baby nursery are right around the corner! Spend time nurturing, feeding and caring for these newborn kittens in our neonatal ward and feel the joy of knowing that at the end of the … Continue reading
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April Volunteer of the Month: Frank Martinez!
Every month, Austin Pets Alive! awards one of our stand-out volunteers as the Volunteer of the Month. For the month of April we are thrilled, alongside Austin Subaru and AW Media, to honor current APA! volunteer and retired school-teacher, Frank … Continue reading
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Bottle Baby Training 2013
Want to spend time with our newest and sweetest Austinites? Our newborn kittens need you! Austin Pets Alive!’s Bottle Baby program is a chance to help save lives in the most rewarding ways. Our team rescues unweaned kittens, and oversees … Continue reading
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In Memory of Ann McGuffey
We at Austin Pets Alive! are sad to mourn the loss of volunteer Ann McGuffey, who died suddenly on February 8th. An 18-year old Westlake graduate and freshman at Texas Tech University, Ann became involved with APA through a Girl Scout … Continue reading
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January Volunteer of the Month – Rona Distenfeld
Congratulations to APA! dog foster mom and volunteer extraordinaire, Rona! This is what just a few of her peers here at APA! have to say about her dedication and great work: Rona is always willing to go above and beyond … Continue reading
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APA’s first bottle baby kitten of the New Year!
Meet Axl Rose! He’s got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rain. Oh, sweet child o’ 2013. On January 2, this beautiful black bear came to APA. The first kitten of the season. He is only a … Continue reading
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December Volunteer of the Month-Miki Tesh
Congratulations to Miki Tesh, Austin Pets Alive’s December Volunteer of the Month!!! Miki has been with APA through many ups and downs! She kick-started the Wing Dawgs and Big Brothers Big Sisters volunteer programs into what they are now. Miki … Continue reading
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