Monday, October 11, 2010

Great Iowa Pet Expo -- Volunteers Needed!

Seems like I never use this blog anymore, but there's a really good reason, and I need more than 140 characters to get the instructions across!

The Great Iowa Pet Expo will be held this coming Saturday and Sunday at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. I need a few volunteers to help introduce some dogs to potential adopters. We have a few coming to Des Moines ESPECIALLY to be shown off at the Expo, and what they need most is a friendly, understanding, leash-holding marketer!

The volunteers will get to enjoy the show for a few hours, take in the sights, listen to the speakers and will walk one of three adoptable dogs around, to meet and greet potential adopters or fosters. The dogs will wear "Adopt Me" bandannas and you will have fliers or business cards to give to genuinely interested parties. You'll tell people the dog's story, make sure they have water and bathroom breaks and generally care for them for a few hours. The dogs are a male baby Beagle, a young female Beagle and a young female terrier mix, no one is over 30 lbs and they are all dog and children-friendly, as well as up-to-date on shots.

We'll collect interested names and phone numbers, too, and follow up with a formal application to adopt/foster and a home visit!

In exchange, you will get free admission to the Expo and I will buy you lunch or a snack for your time. You can also feel good that you helped out a homeless dog! Please contact me ASAP!

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