Thursday, August 27, 2009

Official Volunteer!

Me in my cool new shirt!
Hello beautiful people! I am proud to annouce I have officially grajeeated from Humane Society Volunteer School! (I always loved how Jethro said grajeeated on the Hillbillies~ha!)

Yesterday I had my personal interview & we went over my designated duties. When I came I had a list of areas I wanted to work in but I left with a completely different job! I am a "Greeter" & "Computer Attendant". The coordinator told me they were REALLY in need of volunteers in those areas & though I would prefer to "Cat Socialize" & tidy up Kitty Cities I was happy to help out where they need it most. I will be greeting people as they come in, answering any initial questions & directing them where they need to go. I'll also be helping potential adopters fill out forms & look up "on deck" animals on the website that aren't showcased out front. I'll be doing this for a 2 hour shift twice a week. Our new facility is so big apparently people come in & just don't know where to go or what to do first. If they have to wait around for someone to help them they might get frustrated & leave & we DON'T want that! So...that's what I'm going to help with. I can always kitty cuddle & socialize any other time I want so that'll be fun! And 1 of the Kitty City's is right by the front entrance where I'll be so I can pop in there & love on the kitties when it's slow. I was also put on the "TAG" list which is the Animal Transport Team that drives animals to other shelters & rescue places when needed. And of course I'll keep making kitty nap pads & bandanas for the doggies. I brought all my nap pads with me to the interview & they let me go around & place them wherever I wanted in the kitty cities. One kitty jumped right on top of one & lay down! So sweet.

Well, that's my news for today. Hope to get a new painting done by the end of the weekend! Had a lot of back-to-school meetings & things this week so haven't had much studio time. I'm ready to do some fun fall themes! xoxox

3 comments:

snippetgirl said...

You are purrfectly awesome!!! And lookin' cute doing your great work!

Kaili Ittensohn said...

Hey Jill,

Thanks for letting me know. When I changed my blog address (I went to Settings >Publishing, then I just retyped over the old address with my preferred one. All my widgets and everything else stayed the same.

As you know though, although it looks like I have all my followers, Im not sure they are receiving my updates, so thats a litte bit of a worry now. I guess I will just ask everyone to refollow.

Anyhow, thanks for dropping and good luck if you decide to make the change!

Poppy Q said...

Well done Jill, you will be an awesome helper at the shelter and they are lucky to have such a special girl.