Pet Prescription Team
General Team Meeting
08/06/22
Meeting called to order:
Welcome comments
Our journey
“We are in this together…”
Guests:
Officer Deanna Valenzuela
Encourage volunteers to come back this year for the Christmas visits
Discussion of new clearance process for jails
Thanked volunteers Captain Ruiz from
Los Angeles County Special Victims Bureau New program - possibly starting in October
Detectives are available 24/7 and want to partner with our organization to have dogs available
Education and training will be provided to volunteers
Details of how the volunteer program will work, will follow - more discussions to follow
Updates and Discussions:
We are a different organization now than we were three years ago
We can rebuild this organization
As an organization we’re going back to the basics
Different ways to advertise
Leaders take flyers to advertise
Get the word out
Covid was hard on our organization:
We are depleted on volunteers
We understand facilities ask leaders and volunteers for additional visits. Asking that we not accept extra visits so we can fulfill other commitments
Insurance Binders are available on Spaces or website
Question addressed about fundraisers - During Covid, we were unable to have fundraising events
Nothing planned right now
We will have the photo shoot
Through a company donation, we will be able to gift four “There’s No Place Like Home”
Update on Fullerton Library Program