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Pet Partners Community Expansion

Presented by Annie Peters & Traci Pryor

Community Outreach

• Presentations to people interested in becoming therapy animal teams (people-only works best)

• Relationship building with organizations that support our mission

Organize Together

• Community Partner Groups are locally organized groups of active volunteers serving the same geographic area

• Collaborate with local facilities that welcome visits from Pet Partners teams

National Signature

Events

• Highlight events such as World’s Greatest Pet Walk, Treats & Sweets Day, and National Therapy Animal Day

• This drives community buy in and awareness, and helps new volunteers feel part of something bigger

Community

Expansion

Model

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• Veterinary offices

• Professional dog trainers, obedience schools, agility classes

• Groomers

• Dog parks and doggy daycares

• Pet retailers, bakeries and boutiques

• Facilities where you will be making therapy animal visits

• Species or breed specific groups

• Other animal-focused non-profit organizations

Spread the Word!

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• Welcome & Introductions, sign in sheet

• Why Pet Partners?

• Video Clip or personal story

• Role of a therapy animal

• Role of a handler

• Steps to becoming a therapy animal team

• Local community visit opportunities & goals

• Q & A

Agenda Items to Cover:

Interested Parties Meeting

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• Community Partners and Groups are locally organized groups of registered Pet Partners volunteers that serve a specific geographic area or facility. They are interested in a closer, more collaborative relationship with Pet Partners.

Community Partners and Groups

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Community Groups consist of a minimum of 5 registered volunteers. Community Groups have applied for this official status and have been granted approval by Pet Partners.

Community Groups are established with the goal of achieving 20 members and moving up to Community Partner status. At this time, Pet Partners’ ability to track Community Group activity and progress is limited. When a Community Group reaches 20 members they should alert Pet Partners Operations through the Contact Us form in the Volunteer Center. Community Groups will receive an ID number once they achieve Community Partner status.

Community Groups

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Community Partners are groups of active volunteers consisting of a minimum of 20 registered teams and at least 1 team evaluator

Community Partners

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Check out the Resource Library

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Flyers, Organization Resources, etc.

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Volunteer Leader Roles

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Pet Partners has a nationwide presence with thousands of teams in all 50 states. Over 3 million healing visits are made each year by our teams.

When you partner with our organization you will benefit from several national awareness initiatives which highlight our collective impact. Sometimes it may be effective to plan recruitment activities in conjunction with national initiatives or attention.

National Initiatives

National Signature Events

April 30 is National Therapy Animal Day

presented by Pet Partners

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National Awareness Activities

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Questions?