September 5, 2008 -Maddie’s® in the News
The San Francisco Business Times just featured Maddie’s Fund in its Nonprofit Profile. Read the Press Coverage...»
August 29, 2008 - Maddie’s Fund® Awards $252,000 to Dane County, Wisconsin Coalition
Maddie’s Fund will award animal welfare groups and veterinarians in Dane County, Wisconsin up to $1 million over five years to save all of the county’s healthy and treatable shelter cats.
Read more...»
August 1, 2008 –
Maddie’s Marketing Competition 2008
Maddie's Fund® and
Petfinder.com are holding another
$300,000 marketing competition for Petfinder.com member shelters and rescues. Winners will receive $500-$25,000 each. Last year, more than 100 organizations received cash awards.
Learn more...
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July 25, 2008-Adoption Success Story
The
Mobile County Maddie Project held its fourth annual
Maddie's® Pet Palooza! Pet Fair and Super Adoption Saturday June 21st. The event was well attended by hundreds of pet enthusiasts who were entertained by the free agility and obedience demonstrations and mini-training seminars provided by the Mobile Bay Dog Training Club. All three
Maddie's® adoption guarantee partners participated, and at the end of the day 66 homeless shelter dogs and cats found homes!
Maddie crosses the agility jump!
July 11, 2008-Maddie's® Infection Control Manual Available Now
Maddie's® Infection Control Manual for Animal Shelters is an invaluable resource for shelter veterinary professionals in the development and implementation of infection control protocols. This reference was produced by the Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine and is available for $30 (plus shipping). To order, go to
http://www.cfsph.iastate.edu/Maddies_Textbook/default.htm
June 27, 2008 – Maddie’s Fund® Awards $1.7 M to University of Florida
Maddie's Fund® has awarded the University of Florida, College of Veterinary Medicine a $1.7 million grant to support the first three years of a comprehensive six-year shelter medicine program. The Program will begin on July 1.
Read the June
Press Release »
June 16, 2008- Maddie’s® Launches Pilot Campaign in Northern Nevada to Improve Pet Care
Maddie’s Fund is launching an unprecedented campaign in Northern Nevada to promote regular veterinarian visits for pets. The campaign, Pets Love Vets, aims to help pets live longer, healthier lives by educating residents about pet care and connecting them with local veterinarians.
Pets Love Vets will feature a paid television advertising campaign running from June 16 till mid-July on Northern Nevada network and cable stations. Advertisements will direct local residents to www.PetsLoveVets.com where they can learn more about milestones in their pets’ lives and find trusted veterinarians in their areas by zip code search.
Read the June Press Release »
June 2, 2008 – New Director at Alachua County Humane
Kirk Eppenstein has been named Executive Director of the Alachua County Humane Society, lead agency for
Maddie's Pet Rescue Project in Alachua County, Florida. In addition to running a successful business, Eppenstein has held a variety of positions in his community including Mayor of High Springs and Chairman of the Alachua County Tourist Development Council. Eppenstein has four canine companions, including two miniature Schnauzers.
May 23, 2008- New York Saves All Healthy Shelter Pets for Two Months!
Maddie's® Pet Rescue Project and the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals saved all of New York's healthy shelter dogs and cats in February and March. Congratulations to the more than 100 participating coalition partners for their outstanding lifesaving achievement!
May 12, 2008 - Maddie's® at HSUS Animal Care Expo
Maddie's Fund President Rich Avanzino will lead a panel discussion titled,
The Pros and Cons of Animal Transport, at the
HSUS Animal Care Expo, May 14-17 in Orlando. He will be joined by M. Christie Smith, Executive Director, Potter League for Animals, and Jan Scarlett, DVM, Director of Maddie's Shelter Medicine Program at Cornell University.
May 5, 2008 – Maddie® Awards $412,000 to the Charlottesville-Albermarle SPCA
Maddie's Fund® has given the Charlottesville-Albemarle SPCA a $412,000 Maddie's Lifesaving Award for saving all healthy and treatable shelter dogs and cats in the City of Charlottesville and County of Albemarle, Virginia.
Read the Press Release...»
April 18, 2008- Grand Opening in Mobile, Alabama
The Mobile SPCA, lead agency for Maddie's Pet Rescue Project in Mobile County, held a grand opening on April 13th for its new adoption center. Maddie the mascot helped Executive Director Janine Woods cut the ceremonial ribbon to officially open the facility, which will house 30 adult dogs and 30 cats. The center is expected to significantly increase adoptions for the MSPCA and Maddie's Mobile project.
April 10, 2008 - Digital Cameras to the Rescue
A $10,000 Maddie's Fund grant to Petfinder.com to purchase digital cameras for member shelters and rescues is paying dividends in saving lives. One camera feature that has been particularly popular and effective is the video option. The number of videos posted on Petfinder.com has increased 50% in the past four months. A thank you note from Heartland Lab Rescue says it all.
"Thank you so much for the digital camera we were recently awarded by Petfinder.com through a Maddie's Fun grant. We are so excited to have this so that we can take fantastic pictures and video of our pets. Having great pictures makes such a big difference in getting these very deserving animals adopted."
The Petfinder.com Foundation hopes to continue this program, so if your organization is in need of a digital camera, and a member of Petfinder.com, let them know at foundation@petfinder.com.
March 21, 2008 - New Shelter Opens
On Saturday, March 22nd, Maricopa County Animal Care and Control (and Maddie's Pet Rescue Project partner), will leave their 40-year old West Valley Shelter and move into a beautiful new 54,000 square foot facility. With “Real Life” rooms for potential owners to interact with the animals, a larger, modern clinic, and separate housing for cats and dogs, the facility will better serve the public and the homeless animals. Moving day is the 22nd; the new shelter will be open for business on Sunday, March 23rd. Read the PDF invitation »
March 13, 2008 - Maddie's® Shelter Medicine Position Endowed
The wife of an alumnus has generously gifted Cornell University's Maddie's® Shelter Medicine Program with a $2 million endowment for a Clinical Program Director. "The endowment means that we have a faculty position that is guaranteed, and the program will continue" said Maddie's® Shelter Medicine Director, Jan Scarlett, DVM. The position is currently held by Dr. Brenda Griffin.
March 6, 2008 - No Deaths in February for Tuscaloosa's Healthy Shelter Pets
Maddie's® Pet Rescue Project in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, achieved the goal of saving all of the county's healthy shelter dogs and cats for the entire month of February. Says Maddie's® Project Coordinator, Shamire Crummie, "We really came together, calling each other daily to make sure we were taking all of the healthy pets out of Metro Animal Shelter. I'd go in and find empty cages and that was a great feeling. All of the groups are so excited about what we've accomplished, we're trying to do it again in March." Maddie's community projects are asked to put an adoption guarantee in place for healthy animals for one month in Year Three and for three consecutive months in Year Four in order to ensure a full adoption guarantee for healthy dogs and cats by Year Five.
February 25, 2008 – New Maddie’s® Grant for Nevada Spay/Neuter Project
Maddie's Fund® has approved a new $200,000 grant to spay and neuter dogs and cats belonging to low-income residents in Northern Nevada. Maddie’s Spay/Neuter Project in Nevada provides low cost surgeries to Medicaid or Nevada Check-Up recipients living in six counties.
Read the Press release...»
February 7, 2008 - 'Cupid' Models in Times Square Kick Off I Love NYC Pets Month
Two Cupids accompanied by the Maddie schnauzer mascot and dogs from Animal Care & Control of NYC made a visit to Times Square to raise awareness for the Mayor's Alliance for NYC"s Second Annual I Love NYC Pets month. Additional adoption events, extended adoption hours and low-cost spay/neutering will be featured throughout the month.
February 1, 2008 – Mayor Promotes Speed Dating for Pets
Last year, Maddie's Pet Rescue Project in Tuscaloosa, Alabama came up with a novel Valentine's Day adoption event—Speed Dating for Pets! Potential adopters rotated through a series of face to face encounters with shelter dogs and cats to meet their love match. The event is scheduled again this year, and Tuscaloosa's Mayor is helping to promote it by proclaiming February 9, Speed Dating For Pets and Animal Lovers Day!
Writes Maddie's Public Relations Coordinator, Shamire Crummie: "Having recently suffered the death of his own beloved dog, Mayor Maddox was happy to promote an event for shelter pets awaiting adoption."
January 21, 2008 -
And the Winners Are...
We are thrilled to announce the
winners of the
Maddie's Fund / Petfinder.com marketing competition for adopting hard to place pets. To read the complete entries of our top eight prizewinners, go to the new
Marketing Award section of our website.
January 16, 2008 - Record Surgeries for Feral/Stray Cats
A recent Operation Catnip clinic in Alachua County, Florida broke its own record by neutering 314 cats in a single day. "We're going to submit a claim to the Guinness Book of World Records," writes Clinic Director, Julie Levy, DVM. The previous record for the most surgeries in one day was 287.
Affiliated with the Maddie's projects in Alachua County, Florida, Operation Catnip is a nonprofit organization that operates a high-volume, no-charge clinic at which feral and stray cats are spayed/neutered and vaccinated.
January 3, 2008 –
Maddie's Marketing Announcement Delayed
The scheduled January 2nd announcement of the
Maddie's Fund and Petfinder.com marketing competition winners has been delayed. It's taking more time to deal with the submissions than anticipated due to the high volume of entries. On a positive note: the quality of the submissions has prompted an interest in significantly increasing the total award over the originally announced sum of $100,000.
Once the top winners have been selected, they will be announced in a press release and posted on the Maddie's Fund and
Petfinder.com website. Many entries will be featured in the January issue of the Maddie's Fund Newsletter.
All entrants selected to receive cash prizes will be informed of the amount by mail. Checks will follow weeks later.
