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Metro Council honors Adrienne Budnick for volunteer work boosting dog adoptions
Summary
The Metropolitan Council read a resolution recognizing Adrienne Budnick’s decade of volunteer work with Metro Animal Care and Control and credited her social-media campaigns with contributing to higher adoption rates.
The Metropolitan Council on the dais read a resolution recognizing Adrienne Budnick for more than a decade of volunteer service with Metro Animal Care and Control (MACC) and for producing social-media content that the resolution says helped increase dog adoptions.
The resolution, presented by Council member Evans, notes Budnick’s volunteer roles photographing adoptable animals, producing short-form videos and the “What’s This Then” series, and says those efforts “garnered millions of views” and helped lift adoptions by 25% between 2021 and 2024. Director Harrington of Metro Animal Care and Control and a representative from the Friends of Metro Animal Care and Control attended the presentation on the council floor.
The resolution text read into the record says Budnick volunteered with MACC for “over a decade,” organized adoption-focused photography and video campaigns, and was recognized in the Nashville Scene’s Best of Nashville 2024 as the writer’s choice for best adoption campaign. The resolution also credits her creative, humorous short videos with drawing adopters from outside the region and inspiring similar campaigns at other shelters.
No formal roll-call vote on the resolution is recorded in the transcript; the council read the resolution and members and guests posed for photographs on the chamber floor after the recognition. Several council members and staff encouraged viewers and constituents to consider adoption during and after the presentation.
Background: Metro Animal Care and Control (MACC) is the city’s animal shelter and adoption agency. The plaque-style resolution read on the council floor is ceremonial; the text states it “shall take effect from and after its adoption,” but the transcript does not record a formal motion, mover, or recorded vote related to adoption of the resolution.
The presentation occurred during the council’s announcements period and lasted only a few minutes. The council’s remarks emphasized adoption as a civic good and noted the work of volunteers and partner organizations that support the shelter.
