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Shelter announces new staff, volunteer training, partnerships and fundraising events
Summary
Chair announced the shelter is fully staffed with two new hires, has updated volunteer onboarding and training, credited a grant from Maddie's Fund for neonatal care ahead of kitten season, and previewed fundraising events including Pups & Pints.
The Chair announced staffing and program updates, saying the shelter is now fully staffed and that "we have a new crew lead, Alexis Martinez, and a new animal care technician, Alex." She said staff completed training with a paid consultant on handling, behavior, intake data and medical procedures.
The Chair described communications and accessibility work led by the new marketing and development coordinator: updated website photos and pages, a shelter statistics page due to be updated by mid‑March and completed federal ADA accessibility updates to the site.
On fundraising, the Chair said monthly recurring giving increased (a reported $170 rise) and single‑event donations increased by $312 compared with November. The meeting recap included holiday events: a Blackbird Day that yielded 17 adoptions and a one‑time donations figure reported in the slides, and an Angel Tree program that sold all tags and distributed gifts to animals.
The Chair credited a prior grant from Maddie's Fund with improving neonatal care capacity ahead of kitten season and said the foster coordinator is preparing training and written guidelines to manage a large kitten intake. She described near‑completion of volunteer onboarding materials and resumed playgroups after updated training.
The Chair also noted new rescue partnerships — including work with Boise Bully Rescue — and related success stories. The meeting highlighted a volunteer named Nigel who assisted with transport in one adoption case.
