Maddie’s Weekly Roundup: Holiday fostering, understanding tribal sovereignty and more!
Happy Monday! Below is a brief roundup of resources added over the past week. Want a silent night at your animal shelter this season? Try holiday fostering!This year is the perfect time to bring back, start or expand your holiday fostering offerings. Organizations across the country are getting dogs out of the shelter and into homes for the holidays through foster care. Holiday foster initiatives… Learn More Learn how to bridge your animal organization’s services and strengthen your community Looking to strengthen...
Learn how to bridge your animal organization’s services and strengthen your community
Looking to strengthen your community but not sure where to start? In a recent Maddie’s® Community Conversations call, the team from the Animal Welfare League of Arlington (AWLA) shared how breaking down silos between animal control, outreach and animal shelter services can transform the way we support both people and pets. Chief Animal Control Officer Jennifer Toussaint and her colleagues, Adam Jablonski and Karina Swetnam, walked us through how collaboration looks in action – like field officers connecting families to...
Maddie’s Weekly Roundup: Social work guidelines, stock images and more!
Happy Monday! Below is a brief roundup of resources added over the past week. Pets and People Photos is now Images With HeARTIn case you missed it, we’re excited to share that PetsandPeoplePhotos.org has merged with Images With HeART, and will be known as such moving forward. Originally launched in 2023 as Pets & People Photos, #ThanksToMaddie, the site was developed to help animal organizations better connect with their audiences through diverse images for marketing. The collection… Learn More Doors Wide Open Webcast: Social...
Pets and People photos is now Images With HeART
In case you missed it, we’re excited to share that PetsandPeoplePhotos.org has merged with Images With HeART, and will be known as such moving forward. Originally launched in 2023 as Pets & People Photos, #ThanksToMaddie, the site was developed to help animal organizations better connect with their audiences through diverse images for marketing. The collection shows authentic interactions of people and pets of varying ages, backgrounds and more, and has received an overwhelmingly positive response since its launch. “To...
Doors Wide Open Webcast: Social Work Guidelines in Animal Welfare Settings
Does your animal organization employ a social worker? Or maybe you’re considering one? Join us for a 30-minute panel discussion on November 18th at 12PM PT/ 3PM ET with the five social workers who facilitated the national social work teams that collectively authored the new Social Work Guidelines for Animal Welfare Settings through a year-long participatory action research project funded by the ASPCA. The guidelines were developed by and for social workers embedded in animal welfare organizations across North America and are designed to...
Maddie’s Weekly Roundup: End-of-year fundraising, Animal Welfare Assessment Grid and more!
Happy Monday! Below is a brief roundup of resources added over the past week. Spark your end-of-year fundraising: Inspiration from Maddie’s Pet ForumAs the year winds down, nonprofits everywhere are gearing up for one of the most important fundraising seasons. From Giving Tuesday to holiday drives, animal shelters and foster-based organizations are finding new, heartfelt ways to engage their communities – and they’re sharing their best ideas in the “October + November 2025 Giveaway: Share your...
Spark your end-of-year fundraising: Inspiration from Maddie’s Pet Forum
As the year winds down, nonprofits everywhere are gearing up for one of the most important fundraising seasons. From Giving Tuesday to holiday drives, animal shelters and foster-based organizations are finding new, heartfelt ways to engage their communities – and they’re sharing their best ideas in the “October + November 2025 Giveaway: Share your end-of-year fundraising strategies!” thread on Maddie’s Pet Forum. Here are just a few fundraising ideas being discussed: Make it personal. Organizations...
Learn all about the Animal Welfare Assessment Grid
Join us on November 13 at 12PM PT/3PM ET for the next webcast in the Maddie’s® Insights series, “The Animal Welfare Assessment Grid.” This one hour event will be presented by Drs. Sarah Wolfensohn and Rachel Malkani. They will introduce you to an cloud-based tool designed to track and visualize the well-being and lifetime experiences of animals. The Animal Welfare Assessment Grid (AWAG) turns complex well-being data into compelling visual evidence, making it easier to communicate with decision makers, support strategies...
Maddie’s Weekly Roundup: Preventing lost cats, Foster 50 Challenge and more!
Happy Monday! Below is a brief roundup of resources added over the past week. The September Weekly Community Conversations grant giveaway winners are…Earlier this month, Maddie’s Fund® gave four organizations at random a $2,500 grant for attending the September Weekly Community Conversations for a total of $10,000 in grants. In fact, the call was jam-packed with prizes. Join us in congratulating the four people who won a grant for their organization: Kris Holland, IndyHumane (Indianapolis, IN)...
How to prevent lost cats
After learning how to keep dogs safe with our “Lost Dog Prevention” course, now you can do the same for cats! Bringing a new cat home is an exciting moment—but it can also be overwhelming for your new feline friend. New sights, sounds and smells can cause even the calmest cat to panic or try to escape. Preparation is key to helping them feel safe and preventing a “lost cat” situation. In “Lost Cat Prevention,” a new, free self-paced course on Maddie’s® University, expert Kimberley...
