Annual Champagne Brunch

A reminder:

Our Annual Champagne Brunch will be held on Sunday, January 25, 2015 at the beautiful El Cid Resort and Marina Convention Hall on the jetty overlooking the Sea of Cortez.  Driving instructions will be posted on this blog and our Facebook pages as we get closer to the event.

Tickets will go on sale November 1, 2014.  This year we are offering an Early Bird Special - the first 100 tickets purchased prior to December 1, 2014, will be available for $350.  The remaining 200 tickets will be available for $400.  To qualify for the early Bird Special you must have paid for your ticket prior to the cutoff date.  Purchase early and save an extra $50.

Look for these tickets available from all Amigos de Los Animales volunteers or at the shelter:

 

The new beds have arrived!

What's New!  Ahhh, beds - that's new.  Volunteer Peggy Bracket found a  source on the internet for dog beds - made available to bona fide animal rescue centers at a very reduced cost.  Putting the word out, Peggy and others got enough supporters to sign up for the purchase of a bed(s) and the next thing you know - we are fully furnished!!!  To Peggy and all those that supported this effort A BIG THANK YOU from every dog in the shelter.

Oh yeah, some other things are new also but perhaps not as exciting as the beds.  Thanks to a sizable donation from an anonymous donor we were able to install security cameras throughout the shelter and individual lockers for the employees and volunteers.  Now valuables can be stored safely and securely while you are putting in time at the shelter.

The cameras will enable us to monitor activities during working and non-working hours to make sure that all is well.  We will no longer have to wonder if all animals are secure during periods of severe weather.

An ounce of prevention . . . . . . . . .as the saying goes!

Eraclio y Rodolfo assembling the new beds

Who is the first to try one out?  Bonita of course!

Change in Saturday hours

We are pleased to announce that we will be open longer on Saturdays (Shelter only, not the Bazaar).  After discussing the matter with our Board of Directors and our employees it was decided that there was merit in staying open to the general public until 5:00 pm instead of the previous 2:00 PM.  The official Saturday hours are now 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM and 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM.

To accomplish this the employees agreed to take only one hour for lunch and have all hands stay until 5:00 PM.  This accomplishes two objectives:

1.  We are open longer on Saturday to accommodate members of the general public who work on Saturday and can not get in to see us before 2:00 PM.

2.  By having all hands working until 5:00 PM it eliminates the need to have one worker come back in the afternoon to work after we are closed.  All hands are now able to have a longer, uninterrupted evening on Saturday, not just a few.

The intent is to try these new hours for 6 months to see if it will bring increased adoptions for us.  We will re-evaluate after 6 months.  We started the first Saturday in October.

Has Mariell been replaced????

Who is this sitting in Mariell's chair?  Does she know this is her replacement? 

Bonita trying out the chair

If you won't move, I will just share your chair!

Meeting his new parents...

Looks like love at first sight...

It is Holiday time at the Bazaar

Go to our BAZAAR page to see some of the great Halloween AND Christmas items we have.  Make sure to come in quickly because these are going fast!!!

We have Halloween decorations AND a variety of costumes for children and adults!  Remember that Halloween is at the end of this month so don't delay.

Christmas decorations of all kinds, from cards and wrapping paper to tree decorations and lots more!  We have many strings of lights, both clear and colored and all have been tested and work perfectly!  It is almost time to start putting up those decorations.........come see what new things you can add to your home decor for Christmas!