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Volunteer Spotlight: Paul New

Dogs, Foster, Volunteering

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Volunteer Spotlight: Paul New

By Lindsey HasbrouckAugust 03, 2017Comments Disabled

Foster parents save lives! Their work sometimes goes unnoticed, but they are an important process in our ability to adopt out so many animals each year. This month, we would like to spotlight Paul New in our Volunteer Spotlight. Paul has been volunteering...

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Volunteer Spotlight: Margaret Aschenbrenner

Cats, Foster, Veterinary, Volunteering

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Volunteer Spotlight: Margaret Aschenbrenner

By Lindsey HasbrouckJuly 11, 2017Comments Disabled

In 1974, a group of dedicated individuals came together to create what we now know as SICSA Pet Adoption Center. Margaret Aschenbrenner has been volunteering at SICSA nearly that long. In her 36 years volunteering at SICSA, she has helped with Friends...

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Volunteer Spotlight: Erika Kerr

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Volunteer Spotlight: Erika Kerr

By Lindsey HasbrouckJune 07, 2017Comments Disabled

We have some volunteers who give time to our animals through their summer break. Erika Kerr is one volunteer who does just that. This will be Erika’s 5th summer at SICSA Pet Adoption Center. She is one of our dedicated Cat Volunteers. She began volunteering...

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Volunteer Spotlight: Victoria DiCillo

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Volunteer Spotlight: Victoria DiCillo

By Lindsey HasbrouckMay 01, 2017Comments Disabled

With kitten season right around the corner, fosters are a fundamental part of SICSA. Victoria DiCillo started fostering at SICSA Pet Adoption Center 5 months ago. She wanted to volunteer at an animal shelter and several people suggested SICSA to her....

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Volunteer Spotlight: Cindy Smith

Advocacy, Events, Fundraising, Volunteering

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Volunteer Spotlight: Cindy Smith

By Lindsey HasbrouckFebruary 07, 2017Comments Disabled

Volunteer Spotlight: Cindy Smith There are many volunteers who come in regularly, week after week, to work with SICSA’s dogs and cats. Cindy Smith is a dedicated volunteer who does just that. She comes in often, every single Friday morning, to walk...

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Three Sticks of Pastel – My Mission to Find Homes for Shelter Cats

Advocacy, Cats, Inspiration

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Three Sticks of Pastel – My Mission to Find Homes for Shelter Cats

By Lindsey HasbrouckJanuary 09, 2017Comments Disabled

Three Sticks of Pastel – My Mission to Find Homes for Shelter Cats by Claudia Baldwin For the past two years, I’ve been enjoying exploring painting with soft pastel sticks and pastel pencils. I became particularly interested in portraiture; my...

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Volunteer Spotlight: Danielle Poe

Advocacy, Events, Fundraising, Volunteering

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Volunteer Spotlight: Danielle Poe

By Lindsey HasbrouckJanuary 04, 2017Comments Disabled

  Volunteers come to SICSA for many reasons, but most are here because they love and want to help animals. Danielle Poe is one such volunteer. She came to SICSA because she loves animals and so was looking for a way to minimize their suffering and...

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Volunteer Spotlight: Gin Conforti

Advocacy, Events, Fundraising, Volunteering

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Volunteer Spotlight: Gin Conforti

By Lindsey HasbrouckDecember 05, 2016Comments Disabled

Some volunteers go about their volunteer service quietly, expecting no recognition except the affection they receive from the animals they’re helping. Gin is one such volunteer. Gin started volunteering in June of 2015 and quickly became someone that...

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Volunteer Spotlight: Paula and Nelson DiGennaro

Advocacy, Events, Fundraising, Volunteering

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Volunteer Spotlight: Paula and Nelson DiGennaro

By Jessie SullivanOctober 11, 2016Comments Disabled

Paula and Nelson DiGennaro are two of SICSA’s most dedicated volunteers, though many have never met them! They live out of state, but spend the majority of the year organizing SICSA’s Red Dog Racers Fundraiser, which takes place every October. They...

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Rescue to the Rescue

Adoption, Dogs

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Rescue to the Rescue

By Nora VondrellOctober 04, 2016Comments Disabled

SICSA transfers in over 400 animals annually from open admission and “high kill” shelters. We do this to help save even more homeless and stray lives, and to keep euthanasia rates of adoptable animals down in our community. Recently, we needed...

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