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May 2025
Take the free self-paced course: Caring for Orphaned Kittens
Date Range: 5/12/2025 - Present
Check out the new Maddie's Timeline Game and learn more about our history!
Date Range: 5/5/2025 - 5/12/2025
April 2025
See how other organizations are using AI to enhance their efforts
Date Range: 4/28/2025 - 5/5/2025
Join us in celebrating the inspiration of Maddie and your chance to win a grant!
Date Range: 4/21/2025 - 4/28/2025
View the pet-inclusive fact sheet for Opportunity Starts at Home
Date Range: 4/14/2025 - 4/21/2025
View resources and recordings from the most recent Camp Maddie: Kitten Edition!
Date Range: 4/7/2025 - 4/14/2025
March 2025
Take the free self-paced course, "Hatching Leadership: Live better, work better"
Date Range: 3/31/2025 - 4/7/2025
Learn more about Animal Care Expo
Date Range: 3/24/2025 - 3/31/2025
Catch up on on-demand presentations at your leisure!
Date Range: 3/17/2025 - 3/24/2025
Learn more about My Dog is My Home and register for the conference
Date Range: 3/10/2025 - 3/17/2025
Browse 11 available courses and apply now through March 11!
Date Range: 3/3/2025 - 3/10/2025
February 2025
Take this free Maddie's University course on placing more pets into foster homes right now
Date Range: 2/24/2025 - 3/3/2025
By completing this survey, you'll be eligible for your organization to win one of ten $500 grants
Date Range: 2/17/2025 - 2/24/2025
View and share Valentine's Day promotion ideas with peers!
Date Range: 2/10/2025 - 2/17/2025
Sign up for our special webcast, "How Much Do You Know About Bird Flu?"
Date Range: 2/3/2025 - 2/10/2025
January 2025
Register for the free virtual half-day event on March 4
Date Range: 1/27/2025 - 2/3/2025
Check out adoption from foster protocol
Date Range: 1/20/2025 - 1/27/2025
Date Range: 1/13/2025 - 1/20/2025
Take this free Maddie's University course on placing more pets into foster homes right now
Date Range: 1/6/2025 - 1/13/2025
December 2024
Date Range: 12/30/2024 - 1/6/2025
Date Range: 12/23/2024 - 12/30/2024
Check out this Maddie's University course to learn more
Date Range: 12/16/2024 - 12/23/2024
Date Range: 12/9/2024 - 12/16/2024
Register for the webcast on December 12 now!
Date Range: 12/2/2024 - 12/9/2024
November 2024
Catch up on on-demand presentations at your leisure!
Date Range: 11/25/2024 - 12/2/2024
Share your favorite resource in honor of our 30th anniversary!
Date Range: 11/18/2024 - 11/25/2024
Revisit this Community Conversation about Vets to Vets United
Date Range: 11/11/2024 - 11/18/2024
The long weekend is the perfect time to foster!
Date Range: 11/4/2024 - 11/11/2024
October 2024
Date Range: 10/28/2024 - 11/4/2024
View the Communications Kit: Neighbors Helping Neighbors for tips to share with your community
Date Range: 10/21/2024 - 10/28/2024
Register for the free virtual half-day event on November 13
Date Range: 10/14/2024 - 10/21/2024
See 30 years of impact, and how you can celebrate with us!
Date Range: 10/7/2024 - 10/14/2024
September 2024
Join the conversation on Maddie's Pet Forum!
Date Range: 9/30/2024 - 10/7/2024
Learn the fundamentals of great customer service
Date Range: 9/23/2024 - 9/30/2024
Check out KC Pet Project's foster resources for some inspiration!
Date Range: 9/9/2024 - 9/23/2024
Date Range: 9/2/2024 - 9/9/2024
August 2024
Browse 11 available courses now and apply August 19-30!
Date Range: 8/26/2024 - 9/2/2024
Join us on the last Thursday of every month!
Date Range: 8/19/2024 - 8/26/2024
Browse 11 available courses now and apply August 19-30!
Date Range: 8/12/2024 - 8/19/2024
Start the free, self-paced course today!
Date Range: 8/5/2024 - 8/12/2024
July 2024
Join us on the first Thursday of every month!
Date Range: 7/29/2024 - 8/5/2024
View and share TNR resources on Maddie's Pet Forum
Date Range: 7/22/2024 - 7/29/2024
Date Range: 7/8/2024 - 7/22/2024
7 Easy Ways to Protect Your Pet on the 4th of July
Date Range: 7/1/2024 - 7/8/2024
June 2024
See how other organizations are using AI to enhance their efforts
Date Range: 6/24/2024 - 7/1/2024
Learn how you and your shelter can provide neonatal kittens with the best possible care
Date Range: 6/17/2024 - 6/24/2024
Date Range: 6/10/2024 - 6/17/2024
Date Range: 6/3/2024 - 6/10/2024
Date Range: 5/27/2024 - 6/3/2024
Get inspired with these real-life stories in our video series Maddie's Candid Conversations
Date Range: 5/20/2024 - 5/27/2024
Learn strategies to address decision fatigue and support your well-being AND earn RACE credit
Date Range: 5/13/2024 - 5/20/2024
Date Range: 5/6/2024 - 5/13/2024
Take the free self-paced course: Caring for Orphaned Kittens
Date Range: 4/29/2024 - 5/6/2024
Date Range: 4/22/2024 - 4/29/2024
Learn more about celebrating this special week!
Date Range: 4/15/2024 - 4/22/2024
Date Range: 4/8/2024 - 4/15/2024
Learn about two new monthly webcasts
Date Range: 4/1/2024 - 4/8/2024
Learn the latest in kitten care with this new self-paced course
Date Range: 3/25/2024 - 4/1/2024
Register for Camp Maddie: Behavior Edition, happening virtually on April 3!
Date Range: 3/18/2024 - 3/25/2024
Learn more about the 2024 Co-sheltering Conference, taking place virtually March 26 - 28!
Date Range: 3/11/2024 - 3/18/2024
Open Arms Challenge applicants can take the course for just $25!
Date Range: 3/4/2024 - 3/11/2024
Date Range: 2/26/2024 - 3/4/2024
What you don't know about lost pets can hurt them
Date Range: 2/19/2024 - 2/26/2024
Apply now through February 16!
Date Range: 2/12/2024 - 2/19/2024
Tell us more on Maddie's Pet Forum and have a chance at winning a $3,000 grant!
Date Range: 2/5/2024 - 2/12/2024
Register now and have a chance at $5,000 in grants each month!
Date Range: 1/29/2024 - 2/5/2024
Date Range: 1/22/2024 - 1/29/2024
Check out the resources and be entered to win a $50 for participating!
Date Range: 1/15/2024 - 1/22/2024
Use this video from the Denver Animal Shelter on how to find a lost pet with your community members!
Date Range: 1/8/2024 - 1/15/2024
Date Range: 1/1/2024 - 1/8/2024
Date Range: 12/25/2023 - 1/1/2024
Learn more about community-centric programming
Date Range: 12/18/2023 - 12/25/2023
Check out this Maddie's University course to learn more
Date Range: 12/11/2023 - 12/18/2023
Explore bereavement support resources shared by Maddie's Pet Forum members
Date Range: 12/4/2023 - 12/11/2023
Learn more about the new virtual event on December 7th
Date Range: 11/27/2023 - 12/4/2023
Learn why Dr. Kwane Stewart is up for CNN Heroes and how you can help him win!
Date Range: 11/20/2023 - 11/27/2023
See the new resources page AND have a chance at grant money for posting or responding on the forum!
Date Range: 11/13/2023 - 11/20/2023
Learn more and register today!
Date Range: 11/6/2023 - 11/13/2023
Browse holiday promotions ideas
Date Range: 10/30/2023 - 11/6/2023
Date Range: 10/23/2023 - 10/30/2023
Check out this Maddie's University course to learn more
Date Range: 10/16/2023 - 10/23/2023
View and share TNR resources on Maddie's Pet Forum during the resource drive this month!
Date Range: 10/9/2023 - 10/16/2023
Check out KC Pet Project's foster resources for some inspiration!
Date Range: 10/2/2023 - 10/9/2023
View the Communications Kit: Neighbors Helping Neighbors for tips to share with your community
Date Range: 9/25/2023 - 10/2/2023
Learn more about how to care for feral and fractious cats in this Maddie's University Course
Date Range: 9/18/2023 - 9/25/2023
Date Range: 9/11/2023 - 9/18/2023
Apply now through September 13!
Date Range: 9/4/2023 - 9/11/2023
These six questions can help guide you to recruiting more foster caregivers
Date Range: 8/28/2023 - 9/4/2023
Check out the resources and be entered to win a $50 for participating!
Date Range: 8/21/2023 - 8/28/2023
View all the details for the 2024 Open Arms Challenge, including important registration dates!
Date Range: 8/14/2023 - 8/21/2023
View the Communications Kit: Neighbors Helping Neighbors for tips to share with your community
Date Range: 8/7/2023 - 8/14/2023
Learn more about marketing foster pets
Date Range: 7/31/2023 - 8/7/2023
See PetSmart Charities' bold new spay/neuter policy
Date Range: 7/24/2023 - 7/31/2023
View the Lost Pet Reunification Toolkit!
Date Range: 7/17/2023 - 7/24/2023
See posts on these topics on Maddie's Pet Forum!
Date Range: 7/10/2023 - 7/17/2023
Date Range: 7/3/2023 - 7/10/2023
7 Easy Ways to Protect Your Pet on the 4th of July
Date Range: 6/26/2023 - 7/3/2023
Learn about how transformative prison programs can be and how to get involved
Date Range: 6/19/2023 - 6/26/2023
Date Range: 6/12/2023 - 6/19/2023
Date Range: 6/5/2023 - 6/12/2023
Check out the resources and be entered to win a $50 giftcard for participating!
Date Range: 5/29/2023 - 6/5/2023
Register now for the monthly gatherings that are held on the last Thursday of every month
Date Range: 5/22/2023 - 5/29/2023
Date Range: 5/15/2023 - 5/22/2023
Maddie's University is your free source for videos that teach, enrich and inspire!
Date Range: 5/8/2023 - 5/15/2023
Learn more about community-centric programming
Date Range: 5/1/2023 - 5/8/2023
Learn how the Five Domains can be used to scientifically assess animal well-being on May 11
Date Range: 4/24/2023 - 5/1/2023
Learn strategies to address decision fatigue and support your well-being AND earn RACE credit
Date Range: 4/17/2023 - 4/24/2023
Get inspired with these real-life stories in our video series Maddie's Candid Conversations
Date Range: 4/10/2023 - 4/17/2023
See the sessions available at this year's conference
Date Range: 4/3/2023 - 4/10/2023
Date Range: 3/27/2023 - 4/3/2023
Share your ideas with others on this Maddie's Pet Forum thread!
Date Range: 3/20/2023 - 3/27/2023
Date Range: 3/13/2023 - 3/20/2023
Learn more about the 2023 Co-Sheltering Conference!
Date Range: 3/6/2023 - 3/13/2023
Register now and have a chance at $10,000 in grants each month!
Date Range: 2/27/2023 - 3/6/2023
Take this short survey to help more people and pets everywhere
Date Range: 2/20/2023 - 2/27/2023
How do I find my community's demographics? Check out your 2020 Census data by zip code.
Date Range: 2/13/2023 - 2/20/2023
View and share Valentine's Day promotion ideas with peers!
Date Range: 2/6/2023 - 2/13/2023
See what the research shows on the next Maddie's Insights, February 9th!
Date Range: 1/30/2023 - 2/6/2023
Learn more about the Challenge and apply today!
Date Range: 1/23/2023 - 1/30/2023
See how you can be entered to win a $3,000 grant each month
Date Range: 1/16/2023 - 1/23/2023
Learn more about open and welcoming adoption applications
Date Range: 1/9/2023 - 1/16/2023
Learn more about this local pet support services finder
Date Range: 1/2/2023 - 1/9/2023
Check out this Maddie's University course to learn more
Date Range: 12/26/2022 - 1/2/2023
See the new resources page AND have a chance at grant money for posting or responding on the forum!
Date Range: 12/19/2022 - 12/26/2022
Date Range: 12/12/2022 - 12/19/2022
For a silent night in your shelter, try holiday fostering!
Date Range: 12/5/2022 - 12/12/2022
See the answer and register for the calls!
Date Range: 11/28/2022 - 12/5/2022
Watch these short, heartwarming videos that you can share with your community!
Date Range: 11/21/2022 - 11/28/2022
Find and share holiday promotion ideas!
Date Range: 11/14/2022 - 11/21/2022
Learn about James Evans, the 2022 Avanzino Award recipient!
Date Range: 11/7/2022 - 11/14/2022
Register for this November 3rd event!
Date Range: 10/31/2022 - 11/7/2022
Date Range: 10/24/2022 - 10/31/2022
View the Communications Kit: Neighbors Helping Neighbors for tips to share with your community
Date Range: 10/17/2022 - 10/24/2022
Learn the fundamentals of great customer service
Date Range: 10/10/2022 - 10/17/2022
Check out Maddie's Pet Forum's new interface
Date Range: 10/3/2022 - 10/10/2022
Watch all Return to Home Huddles on-demand!
Date Range: 9/26/2022 - 10/3/2022
See the findings from the Foster Plea Survey
Date Range: 9/19/2022 - 9/26/2022
Join the weekly call where $10,000 in grants are given away monthly, just for attending!
Date Range: 9/12/2022 - 9/19/2022
Register for the September 8th webcast now!
Date Range: 9/5/2022 - 9/12/2022
Listen to Maddie's Candid Conversations in audio format
Date Range: 8/29/2022 - 9/5/2022
View all TEN available courses! Must apply by 8/31/22
Date Range: 8/22/2022 - 8/29/2022
Check out the resources and be entered to win a $50 gift card for participating!
Date Range: 8/15/2022 - 8/22/2022
Register once for all Return to Home Challenge Huddles!
Date Range: 8/8/2022 - 8/15/2022
View the Lost Pet Reunification Toolkit!
Date Range: 8/1/2022 - 8/8/2022
Date Range: 7/25/2022 - 8/1/2022
Get ready for the Return to Home Challenge!
Date Range: 7/18/2022 - 7/25/2022
Learn more about Dr. Lila Miller and her impact
Date Range: 7/11/2022 - 7/18/2022
Date Range: 7/4/2022 - 7/11/2022
7 Easy Ways to Protect Your Pet on the 4th of July
Date Range: 6/27/2022 - 7/4/2022
Learn more about shifting Field Services resources from punishment to support
Date Range: 6/20/2022 - 6/27/2022
Find and share resources at Maddie's Pet Forum Resource Center
Date Range: 6/13/2022 - 6/20/2022
Learn more about My Dog is My Home
Date Range: 6/6/2022 - 6/13/2022
Date Range: 5/30/2022 - 6/6/2022
Watch this two-part webcast to learn more about lifesaving protocols for at-risk dogs
Date Range: 5/23/2022 - 5/30/2022
What's a veterinary social worker?
Date Range: 5/16/2022 - 5/23/2022
What is an implicit bias test?
Date Range: 5/9/2022 - 5/16/2022
Take the free self-paced course: Caring for Orphaned Kittens
Date Range: 5/2/2022 - 5/9/2022
6 free tools for your animal welfare organization
Date Range: 4/25/2022 - 5/2/2022
Read more about barriers to adoption
Date Range: 4/18/2022 - 4/25/2022
Watch this two-part webcast to learn more about lifesaving protocols for at-risk dogs
Date Range: 4/4/2022 - 4/18/2022
Join us live or watch on demand for the chance to win grant money for your organization!
Date Range: 3/28/2022 - 4/4/2022
Date Range: 3/21/2022 - 3/28/2022
Learn about our DEI-centric conversations with influential animal welfare leaders
Date Range: 3/14/2022 - 3/21/2022
Date Range: 3/7/2022 - 3/14/2022
Learn about the We Foster Challenge and apply today
Date Range: 2/28/2022 - 3/7/2022
Check out KC Pet Project's foster resources for some inspiration!
Date Range: 2/21/2022 - 2/28/2022
Check out the We Foster Challenge deets!
Date Range: 2/14/2022 - 2/21/2022
Watch this webcast about how to place more pets into foster homes right now!
Date Range: 2/7/2022 - 2/14/2022
Share and learn how others recognize Black History Month on this Maddie's Pet Forum thread
Date Range: 1/31/2022 - 2/7/2022
Share and learn how others support marginalized communities on this Maddie’s Pet Forum thread
Date Range: 1/24/2022 - 1/31/2022
Check out this Maddie's University course to learn more
Date Range: 1/10/2022 - 1/24/2022
Date Range: 1/3/2022 - 1/10/2022
Date Range: 12/27/2021 - 1/3/2022
Watch this presentation from Katie Grissum on how to make a TikTok video for animal shelters
Date Range: 12/20/2021 - 12/27/2021
Use this video from the Denver Animal Shelter on how to find a lost pet with your community members.
Date Range: 12/13/2021 - 12/20/2021
What you don't know about lost pets can hurt them
Date Range: 12/6/2021 - 12/13/2021
Explore bereavement support resources shared by Maddie's Pet Forum members
Date Range: 11/29/2021 - 12/6/2021
See how dogs in pajamas are getting more engagement
Date Range: 11/22/2021 - 11/29/2021
For a silent night in your shelter, try holiday fostering!
Date Range: 11/15/2021 - 11/22/2021
Learn more about Veteran’s Programs
Date Range: 11/8/2021 - 11/15/2021
Date Range: 11/1/2021 - 11/8/2021
Date Range: 10/25/2021 - 11/1/2021
Learn more about open and welcoming adoption applications
Date Range: 10/18/2021 - 10/25/2021
Learn more about marketing foster pets
Date Range: 10/11/2021 - 10/18/2021
Learn more about the tool kits
Date Range: 10/4/2021 - 10/11/2021