Guardians of Angels News November 2012
Speak Up for the Animals Who Cannot Speak for themselves
Monday November 19, 2012 at 5:30 at the Roadhouse
Come with us to make a case for land for an Animal Adoption Center at the Chatham County
Capital Development meeting. We encourage you to come speak, and you can speak from your heart, but you must sign up before the meeting. Meet at 5:30 at the
Pittsboro Roadhouse to leave around 6:00 and walk to meeting.
GOA Team-Up Mon 12/4, 7PM
Join us for our next Team-Up. 7 - 8 pm Tuesday in the lounge at the Pittsboro Roadhouse. Find out more about what we're doing and help us
address and sign Christmas Cards to all our supporters.
Click here to let us know you're coming.
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Announcements
At the same time that we're announcing positions to fill, we have the honor of telling you that
we have news about new team members and their new roles.
New President: Randy Dow, Esq.
Attorney Randy Dow has been on our Board of Directors for a while, and just recently
accepted the position of president. We're very excited about this.
Community Relations Team: Karen Allen, Ed.D.
Dr. Karen Allen brings a tremendous understanding of the people and history of Chatham County
to work with us in community building. Already Karen has included us in some very informative
meetings. Thank you for your volunteer work Karen.
PR Consultant & Grants/Foundations Team:
Tom Waniewski, MA
Tom Waniewski is a seasoned PR professional who includes in his portfolio, busting a 4 state
dog fighting ring. Tom will advise us on PR and lead our grant writing work.
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Work with Us: Open Positions
We're actively looking to fill several volunteer positions for important roles at Guardians of Angels.
Does one of these have your name on it? Contact 919-542-3244 to discuss it.
Treasurer (Board of Directors) - Documenting and reporting on the finances of GOA.
Administrative Lead - Keeping track of GOAs activities and projects.
Field Assistant - Helping with feral cat feeding and occasional trapping.
Spay Day Lead - Managing Spay Day.
Volunteer roles are the life blood of GOA, and can also strengthen your resume and LinkedIn profile, in addition to your own skills and non-profit know-how.
Please consider who you know who might be the right person for one of these roles.
We are looking for people who live in Chatham or adjacent Counties.
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Your Address
Every year we send Christmas Cards to all of our supporters and will be asking for mail addresses from you.
If you sign up for membership you can provide your address, directly.
Or, email your mail address to comm@guardiansofangels.org.
We thank you.
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Volunteer Shout-Out
We would like to acknowledge several of our volunteers:
Lisa Wolfe for your enthusiasm and passion for learning about animal adoption and care centers.
Patti Liegl for your participation in many of our events, and your support with talking to local businesses about sponsorship, and your rescue dogs story and pictures, and your donation for the Howlin'ween Party.
Anne Lea for your interest in being part of our event team.
Nicole Edwards for your amazing hospitality greeting guests at our events, in addition to your Field Team Lead work.
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Membership
Thank you so much to those of you who are already members. Your donations help us continue our work.
Donors to Be Members
Each of you who have donated in the past year will be assigned the closest membership level
to your donation. If you would prefer not to, please email us.
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Your Stories
Did you read Patti & John Liegl's story and pictures of one of their rescued pets: Hope and her sister Luv?
We received some new photos.
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Helping Guardians of Angels
Thank you very much to those of you who have recently donated and or become paid members
of GOA.
Our goal is to raise 35,000 over the next 14 months aiming for $50,000 by December 31, 2013.
Site Sponsorship:
Consider becoming our site sponsor, with a $300 donation that funds our site, making it
possible for us to have a strong online presence and efficient use of resources.
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Come to Our December Team-Up
Photo is of the lounge at the Pittsboro Roadhouse. Some call it the Flat Tire Lounge.
