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21 <br />• A volunteer service corps to do spay/neuter outreach in targeted <br />neighborhoods and provide transportation for spay/neuter services. <br />Marketing & Outreach: Work with staff to develop additional and better outreach <br />and marketing opportunities. Continue to contact civic and community <br />organizations to explore partnerships for increasing adoption and spay/neuter <br />outreach. Consider county-wide public awareness campaigns promoting <br />adoption over pet purchases; importance of spay neuter and Increasing cat <br />awareness (in regard to both adoption and the recovery of strays). With respect <br />to departmental partnership, there is also a need to recruit more fence-building <br />volunteers for the Coalition to Unchain Dogs new Orange County Chapter. <br />Overall increase of animal placement numbers remains a departmental goal. <br />Staff and board members continue to strive for opportunities, such as creative <br />photos of adoptable pets, in order to achieve such goals and increase positive <br />awareness for the department and its adoptable animals. Consider incorporating <br />adoption success stories in yearly celebration, including an event where people <br />could bring their newly-adopted pets to celebrate and highlight successful <br />adoptions. <br />Volunteer Program: Work with staff to further grow and enhance the <br />department's volunteer program. Consider merits of acquiring appropriate <br />volunteer management software; a volunteer information kiosk; a volunteer of the <br />month program, increased volunteers for cat enrichment and socialization. <br />Cat Sheltering: Cat sheltering will be a standing item on the ASAB meeting <br />agenda for the foreseeable future. In this way, the ASAB can continue to hear <br />community concerns and work with staff as they consider changes in cat <br />sheltering standards. The ASAB may also make recommendations where <br />appropriate, and more specifically, concerning the possibility of restructuring <br />existing cat enclosures to create larger ones. <br />Other: Other areas of interest include improvements to the department's <br />website, especially in the area of adoptions and volunteers. A public suggestion <br />box is another goal for the year. Also, consider the. role of education about <br />responsible pet ownership in the existing adoption process. Lastly is the <br />recruitment of community artists and art for fundraising purposes and events. <br />