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- Secretary – Aviva Scully <br /> <br />7. Programs (Sarah Fallin, Program Coordinator, Animal Services) <br /> <br />a. Introduction of Rachel Williamson, recent hire as Assistant Program Coordinator <br />Rachel has Bachelors degree in animal science and 4 years experience in Prince George, <br />VA in all aspects of shelter operations. <br /> <br />b. Past and Future Program Highlights <br /> <br />2013: <br />- Volunteer program: <br />Over 1,700 volunteers logged 12,000 hours in 2013. This is equivalent of <br />six full-time employees per month. Community service volunteers <br />logged an additional 1,000 hours. <br /> <br />- Outreach <br />o Shelter animals taken out into the community 50 times throughout <br />the year – almost once a week. <br />o 17 special events – Dog swim was the biggest yet (108 dogs <br />participated). <br />o Open House – well attended. <br /> <br />- Rabies Clinics: <br />Vaccinated 1,132 animals. This did not quite meet the goal of 100 per <br />clinic but it was very close with an average of 94 per clinic. <br /> <br />- Community spay neuter <br />o 472 spay/neuters done in 2013; 373 were DSS clients. Down from 512 <br />last year, possibly due to fact that DSS is no longer mailing out <br />information on $20 Fix to clients. <br />o Every door direct mail campaign launched to publicize availability of <br />$20 fix. Mail targeted to low income areas in Hillsborough, Chapel Hill <br />and Carrboro. Cost is about 30 cents per flyer. <br />o Last quarter saw increase in spay/neuters after mailings <br />o Aviva suggests making flyers in Spanish for distribution to Spanish- <br />speaking populations in county. <br /> <br />- Disaster Management <br />o Did not have to set up pet co-location but provided sheltering for pets <br />as a result of the flood. Sheltering was done at Century Center in <br />Carrboro, which is not approved for animals, so animals came directly <br />to the Animal Services Center for sheltering. <br />o Did one mock disaster exercise using shelter dogs