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3~ <br />• Establish a "Friends" group to get things going. <br />• Use advertising and media, Create a catch phx'ase: "You Asked for Change _ ." or <br />"The Door is Open .. Check Us Out", <br />• Begin collecting basic information about potential volunteers, <br />• Get County staff (Sharron Hinton & David Hunt) to work on this right away. <br />• Use RSVP to tap into seniors. Pet therapy is an opportunity. <br />• UNC students and the Humane Society of Orange County represent resources <br />• Persons assigned by the courts to do community service, <br />• There could be professional volunteers: Persons with specialized expertise or <br />training who could be tapped to provide more advanced levels of works; i.e.., <br />temperament testing. <br />Other Non Profit Groups and Organizations that Could Assist in the "Continuum of <br />Animal Care" <br />• Animal Rescue Groups (Chatham County maybe good example.) <br />• APS <br />• Piedmont Wildlife <br />• Humane Society of Orange County <br />• HSUS Final Report recommended a strategic planning process to identify natural <br />alliances and opportunities for collaboration with other animal groups and the <br />community-at-large. <br />Initial Thoughts & Ideas on the Composition on an Animal Services Advisory Board <br />• Veterinarian with shelter experience <br />• Three towns <br />• Piedmont Wildlife <br />• APS <br />• At Large Representatives -Advertise for applications <br />