VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES

Volunteers are always needed for various events and activities. We can always use help, particularly in caring for our cats at the Petsmart stores in Braintree and Hyannis. If you have some time and would like to help us out, contact the Friends of the Plymouth Pound for more information. Here are just a few recent photographs showing Friends of the Plymouth Pound volunteers in action:

Pet Walk-A-Thon 2007

The Friends of the Plymouth Pound's annual fund-raising Pet Walk-A-Thon was conducted on Saturday September 8, 2007. Here are some of the assembled volunteers and fund-raising dog-walkers who participated at Morton Pond Park in Plymouth, MA.

Here are just a few of the many dogs that participated in the dog walk. It was sunny and cool. A great day for walking...

A team from the Best Buy store in the Kingston Mall participated in the dog walk. They brought their own T-shirts as well as some dogs.

A few cats participated in the event. They did not walk, but they were there throughout the day all the same.

Here's a shot of the BBQ that followed the dog walk. The BBQ was located in a shady grove right next to Morton Pond.

This terrific cake, which was custom-decorated with the FPP's logo, was donated by Dessert Works in Norwood.

Pet Walk-A-Thon 2006

The Friends of the Plymouth Pound's annual fund-raising Pet Walk-A-Thon has come and gone for 2006. Here are just a few of the assembled dog-walkers who participated in this event at Morton Pond Park in Plymouth, MA.

Saturday September 9th was a great day not only for the dog walk but also for the BBQ that followed, which is shown here. The walkers raised about $7,000 for the Friends of the Plymouth Pound this year.

Pet Photo Contest

One of the new things things that we did at this year's (2005) Pet Walk-A-Thon was a photo contest. This worked out pretty well and here are the winning photos:

The first place in the "portrait" category went to Nancy Micciche for her upside-down picture of grinning Mikey.

The second place in the "portrait" category went to Nancy Borman for this shot of Murray at the beach.

The first place in the "best friends" category went to Jim Oleary for this picture of Ellie Mae and Emma.

The second place in the "best friends" category went to Elizabeth Kelly for this shot of Phoebe and Mia.

The first place in the "puppies" category went to Jim Oleary for this picture of Ellie Mae.

The second place in the "puppies" category went to somebody that the webmaster does not know for this photo.

The first place in the "kids and pets" category went to Heidy Bernier for this picture.

The second place in the "kids and pets" category went to somebody that the webmaster does not know for this photo.

Pet Walk-A-Thon 2005

The Friends of the Plymouth Pound hold a fund-raising Pet Walk-A-Thon every year at Morton Pond Park in Plymouth, MA during early September. This year's event was held on Saturday September 10th.

Here are some of the hundred or so people who participated in 2005's Pet Walk-A-Thon at the FPP's registration and sales tables.

This year the Friends of the Plymouth Pound had a variety of crafts and other items available for direct sale, silent auction, or raffle. Nearly everything on these tables had been donated to the FPP by local businesses or volunteers.

Here are a few of the dog walkers out on the trails at Morton Pond Park with their dogs. Many of the dogs who participated in the Pet Walk-A-Thon were adopted through the Friends of the Plymouth Pound.

The Pet Walk-A-Thon always ends with a big BBQ in a wooded picnic area next to Morton Pond. Why not plan to participate next year? It's a lot of fun and the funds raised by the walkers goes 100% to the Friends of the Plymouth Pound to help rescue abandoned dogs and cats.

August Rescue

On August 21st 2005 Friends of the Plymouth Pound volunteers drove six dogs and and equal number of cats from a shelter in North Carolina where homeless pets are euthanized after a period of time to our facilities in Massachusetts, where they will be cared for until they find new homes.

Pet Walk-A-Thon 2004

This year's Pet Walk-A-Thon, which was held on September 11th, may have been the best-attended ever. Over 100 people participated. Here's a view of the registration table at Morton Pond Park in Plymouth.

Here are just three of the more than 100 walkers who participated in this event. Note the small dog being carried in a bag secured around the neck of the woman in the center of this photo!

These Walk-A-Thon participants were pushing their dogs around the wooded paths at the park in modified baby strollers!

Here's an over-view of the Morton Pond Park picnic area, with the Friends of the Plymouth Pound cook-out in progress. Plenty of food including hamburgers, hot dogs, and veggie burgers were served up to the hungry walkers with dog snacks available for hungry pets.

FPP Yard Sale

$800 was raised in a "yard sale" held on Sunday July 18th at the Manomet Pet Hospital. Seen here are Elysia and Valery and Valery's dog Kelly, who was rescued from a kill shelter in Georgia.

Live Radio Shows

DJ Dan Mahoney from the ROSE doing a live radio show on WRZE with the FPP's "Pet of the Week", Roman during April 2004. Every Wednesday at 7:10 a.m. the Friends of the Plymouth Pound have a "Pet of the Week" segment on radio station WRZE 96.3 (Hyannis). The FPP spotlights a different animal awaiting adoption on Dan Mahoney and Kevin Matthews' morning radio show. Tune in if you can.

James Montgomery Band Fundraising Concert

Every year for the past couple of years the James Montgomery Band has held a fundraising concert in Plymouth for the Friends of the Plymouth Pound. This year, the concert was held on January 30th. Here's a shot of the band in action.

Norm Bryson and Diana Franklin are both long-time supporters of the Friends of the Plymouth Pound. Here they are at the concert.

Lori, Jean Marie, Deborah, Heidi, and Vanessa - all long-time FPP volunteers - had a good time at the concert.

Pet Photos with Santa Claus

The Friends of the Plymouth Pound hold photo sessions with Santa Claus around Christmastime every year at the Petsmart stores in Braintree and Hyannis. Here's some of the crew who helped out at the Hyannis Petsmart during December 2003, Faith (in the Santa suit) and Jean Marie.

Dog Rescue

Here's a photo taken during a recent (October 12th) dog rescue operation. The Friends of the Plymouth Pound periodically take trips to Georgia and other southern locations to take dogs from kill shelters where they will be gassed if they remain too long without finding new homes to our shelter in Massachusetts, where these dogs are kept until they find news homes. For information on how you can assist in the FPP's rescue efforts go to this page.

Pet Walk-A-Thon 2003

The Friends of the Plymouth Pound hold a fund-raising Pet Walk-A-Thon every year at Morton Pond Park in Plymouth, MA during early September. This year's event was held on Saturday September 13th. Here's the crew at the registration and donation processing desk.

Here's a long line of people and pets waiting to register for this year's Walk-A-Thon.

The weather was great for the Walk-A-Thon and many of the dogs that were brought to the event played in Morton Pond.

After the Walk-A-Thon we always host a cook-out. Hamburgers and hot dogs as well as a variety of salad and other vegetarian alternatives are served up.

Carnival 2003

Due to weather problems, the annual FPP fund-raising carnival was conducted on Memorial Day weekend and also during July 4th weekend during 2003.

Here's one of our more publicity-shy volunteers manning one of the ticket booths at the carnival.

On the other hand, Jean-Marie does not appear to have any problem with being photographed.

Bob Andrews brought his dog with him to the carnival.  Bob does a lot of volunteer work for the Friends of the Plymouth Pound.

Pet Adoption Weekend

Here are some images taken at the Pet Adoption Weekend conducted at the Petsmart stores in Braintree and Hyannis on May 3rd and 4th. See the Events and Opportunities page for details about our next adoption event.

Recent Rescue Action

FPP volunteer Heather drives a huge 18 wheeler for a living. She brings dogs up from southern states for us when she's riding through them. She brought three of our smaller dogs up on April 19th 2003. Heather has helped transport dogs up north several times over the past year.

Stray Cat Blues Concert

James Montgomery and Jean Mari at the recent "Stray Cat Blues" fundraising concert conducted in Plymouth on January 31st.

Here's James Montgomery pictured with Cindi, one of the owners of Serenity Kennels in Plymouth, who has housed our rescue dogs on several occasions.

Pet Photos with Santa 2002

Maryland Rescue Mission

Friends of the Plymouth Pound volunteers recently drove from Massachusetts to Maryland and back to pick up some dogs and cats that were rescued from shelters scattered across North Carolina and West Virginia.  Here is Gayle Fitzpatrick accepting McKiever from the Brooks County WV people.

Here we see Gayle Fitzpatrick accepting Mikey from the Moore County NC people. The North Carolina and West Virginia people were nice enough to meet the FPP van in Maryland.

Hannah the beagle and Mandy the black lab are riding the FPP van en route to Massachusetts.

Pet Walk-A-Thon 2002

The Friends of the Plymouth Pound hold a fund-raising Pet Walk-A-Thon every year at Morton Pond Park in Plymouth, MA during early September. This year's event was held on Saturday September 14th. Here's just some of the people and pets who lined up to register before the Walk-A-Thon commenced.

Here we see some of the FPP volunteers who staffed the registration table at this year's Pet Walk-A-Thon.  The Pet Walk-A-Thon is one of the organization's biggest annual fund raising events.

Here are some of the FPP's walkers and their pets. The area around Morton Pond is heavily wooded and it makes for a good place to walk with your pet.

Here we have more of the walkers who participated in the Walk-A-Thon and their pets. Not only is the FPP's annual Pet Walk-A-Thon for a good cause, it is also a good place to meet people and socialize.

The FPP Pet Walk-A-Thon is always followed by a BBQ that's free to all registered walkers. Here we see just a small sample of the crowd that helped themselves to the hot dogs, hamburgers, and veggieburgers that were served up hot off the charcoal grill.

Spay Waggin

here is the so-called "Spay Waggin", a mobile spay clinic where the Friends of the Plymouth Pound recently got 15 dogs and cats spayed or neutered at low cost.

Here's a close up view of the logo painted on the side of the "Spay Waggin". The "Spay Waggin" is operated by the Animal Rescue League.

Here are just some of the people who took advantage of the "Spay Waggin's" services on August 15th 2002. At left, the FPP's Jean Mari is having her Yorkshire Terrier checked out by Dr. Knight of the Animal Rescue League.

Georgia Animal Rescue Mission

Several Friends of the Plymouth Pound volunteers recently transported a number of dogs and cats from a shelter in Georgia to Massachusetts. Here we see several members of the rescue team loading up the van.

The Georgia shelter euthanizes dogs and cats if they do not find homes. This is something that the Friends of the Plymouth Pound never does. We are a no-kill shelter. Animals in our care who do not find proper homes are assured a home with us for life.

Paw Prints Parade of Pets

North Carolina Animal Rescue Mission

Several Friends of the Plymouth Pound volunteers recently transferred a large number of homeless cats and dogs from the San Lee Humane Society in North Carolina to Massachusetts.  FPP members Gayle Fitzpatrick, Jeannie Owen, Mark Fornaciari, and Alan Borgal (Director of Law Enforcement for the Animal Rescue League in Boston) were among the people who helped. Here are Alan Borgal, Mark Fornaciari, and Gayle Fitzpatrick with five month old 'Jack', a Black Lab.

These three Yellow Lab puppies were among 37 dogs that the Friends of the Plymouth Pound team brought to Massachusetts. Heather Funk and her husband (both FPP volunteers) adopted one of these dogs.

The FPP team brought eight cats brought back from North Carolina. Here is one of them. The animals were brought to Massachusetts in a U-Haul truck.

Here are some tiny puppies that were dumped at the San Lee Humaine Society. These puppies are now in the care of the Friends of the Plymouth Pound. Hopefully they'll all be getting new homes before too much longer.

Braintree Petsmart Store Volunteer's Meeting

Many of the volunteers who help maintain the FPP's cat shelter at the Petsmart store in Braintree met on Saturday February 23rd 2002 to discuss the pet adoption operation and to get to know each other. Here's a photo of the volunteers who attended this event.

Pet Photos With Santa

Every year during the holiday season the Friends of the Plymouth Pound take photos of pets with Santa Claus to raise funds for our shelters. This year the photo sessions were held on December 1st and 2nd. Here's some of the FPP volunteer crew from the Hyannis Petsmart store; Maureen and David Munroe (Santa), MaryBeth (little girl), Bob Andrews, Jean Marie, and Jean Marie's dog Barnie.

Santa Phil Turner poses with MaryBeth and Jean Marie's dog Barnie at the Hyannis Petsmart store. The pet photo sessions are conducted every year around Christmas. Usually the photo sessions are conducted at the Petsmart stores in Hyannis and Braintree but other locations have been used in the past.

Santa Mike Dubin takes Christmas requests from a Petsmart customer's pet snake with the help of volunteer Lori Cash's daughter Hanna. All kinds of pets are welcome during the photo sessions as long as they can be controlled. Bring your pet next year to have its photo taken with Santa and help out the Friends of the Plymouth Pound at the same time.

Paw Prints Parade of Pets

The Friends of the Plymouth Pound hosted another two-hour live "Paw Prints Parade of Pets" on Plymouth public access cable channel PACTV on October 15th 2001. Here's some of the crowd that turned up to help the FPP at the PACTV studios.

Pet Walk-A-Thon

The Friends of the Plymouth Pound held their annual Pet Walk-A-Thon and cook-out at Plymouth's Morton Pond Park on Saturday August 8th 2001. Here is a shot of some of the many attendees and their pets at the  cook-out area on the beach.

Here is Sue McNab and her two dogs on the heavily wooded Pet Walk-A-Thon trail.

Here are Faith Frattasio, Bob Anderson, Penny Hermanson, and Arthur Hermanson on the Pet Walk-A-Thon trail.

Cindy Jansen and Elkie Grey brought four dogs with them to the Pet Walk-A-Thon!.

Annual Fund-Raising Carnival

Here's Linda Andrews and her dog Lulu at this year's annual fund-raising carnival held at Long Pond in Plymouth over Memorial Day weekend.

Fund-Raising Yard Sale

Here's a shot taken at a fund-raising yard sale the FPP held at the Manomet Animal Hospital on April 28th 2001.

Paw Prints Parade of Pets

The Friends of the Plymouth Pound hosted another two-hour live "Paw Prints Parade of Pets" on Plymouth public access cable channel PACTV on April 23rd 2001. Here FPP volunteer Robert Andrews turns the camera on Gayle Fitzpatrick and a representative from the MSPCA.

Many FPP volunteers turned out to help show homeless dogs and cats from several organizations to the PACTV audience.

The Cats Plain and Fancy Cat Show

The Friends of the Plymouth Pound were present at the annual Cats Plain and Fancy Cat Show at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, MA on March 3rd and 4th 2001.

Here are just a few of the thousands of people who stopped in to see our cats and talk to the many volunteers who staffed the FPP's booth all through the weekend.

Here is Abby with her new "mom" Emma. Abby was one of seventeen cats adopted on the spot at the cat show. A number of applications were also filled out, many of which will lead to adoptions later on.

Here is Beth, who adopted Baby at the Cats Plain and Fancy Cat Show. The Friends of the Plymouth Pound attend this annual show every year, bringing a large number of homeless cats with us who are available for immediate adoption.

The Petsmart "Luv A Pet" Adoption Centers

The Petsmart stores in Braintree and Hyannis, Massachusetts kindly support the Friends of the Plymouth Pound by providing space at their "Luv A Pet" adoption centers. We are always looking for volunteers to help us care for our Petsmart store cats. If you would like to help us, at either Braintree or Hyannis, contact the Friends of the Plymouth Pound for details.

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