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Featured
Volunteers
MetroPets
runs exclusively on the steam of our volunteers' time and
energy and expertise. We are blessed with wonderfully talented
people.
[read about our other featured volunteers]
This month, meet Jeanette Davias, Media Relations Coordinator!
My
association with MetroPets (MPs) began in 2000. I ran across
the web site, via a link from another site. While wandering
around the site, I was amazed to find an "Events Calendar".
Since I have (what was termed by a former husband) "a
mess 'a dawgs", I was ecstatic to find fun events that
I could attend with my "less-than-pure-bred" fur-kids.
After
a few months, I noticed an item on the site offering a free
MPs tee shirt, as a bonus, for joining. Well, never being
one to pass up on a "free" offer and (also) feeling
slightly guilty for being a regular user of the site, without
paying anything, I sent in my membership fee. I was pleasantly
surprised to receive the tee shirt; a profile (w/ photo) of
my fur-kids, on the MPs' site; and an invitation to their
Annual Holiday Party.
Before
I attended the party, I was under the impression that all
MPs offered was a very helpful web site. While, at the party,
(which was attended by representatives from every aspect of
the pet-lovers' community) I found out about their unique
technical Assistance Program. This concept excited me and
I contacted MPs to offered my services shortly thereafter.
Much
as I would like to be a "techie" (I've had a lot
of training, but never was able to put much of it to use),
my abilities lie in other areas - I am extremely diversified
and have excellent organizational skills. I began my volunteer
service as the Media Relations Coordinator, contacting the
local media to create an awareness of MPs (a position I still
hold). I branched out to Community Outreach, representing
MPs at various animal-related functions (e.g.: Annual Canine
Games), in the Metro area. I also was an active Committee
Member for MPs's 2001 "Pets In Pearls"; and created
the Rawcliffe Collectables fund-raising campaign (lovely,
key chains, gift boxed pewter ornaments, candles, etc). As
a side-line, I assist with the MPs Events Calendar.
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| Jeanette and Scott's dogs: Barney,
Milo, Duchess, and Sadie
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I'm
married and my wonderful, understanding husband (Scott James)
assists me, with sales and outreach at animal-related functions.
I also have (currently) three fur-kids of indeterminate parentage
(Mutts): Duchess; Sadie; & Milo. One of our babies recently
Crossed the Rainbow Bridge (Barney). His tribute is also on
the MPs site.
I
like to describe MPs as a comprehensive web site listing all
the
pet-related information, for the Metro DC area. For me, MPs
has been an opportunity to "stretch my abilities".
I think that is one of the benefits of a volunteer position
... the ability to do "fun stuff" and learn at the
same time.
Thank
you MetroPets for the opportunity.
Please
check our web site for more stories about our volunteers. If
you are a volunteer and would like to submit your story, please
write to webmaster@metropets.org!
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