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9:32 am
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25 September 2009
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Hey folks we have 5,000 brand new Tripawds Vet Outreach Brochures, all waiting for good homes at vet clinics across the country and even the world! Thanks to That Pet Place, the brochures are all FREE to vets who want them.
Please think about all your favorite vets, specialty clinics etc., gather their address info and please complete this easy peasy Outreach Brochure Contact Form. We'll get them sent off asap via Priority Mail.
Our goal is to distribute most of these by the end of September.
Let us know if you have any questions. Thanks for your help!
Tripawds Founders Jim and Rene
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22 February 2013
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Been waiting for this! YAAAAAAAAAY!
I'll definitely get some addresses together and get the ball rolling here in my area!
THANK YOU. THAT PET PLACE!!! You've helped to raise awareness and give dogs and cats a chance at extended quality time full of loving and spoiling...and hope!! You guys are the best!
Love to all!
Sally and Alumni Happy Hannah and Merry Myrtle too!
Happy Hannah had a glorious additional bonus time of over one yr & two months after amp for osteo! She made me laugh everyday! Joined April's Angels after send off meal of steak, ice cream, M&Ms & deer poop!
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31 August 2013
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Great idea!! Thanks to That Pet Place, and Tripawds for this fabulous idea! I have been distributing Tripawds cards for awhile, and keeping the veterinary surgeon that did my Polly's amp, supplied with bandanas, but the brochures have so much helpful information on them.
Love,
Bonnie, Angel Polly, Pearl, and Zuzu
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25 September 2009
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Just bumping this up. We haven't received any names/addresses yet and would LOVE to get these brochures sent out.
Also, if anyone wants to volunteer to put together a mailing list of vet oncology clinics & hospitals, we would be super grateful. Otherwise the Foundation is going to have to spend money on mailing lists and we really don't want to do that. Please let us know if this is something you'd like to take on and we can talk.
Thank you for thinking about this!
Tripawds Founders Jim and Rene
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13 June 2013
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jerry said
Just bumping this up. We haven't received any names/addresses yet and would LOVE to get these brochures sent out.Also, if anyone wants to volunteer to put together a mailing list of vet oncology clinics & hospitals, we would be super grateful. Otherwise the Foundation is going to have to spend money on mailing lists and we really don't want to do that. Please let us know if this is something you'd like to take on and we can talk.
Thank you for thinking about this!
Do you mean like doing a Google search compiling a list in an excel spreadsheet vs the foundation purchasing a mailing list? This does seem like a large undertaking and I am happy to take a stab at the west coast but would like a little bit more info.
~Alison with Spirit Shelby and little Jasper Lily
Shelby Lynne; Jack Russell/Shiba Inu mix. Proud member of the April Angels of 2014.
October 15, 2000 to April 8, 2014
Our story: Broke rear leg in June 2013 - non-conclusive results for cancer so leg was plated and pinned. Enlarged spleen in September 2013 and had it removed and was diagnosed with Hemangiosarcoma and started chemotherapy. Became a Tripawd January 8th, 2014 and definitive Hemangiosarcoma diagnosis. Three major surgeries in 7 months and Shelby took them all like a champ only to lose her battle to cancer in her brain. We had 8 amazing extra months together and no regrets. #shelbystrong #loveofmylife
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17 October 2012
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Rene,
Check your email 🙂
xoxoxox
Michelle & Angel Sassy
Sassy is a proud member of the Winter Warriors. Live long, & strong Winter Warriors.
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07/26/2006 - Sassy earned her wings 08/20/2013
05/04/2006 - Bosch, Sassy's pal, earned his wings 03/29/19 fought cancer for 4 months.
"You aren't doing it TO her, you are doing it FOR her. Give her a chance at life."
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21 December 2008
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I can help too. Found a great resource for starting the mailing list:
http://www.vetc.....ciety.org/
They have a list of teaching hospitals and also a database for board-certified oncologists that is searchable by state.
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Regulator of the Oaktown Pack, Sheriff of the Oaktown Pawsse, Founding member and President of the Tripawd Girldogs With 2 Names ROCK Club, and ... Tripawd Girldog Extraordinaire!
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17 October 2012
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I sent them the list from the vet cancer society for board certified oncologists & the teaching hospitals already just so you folks know. Did that this afternoon
xoxoxox
Michelle & Angel Sassy
Sassy is a proud member of the Winter Warriors. Live long, & strong Winter Warriors.
sassysugarbear.tripawds.com
07/26/2006 - Sassy earned her wings 08/20/2013
05/04/2006 - Bosch, Sassy's pal, earned his wings 03/29/19 fought cancer for 4 months.
"You aren't doing it TO her, you are doing it FOR her. Give her a chance at life."
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mom2shelby said
Do you mean like doing a Google search compiling a list in an excel spreadsheet vs the foundation purchasing a mailing list?
Thanks for asking and being willing to help. Yes, exactly! If anyone wants to put the names into a spreadsheet, it would give us a huge head start on the mailing. Ideally, it would be in a google doc so volunteers can see who and who isn't listed. What do you think?
Tripawds Founders Jim and Rene
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21 December 2008
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Maybe we should split the country up so people don't have to be checking to make sure someone is not already on the list. People would just worry about the states they are responsible for. Obviously some states are going to have more work involved. For example, CA had over 80 oncologists listed. Arkansas didn't have any. I also noticed that there is likely to be total overlap between the teaching hospitals list and the individual oncologists list. It would be better to send to attention of someone at teaching hospitals and clinics whenever possible.
I can look some more at the lists and see how to divide the work up by states. I am thinking east coast, west coast and everything in between but I'll take a closer look. So far do we have three peeps who are willing to do data entry? Michelle (not sure if you were volunteering
), Alison, and me?
Also, I don't know how you are planning on shipping these (DIY? Having PSPrint do it?) but the spreadsheet should probably be formatted so it can be mail merged with address labels, right? Mail merge is a little over my head but there is stuff online on how to set up the spreadsheet.
xoxo,
Martha
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17 October 2012
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Yeah, I can help. I did just copy the whole list into a word document and sent didn't think about the spreadsheet. sorry Rene & Jim.
Just let me know what to do.
Michelle & Angel Sassy
Sassy is a proud member of the Winter Warriors. Live long, & strong Winter Warriors.
sassysugarbear.tripawds.com
07/26/2006 - Sassy earned her wings 08/20/2013
05/04/2006 - Bosch, Sassy's pal, earned his wings 03/29/19 fought cancer for 4 months.
"You aren't doing it TO her, you are doing it FOR her. Give her a chance at life."
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Codie Rae said
Awesome suggestions Martha, thank you so much for thinking so organizationally!
Maybe we should split the country up so people don't have to be checking to make sure someone is not already on the list.
Yes, definitely. If you're wiling to create a document that divides them up like this that would be great.
Also, I don't know how you are planning on shipping these (DIY? Having PSPrint do it?) but the spreadsheet should probably be formatted so it can be mail merged with address labels, right?
Right now, we have enough brochures to send to 170 different recipients, if we send 25 brochures a piece (plus a stand-up brochure holder). It's not that many, so seeing as how we don't own a desktop printer here at Tripawds HQ, in all likelihood we will preprint a cover letter and hand-write the address labels. Not a big deal.
Martha do you know how to use Google Docs?
Tripawds Founders Jim and Rene
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13 June 2013
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YES ... I am volunteering to help. I don't really know how to set up a "google doc" but I know how to work with one. But as far as the mail merge goes, I am good with that.
I agree - splitting up the country by region would be best and deciding which vets to ship too. Like Martha said, if there are 80 oncos in CA, that's a lot right there. I know LA alone has at least 3 (probably more). These would be primarily onco vets, not the VCA generic vets, right? Unless they have an oncology dept? Because LA has so many vets ... I cannot even imagine where to start. I pass by at least 15 on my way to and from work.
Let me know how to help! I am magnificent at following directions! 🙂
Shelby Lynne; Jack Russell/Shiba Inu mix. Proud member of the April Angels of 2014.
October 15, 2000 to April 8, 2014
Our story: Broke rear leg in June 2013 - non-conclusive results for cancer so leg was plated and pinned. Enlarged spleen in September 2013 and had it removed and was diagnosed with Hemangiosarcoma and started chemotherapy. Became a Tripawd January 8th, 2014 and definitive Hemangiosarcoma diagnosis. Three major surgeries in 7 months and Shelby took them all like a champ only to lose her battle to cancer in her brain. We had 8 amazing extra months together and no regrets. #shelbystrong #loveofmylife
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I know nothing about google docs but willing to help or learn I should say LOL. just let me know 🙂
xoxox
Michelle & Angel Sassy
Sassy is a proud member of the Winter Warriors. Live long, & strong Winter Warriors.
sassysugarbear.tripawds.com
07/26/2006 - Sassy earned her wings 08/20/2013
05/04/2006 - Bosch, Sassy's pal, earned his wings 03/29/19 fought cancer for 4 months.
"You aren't doing it TO her, you are doing it FOR her. Give her a chance at life."
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Thanks for the enthusiasm and willingness to help.
Yes for this mailing we'll start with oncology / specialty clinics.
Tripawds Founders Jim and Rene
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