Saturday, October 30, 2010

Spay/Neuter? There's an App for that!

I’ve been waiting to use that Blog title for weeks!

We're excited to announce the new Android App for Planned PEThood. Scan the QR code below with your Android phone and it will take you directly to our App in the Android Marketplace.

The App has so many awesome features:

  • Contact us directly
  • Navigate to our location
  • Check out our Facebook page
  • Link to our website for pricing and other info
  • Link to our Blog
But, the most exciting feature is the ability to MAKE RESERVATIONS!!

Our App was created by Michael Barton of Smartware Design based in Cumming, GA and we’re so grateful for his help! He did an awesome job and is a huge supporter of spay/neuter and rescue! Thanks Michael!

We will have the reservation program available on our website soon, so keep an eye out for that announcement as well!

Happy Halloween and Happy Downloading!

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

We're off to a great start!!

Planned PEThood has completed our first month of business. The results have been amazing, and have far surpassed our expectations. Notably,

  • We averaged 20 surgeries per day during our 4th week, putting us ahead of schedule in our plan to reach 35 per day by our 2nd quarter of operation.
  • Also during our 4th week of operation, we saw a day when our feral shelves were completely full, holding 18 feral cats.
  • We saw our first adoption between clients in our lobby, when a kitten who was trapped in a feral trap was adopted by a nice lady whose cat needed a friend.

We’re so thankful for the support we’ve received from the community! People have been extremely generous, bringing in supplies and goodies, and filling up our donation jar. Several have also been generous with their time, and we’d like to give them special mention:

    • The wonderful ladies who dedicate at least one day every week to help us out – we could never do it without them!
      • Nancy
      • Kathe
      • Phyllis
      • Vicki
    • Nick, who comes every Thursday afternoon to clean the clinic to within an inch of its life!
    • All the rest of our volunteers who fill in whenever they have a few hours during the week or on Saturday for a vaccine clinic::
      • Tiffany
      • Heather
      • Cheri
      • Lindy
      • Dave

We’d also like to thank:

  • All of our amazing facebook fans who support us with “likes” and comments and bring us supplies when we need them! Thanks for everything you have brought us including the newspaper, grocery bags, paper towels AND BROWNIES!!! You’re the best!!
  • All of the feral trappers out there. You work tirelessly to take care of those cats and brought us 14 last Monday when it had been raining all day Sunday and was still raining on Monday morning. Amazing! It is so wonderful to hear you all chatting about your colonies and offering advice to each other in our lobby.
  • All of our customers who have been so grateful for our service. Thank you for bringing us your beautiful babies! Many of you even rounded up your payments to help our neediest clients.

Thanks to EVERYONE for making our first month so rewarding. It makes our hard work that much more worth it. We know that we have a long way to go but we are determined that we will help make Gwinnett Georgia’s first No-Kill county!!