Normally, January is a down month for us. We conclude our Home 4 the Holidays with the annual Tybee Island Polar Bear Plunge on New Year's Day, then we have four weeks to recover until whatever is planned for our anniversary. But not this year.
On New Year's Eve, six Siberian Husky mix puppies were delivered to me from Effingham Animal Control. The next day, a volunteer asked if we could take on eight puppies and their mom she found on a construction site. A few days later, seven more puppies arrived. Lucky for us, we had a three-day event at the Trade Center that would help promote the pets for adoption.
The event was the annual Lowcountry Living Home and Garden Show. We were graciously invited for free again by Show Technology. We had earned a reputation for creativity at our last appearance there, so they offered us an additional booth space this year. Great, more room to bring in more people, which is what we need. It took six hours on Thursday to construct the booth, and just over an hour to demolish it on Sunday. But man, did it look sharp!
We also hosted our first volunteer orientation this month. It's fun to try something new, but I never realized just how boring it can be to have to read through a handbook and make sure everyone understands it. Considering I wrote it in school, then Wendy edited heavily for legal issues, you can't really make it as interesting a read as Harry Potter. But I hope it helps people to understand how we work and what they can do to help us in our mission. I hate that we have to have rules now, but there are just some adults who can't behave or have multiple lapses in common sense.
February brings us four more events, and then a big event on March 1st for The Milton Project. If all goes according to plan, I'll have a free weekend again in July. Something to look forward to.
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