The Beautiful Thing Of Learning...from Your Board

Hello there!

It is a sunny beautiful morning here in Minne.  One of the great aspects about operating a non profit is the opportunity to work wherever you can.  And today I am working from a coffee shop while I wait for my father from his appointment.  The little perks like these add to my happiness of D.O.G.S.  It has no boundaries, it's what, how, when, or wherever you want to take it.  This got me thinking.  Opportunities like this are all around me every day, just like opportunities for learning is all around.  Yes obviously, however rarely do we take the time to be mindful and appreciate that.  One thing I greatly appreciate and today find myself reflecting much on is learning from the Dogs Of A Good Society team, the board members that make up the heart of the organization. 

I can honestly say I learn something from EACH and EVERY one of the board members at D.O.G.S.  Each member brings something to the team, something that only they can bring and something that I draw from and LEARN.  Each person is unique, has their own strengths, talents, skills and work ethics.  Each member can also learn from each other.  What a wonderful way to work: learning from each other, helping each other, helping the animal world and community, it all becomes better little by little somehow, some way. Truly an amazing reflection for a beautiful day.

When the #struggleisreal which there are many in the day to day lives of non profit life; look to your board members to hold you together, help you, teach you, inspire you, motivate you, re-energize you, whatever it is.  It is there, that's why they are there.  The board is your sounding board, your support, your follow through, get a good crew and you should be golden!

Until next time my blog friends!

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My best friend and me!

Hello there!

It's a late night blog kind of day....it was a beautiful day in Minne. and I was able to enjoy some sunshine today.  I had family from out of town visit and it was their last day here today and I was able to sneak out and take them around town.  This past week I have been home taking care of my baby girl, Jasmine; one of D.O.G.S. inspirations!  She had to undergo surgery, a removal of a tumor on her elbow.  My family and I were heartbroken when the vet said it was a tumor.  Luckily we found out it was a benign tumor and she should be as good as new after her recovery period.   Here she is tired from no sleep the night before.  It has been a rough time, but we all are hanging in there, especially baby girl, she's so brave and resilient!  Thanks everyone for your warm wishes!

Being home with Jasmine made me realize even more and triple confirmed how much I enjoy working from home and being with my furbabies.  It really is the ONE thing that makes me happiest :)  Spending time with Leche and Jasmine, I can get no wrong from that, have any negative energy, thoughts, or have a frown.  They truly are my TRUE LOVE, my sunshine, my little everything and most of all my inspirations. 

 I aspire to be more like a dog.  Wait before you crinkle your face and say HUH??  Dogs are truly the BEST creatures on earth.  I have said that many times and I will keep saying it.   They are loyal, loving, unconditional, forgiving, happy, positive, innocent, compassionate, kind, and trusting.  All great characteristics we humans can use more of and learn more from.   I hope that working on Dogs Of A Good Society, we could put more of this great energy out there for animals in the community and connect with people who aim to be like this, do the same and aspire to make a world a little better place by learning from these great animals.

Although my furbaby was sick this week, she somehow manages to make me feel AWESOME just by being around her.  I just hope that I could give her a little of the same.   This week's blog is especially dedicated to Jasmine.

Motivated by my love for animals, the community, great board members, supporting family and friends and most of all by these guys here:

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Interested in being part of our crew, contact us today for more information on how YOU can work with us towards the goal of the betterment of animals and society. :)  YES YOU CAN!

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Got A Hook?

Hello there! :)

This week and many weeks Dogs Of A Good Society has been busy working on grant research.  We are so very excited that we have our 501c3 status.  We are still high on cloud 9 of happiness from it!  With that comes SO much more opportunities for us to assist animals in need and we couldn't be happier.   

We have been facing some challenges here at D.O.G.S. with searching for grants, being eligible for grants, and applying.  We are working hard on this part and like with any start up and non profit our man power and resources are limited.  The challenges of having a FT job (though a pretty stress free and 'easy') job, it's still FT for me, family, life, and board members having FT lives and jobs; grant researching is hard to do.   #thestruggleisreal 

To cope with the struggle and stress of researching.  I surround myself with positive people, thoughts, activities, and most of all lots of D.O.G.S. motivation.  I look around my office, D.O.G.S.'s office and know that like with everything else in time. things will come along and work out, so as long as I work hard, stay determined, and not lose sight of the BIG picture.  Help however I can, we can, whenever I can, we can, do whatever I can, we can and just DO.  It really is that simple.  

I would love to hear your thoughts on what helps you with your organization and connect with you.  Feel free to comment below or message me :)

My inspiration board in the office...

More inspirations in the offce.....

Interested in being part of our crew, contact us today for more information on how YOU can work with us towards the goal of the betterment of animals and society. :)  YES YOU CAN!

Join the Pack and help us help ANIMALS in need!

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Until next time....

Teaching An Old Dog New Tricks!

Hello everyone! :)

Whoever said you can't teach an old dog new tricks?  Well, I'm the "ol' dog" learning some new tricks constantly in life and of course with Dogs Of A Good Society.  Operating a non profit is as much about rolling with the punches and learning as you go, as well as utilizing what you already know.  Fair enough right?

This past weekend D.O.G.S.'s board members were lucky enough again to get a Take 2 tutorial with our website designer Milen.   Our website needs updates and changes more often then not.  Along with our tech board member, Alex and some interested members learning the how to's around website work, has been a constant challenge for D.O.G.S. and me to keep up to date.

I finally had to learn it again to try and keep up with the game!  I am not by all means tech savvy at all.  I struggle with the technical stuff and am fortunate enough to have board members with some tech savviness, others to learn with and a great cousin who's willing and so patient enough to teach me (and hopefully pass on some of many skills and talents!) :)

Learning is fun and as easy as 1, 2, 3..... 

well with the right teacher! :)

What's this gibberish again??

Check out our website, it offers much info on us, our mission, resources and more!

www.dogsofagoodsociety.org

The beginning of my HTML notes....

It's all a learning process and will continue to be so thanks for ALL your patience and support.  And if you are thinking of running your own non profit or already are, I'm with you, let's learn together!

Share us, Like us, Tweet us, Connect with us, we would love to hear from you.   

Interested in being part of our crew, contact us today for more information on how YOU can work with us towards the goal of the betterment of animals and society. :)  YES YOU CAN!

Join the Pack and help us help ANIMALS in need!

www.dogsofagoodsociety.org

dogsofagoodsociety@gmail.com

FB Dogs Of A Good Society

Twitter @ D_O_G_S_MN
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Until next time....