Operation Kindness

Call for Speakers! Our Texas Unites for Animals Conference is currently accepting workshop proposals for our 2025 conference, to be held May 7-10, 2025, in North Texas. Submit your proposals through September 30, 2024. Bring your new ideas and travel with us to new places in 2025! https://lnkd.in/gRthw2S7

Operation Kindness offers Work Paws Playdates as a fun and interactive way for corporate partners to help give their employees some relief! Welcoming Operation Kindness animals into your workplace helps your staff stay healthy and practice good habits, such as taking breaks. On a deeper level, pets help alleviate some of the stress associated with work life. They also promote team bonding, laughter, and a positive work environment. Participating employees are encouraged to take a few minutes out of their day to leave their workstations and interact with the animals. Employees can walk a dog, play fetch, pet a puppy, or cuddle a kitten. As well as helps our animals become more socialized and prepares them for their new loving homes. To learn more and schedule your own Work Paws Playdate follow the link down below! LEARN MORE HERE: https://lnkd.in/gg6ZB9yQ

We’re excited to share that we have acquired a new mobile veterinary unit that will enable our non-profit to expand existing community vaccine clinics as well as bring veterinary services to shelter partners. The mobile unit started serving the community in July. The new Operation Kindness mobile veterinary unit will provide us with an enclosed, temperature-regulated space to perform vaccinations and microchipping at clinics, which are often hosted outdoors to provide easy access for members of the community. The mobile unit will also help us with our partner shelter services, as many of its shelter partners do not have surgery suites in their buildings. Operation Kindness’ Community Initiatives team performed over 8,657 shelter and rescue spay/neuter surgeries last year. “It is always our goal to help pets in the greatest need,” said Ed Jamison, CEO of Operation Kindness. “Operation Kindness’ new mobile unit will allow us to bring lifesaving care for animals to where it is needed most in the community.” READ MORE HERE: https://lnkd.in/g26w6fZc

A very special evening is coming up soon, where animal lovers come together to celebrate how Operation Kindness is saving lives. It wouldn’t be the same without you! Join us for the 32nd annual Canines, Cats & Cabernet Gala, our most anticipated and largest fundraising event of the year! ✨   A decades long tradition, the gala features unbelievable trips and finds in our live and silent auctions, a three course dinner with an open bar, music by the Emerald City Band and dancing through the night. When: Saturday, November 2, 2024  Time: 7:00-11:00 PM Where: Sheraton Dallas Hotel Dallas 400 Olive St. Dallas, TX 75201 Individual tickets are $300 and table sponsorships start at $2,500. Proceeds from the Canines, Cats and Cabernet Gala provide lifesaving veterinary care, shelter, nutritious food and love to dogs and cats across Texas. We are so thankful for your support and we look forward to seeing you dressed and ready to dance! 💖 RESERVE TICKETS HERE: https://lnkd.in/gDMDebf6

Staff from Operation Kindness attended the Best Friends Animal Society National Conference in Orlando, Florida this past month and had an incredible time learning and connecting with other animal welfare individuals from across the country. A big thank you to Julie Castle, CEO of Best Friends Animal Society, for recognizing Operation Kindness during the opening session. "Ed Jamison from Operation Kindness and Meredith Jones, they are growing their resources with the goal of helping other organizations and shelters in Dallas. What a beautiful example for a legacy humane society to do that with a commitment to help others reach 90%." said Julie Castle. We are so grateful for these partnerships that allow us to continue saving lives daily. You can watch the full video at the link below! 💕 WATCH HERE: https://lnkd.in/ghv9gUgq

Operation Kindness is very proud to be partners with the City of Fort Worth and Fort Worth Animal Care & Control Center through our shelter mentorship program. Today, we met with staff from the city manager's office and shelter leadership to talk about how we can partner and assist with lifesaving in Fort Worth. The City of Fort Worth is one of our largest shelter partners and we are excited to work with a team that is committed to helping the animals and residents of Fort Worth!

We are thrilled to announce our new board members! We welcome Whitney Jones, Ryan Rogers and Mercedes Fennelly onto our esteemed board. We cannot wait to see the life-changing work they will become a part of as Operation Kindness continues to grow!

We are so excited about the Best Friends Animal Society National Conference! Operation Kindness staff will attend to learn and grow with some of our staff also speaking! Our COO, Kelly Furnas, will be among the many incredible speakers during the week. We are so proud to be a part of the animal welfare world and continually making a change and saving lives. Join us in Orlando, Florida July 11-13! We hope to see you there. ❤️ REGISTER HERE: https://lnkd.in/gcDF6y3E

We would like to thank some of our amazing board members for their years of service to Operation Kindness. Thank you to Chad Tidwell, Laura Calhoun, Mary Mitchell, Jim Gibson and Paul Wilson for their compassionate care for our animals. We couldn't have done it without them. They provided leadership, guidance and expertise that helped make our dedicated and lifesaving work even more impactful for pets across Texas. Our board will miss you all but we are so thankful and excited to see the difference you make next!

Don't forget to join us tonight for a fun evening with fellow animal lovers to help us build our wine collection for our upcoming gala. Have a fun-filled evening supporting our cause, all while enjoying a biscuit bar to take home treats to your pups! Bring a bottle of wine with a value of $25+ to donate towards our wine, dine and liquor pull at the Canines, Cats and Cabernet Gala. We can't wait to see you there! Location: Lazy Dog Addison - 5100 Belt Line Rd. St. 500, Addison, TX 75254 Time: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM