DPA!’s Pawsome People: March 2021 Volunteer Spotlight
“Junel brings a welcome sense of pride, gratitude, and curiosity to all of her interactions with our team. Her emails brighten my day each time I receive them, a precious thing on our team since we handle difficult decisions and conditions every day. She is currently our most distant volunteer to Dallas, but you can clearly see and feel the love she puts into her work for our team, our animals, and our mission. Junel brings a growth mindset to learning and is always striving to improve her work. As we approach her 1 year anniversary with our team, it is my hope that this is only the first of many anniversaries to come.” -Bridget H., DPA’s Assistant Medical Director
DPA’s Pawsome People: February 2021 Volunteer Spotlight
“Christina has been a DPA family member since 2014 using her time, talent and treasure to help DPA further our mission. Christina has used her leadership and relationships to recruit event volunteers and guide our events to fundraising heights. She took the lead in establishing DPA’s online store and our first gala in 2019. Over the past year, due to the challenges of Covid, Christina led DPA’s efforts to transition to virtual fundraising events with super creative and fun activities to keep the DPA family connected. Today she continues to lead our Fundraising Events team and has added the role of adoption counselor because of her love for connecting families with our amazing DPA rescues!
What would I, (and all of DPA), do without her? I could not ask for a better partner in fundraising or a more inspirational advocate for our mission!” –Leslie S., DPA’s Executive Director & Founder
DPA’s Pawsome People: January 2021 Volunteer Spotlight
“Yajat has brought the DPA technology team to the next level. As a foster-based organization we have always relied heavily on our IT infrastructure for communication and organization between volunteers, and the tech team’s support of DPA’s tech needs became even more vital in 2020 when we were unable to conduct business face to face and needed to market our animals almost exclusively online. Yajat’s timely support of all the various teams across the organization kept everything running smoothly and seamlessly. His passion for our lifesaving mission shines through with his enthusiasm to take on any tech task that is needed. We are all so thankful to have him on the DPA team!” -Katie P., DPA’s Technology Director
DPA’s Pawsome People: December 2020 Volunteer Spotlight
“Jenny has been an amazing and pawsome addition to our team. She readily jumped into DPA from an adopter to a foster and then eventually landed on the medical team…”
DPA’s Pawsome People: November 2020 Volunteer Spotlight
“Christine is a shining star on the Volunteer Team and her work can be felt throughout the organization. Her dedication ensures DPA is recruiting the best volunteers to fill our needs and this year she led the team to improve our new volunteer orientation. She is an active communicator, always follows through, a wonderful team player and is very thorough on every project she works on. The Volunteer Team is so proud of all that she has accomplished and we cannot wait for all that is to come. Thank you for choosing DPA Christine!” – Tiffany B., DPA’s Volunteer Director
DPA’s Pawsome People: October 2020 Volunteer Spotlight
“Tina is not only a leader within Dallas Pets Alive, but also a leader within our community in TNR (Trap, Neuter, Return) of community cats. This year alone, through September, DPA has assisted with TNR of 327 community cats, preventing an estimated nearly 16,602 kittens from being born…”
DPA’s Pawsome People: September 2020 Volunteer Spotlight
“Julia has been volunteering with the Adoption team for 6 years, starting out on Adoptline and most recently as a rockstar Adoption Counselor! Julia’s day job takes her around the world and Julia helps save lives no matter where she is! Her dedication and passion towards animals is demonstrated by the hundreds of animals who have found homes with her help. Thank you for all of the hard work – DPA! is lucky to have you!” -Stacey G. & Christine S., DPA’s Adoption Directors
DPA’s Pawsome People: August 2020 Volunteer Spotlight
“As Assistant Director of Rescue, focusing on our partnership with Mesquite Animal Shelter, Jey hustles like no other to help us save lives. She’s always thinking outside the box, quick to respond, cracking jokes and keeping us entertained, and most importantly focusing on every single life saved. Jey also fosters for DPA and is quick to raise her hand to help in other ways as needed. Her energy and humor bring so much to our group!” -Elina D., DPA’s Rescue Director
Jey has been with DPA for the long-haul, 7 years and counting, and Jey has taken on many titles and roles. Read more about her here…
DPA’s Pawsome People: July 2020 Volunteer Spotlight
“Danielle’s superpower is to create lasting relationships that ultimately result in DPA being able to save more lives in a collaborative effort. Under Danielle’s leadership DPA’s transport program has grown 83% from 2019 to 2020 and saved over 175 lives this year to date alone. Danielle works tirelessly to coordinate transports and is also an […]
DPA’s Pawsome People: June 2020 Volunteer Spotlight
“Michele is a true DPA superstar and is a true blessing to this organization. Not only is she an amazing foster who loves to foster puppies, she also holds multiple volunteer roles within DPA. Michele is a leader on our Alumni Team, a very special and unique role to DPA designed to support our adopters even after adoptions are complete. Michele literally has a heart the size of Texas and works tirelessly to support both people and their pets. In addition to that, Michele is an adoption event lead, working to make our events fun, engaging, safe and organized. And as if that is not enough, Michele also assists our foster team with reviewing foster applications. Michele’s deep and genuine love for people and pets make her a truly Pawsome Person and we are thrilled to have her as part of DPA!” -Andra, DPA’s VP of Animal Operations”