Animal Welfare United States Project #4729

Change the Lives of Troubled Youth & Shelter Dogs

by Project Pooch, Inc.

Change the Lives of Troubled Youth & Shelter Dogs

May 13, 2022

Project POOCH: May 2022 Update & MATCH Opportunity

By Sarah Bradham - Executive Director

Stella (Adopted April 2022)

Project POOCH is off to a great start for 2022. With the reduction in COVID cases we are now able to return to more normal operations which allows for us to serve more youth and more pups!

Youth

The COVID pandemic has provided challenges for the entire world, and we are no exception. To limit the spread of the virus there were strict protocols in place at MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility, which limited the number of youth we could have working at the kennel as well as it limited our ability to bring in our professional dog trainer to work with the youth and the dogs. With the precautions eased, we can now better serve our community. Through April 2022:

11 youth have been a part of Project POOCH
7 youth are currently active in Project POOCH
Youth have put in a total of 1820 hours at Project POOCH
Our professional dog trainer is at the kennel once a week to train the youth handlers and the dogs (restarted in February 2022)

Dogs

Now that we have more youth in the program, we are able to have more dogs at our kennel, which is helping more dogs find their forever homes. Through April 2022:

10 dogs have been a part of Project POOCH
5 dogs have been adopted
17 dogs (previously POOCH dogs) have boarded with us

Events

We are getting back out into the community to share our mission and raise much needed funds for Project POOCH. We are excited to engage with our community! Upcoming Events:

Trivia Night at Rogue Eastside Pub in Portland on Thursday, June 9
Dog Wash at Stickmen Brewing Company in Tualatin on Saturday, August 13

Thanks to a generous donor, all donations received through any platform up to $4,000 are being matched! You can donate on GlobalGiving today or directly through our website to have your impact doubled! (https://pooch.org/give/)

We greatly appreciate your support to help us change the lives of troubled youth and shelter dogs. It's YOU who makes our work possible.

Thank you,

Sarah Bradham

Executive Director, Project POOCH

Parker (Adopted May 2022)

Project POOCH Trivia Event

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