Annual Report - Pit Bull Rescue Central

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Pit Bull Rescue Central Page 4 Daily Operations: PBRC's all-volunteer staff is comprised of 36 individuals across the U.S., Canada and Europe. Our Volunteer Committee manages the screening of additional volunteers for an ever-increasing workload. Volunteers reviewed and processed 3,813 applications for adoption in 2009. General inquiry emails to the site numbered 225 per month with an average response given within hours. The website generated over 300,000 hits each day and, though our server is aging, our savvy technical team kept us up and running and virtually no downtime was experienced. Our custom dog-listing application ended 2009 with 2,200 listings hosted on the site. The dog-listing application continues to perform with very little downtime. The web team continues to manage technical support cases due to programming bugs and user-friendliness issues. We realize that modifications and improvements are needed and the application is currently under review. Our website was expanded with exciting new training content including: ‘Before you get your pit bull’; ‘The art of being a breed ambassador’; ‘Dog Introductions’; ‘Managing a multi-dog household’; ‘Crate and Rotate’, and; ‘Crate-training’. Additional informational pages were also added including: ‘Pet loss and grief’; ‘National Pit Bull Awareness Day’; St. Louis Second Chance Fund’, and; ‘Spay/ neuter grant program’. Poppy Shop got a facelift to better facilitate shopping opportunities. All of this was in addition to the daily maintenance that our web team performs to keep the site current and exciting! “Though she was struggling to make ends meet, she knew it was important to have her pit bulls, Daijah and Plex, spayed and neutered” Allison of Cathedral City, CA, was a full-time student and had recently been laid off from her job. Though she was struggling to make ends meet, she knew it was important to have her pit bulls, Daijah and Plex, spayed and neutered, and applied for assistance through PBRC. Allison's address changed several times throughout the application process, but she never gave up her dogs and she never gave up on getting them sterilized. PBRC was happy to assist!
Pit Bull Rescue Central Page 5 Education and Public Relations: Since PBRC is an Internet based organization it's important for us to keep up to date with opportunities to reach out to as many people as we can. Last year we reported that a Facebook page had been created and we had close to 500 friends. This year that number has grown to 4,429 friends. Additionally, PBRC has a Fan Page which has 11,492 fans. Our blog is linked to both pages so anytime a new post is added to our blog it's reaching all of our friends and fans. This has been a great opportunity to share educational material, provide updates on the dogs we are helping and and share upcoming events. We are especially glad to see that the blog posts are regularly generating comments and feedback. Keeping the information and links up to date on our site is a constant work in progress. With so many great new programs being introduced it's important to us to provide as many resources as possible to the people that visit our website. We strive to provide the most valuable and current information out there and this is made possible through communication with a number of responsible Pit Bull related organizations as well as our volunteer team. Three new training pages were created and added to our site: Crate Training: http://www.pbrc.net/training_crate.html The Art of Being a Breed Ambassador: http://www.pbrc.net/ breedambassador.html Polite Greetings: http://www.pbrc.net/politegreetings.html Our annual "I Pittie, the Fool" and Halloween contests provided us with some great photos and a couple of lucky winners! We were very pleased to see so many enthusiastic Pit Bull owners submitting photos and getting involved in the contests. The Pitter Patter Blog which was started last year has been very popular and great new photos are being posted on a regular basis. If you haven't visited the site yet, please do so at: http://pbrcpitterpatter.blogspot.com/ We have many projects planned for 2010 and we're always open to suggestions from our supporters. If there is any information you are unable to find on our site, or something you feel should be added please contact us! Carlos was rescued from the largest dog-fighting ring in U.S. history, and now he is ready to find a loving home that will shower him with treats and kisses. Carlos is very smart and already knows how to sit, lay down, and to walk on a loose leash. He gets along well with the other dogs in his foster home and would do well in a home with an energetic female dog who loves to wrestle and play as much as he does. Carlos is awaiting his forever home in Missouri.
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