by Deeanne Matz | Dec 9, 2024 | Life Lessons from Old Dogs
This is the last month of our 20th anniversary year and I’d like to revew the key elements that make it possible for us, after 20 years, to do what we do to help homeless old dogs. We believe that old dogs have much to teach us and we believe they should be loved,...
by Deeanne Matz | Nov 22, 2024 | Life Lessons from Old Dogs
This is the second in a series of 12 blogs celebrating Old Dog Haven’s 20th anniversary. Last month I focused on our dogs and this month I want to talk about the importance of our mission as it relates to our success. In 2004 when our founders Judith and Lee...
by Deeanne Matz | Nov 22, 2024 | Life Lessons from Old Dogs
As we enter the third month of our year-long 20th anniversary celebration, I’d like to talk about our foster families because they’re one of the many reasons why ODH is successful. We couldn’t do what we do without our foster families. It’s just that...
by Deeanne Matz | Nov 22, 2024 | Life Lessons from Old Dogs
It’s the 4th month of our Old Dog Haven 20th anniversary blog series and this month we focus on our staff because they are truly one of the reasons why ODH is so successful. I could just give you names and titles and tell you that they’re all wonderful, but I think a...
by Deeanne Matz | Nov 22, 2024 | Life Lessons from Old Dogs
Volunteers Part 1 This month, the 5th month of our anniversary blog series, I’ll be talking about volunteers. This topic is a “two-parter” because we have so many dedicated volunteers I don’t want to try to tell you about all of them in one blog. Too much information....
by Deeanne Matz | Nov 22, 2024 | Life Lessons from Old Dogs
Volunteers Part 2 Last month I talked about volunteers, but we have so many tasks taken care of by our wonderful volunteers, there’s more to say: We take great pleasure in thanking our donors (more about the importance of our donors in another blog) and we’re very...