It’s time to deck the halls and #FalalaFoster this season! If you’re like us, you’re delighted to see that holiday fostering has increased over the recent years. In fact, the Today Show recently shared an article highlighting Thanksgiving fostering and our very own Dr. Sheila D’Arpino shared some of the benefits. Our paws are crossed… Learn More
It’s not your imagination: Facebook is getting tougher for animal welfare organizations, nonprofits, and anyone else who operates a Facebook page. While over the last several years Facebook has emerged as a vibrant platform for promoting pet adoption and reuniting lost pets with their people, recent and long-term changes on the service are making it… Learn More
Three years ago, we took a page out of REI’s handbook and asked: What if, instead of battling the madness at the mall this year, you spent the day after Thanksgiving with the ones who warm your soul? It seems we struck a chord, as hundreds of thousands of people across America eagerly vowed to… Learn More
Thursday will be Thanksgiving Day, and we wanted to take this opportunity to give thanks for you. Thank you for all you do for the animals, this and every day of the year, from all of us at Maddie’s Fund®. The foundation of this movement is the incredible community of people motivated by compassion. We’re… Learn More
Happy #MaddieMonday of Thanksgiving week! We have so much to be thankful for, especially the incredible lifesaving work happening around the country, thanks to you all! We hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving. Don’t forget to join us in our #PetFriday celebration! Read on for more details… #PetFriday is back and the countdown is on!… Learn More
Has there ever been a viral video that wouldn’t have been better if it had more shelter dogs? Of course not, and the wild success of “Oaktown Punk” certainly proves the point. The East Bay SPCA in Northern California rewrote the words to the song ‘Uptown Funk” to be about dog adoption. They kept the… Learn More
If you’ve followed us during the holidays these past few years, you know that we’ve changed the day after Thanksgiving from #BlackFriday to #PetFriday! That means, instead of spending your day in long lines and chaos at a store, you spend quality time doing whatever you want with your furry best friend(s)! Need we say… Learn More
Graduate students, do you want to pursue research and develop expertise under the guidance of a mentor? Apply for a Maddie’s® Idea Lab Summer Scholarship Grant today! We’re looking for students in the United States interested in projects that utilize innovative ideas and have a high likelihood of advancing the utilization of foster care for… Learn More
Happy #MaddieMonday! In case you missed it, we made a very special announcement last week: the Avanzino Leadership Award recipient! Please join us in congratulating Dr. Julie Levy for her vast impact across the industry and our nation, and then read on for anything else you may have missed! Meet the 2017 Avanzino Leadership Award… Learn More
Does your dog feel a little iffy about delivery people? Or do the delivery people feel a little iffy about dogs on their route? That’s not the world these UPS delivery people live in — they not only L-O-V-E the dogs they meet while out delivering your packages, they’ve found the secret of making the… Learn More