This week was a very exciting second week with Speak! for the Unspoken. I started this week by helping Speak! with a rescue intake on Monday afternoon. In this particular intake, we received 4 puppies and 2 adult dogs. They were either rescues from a puppy mill, or an animal with a disability that was no longer wanted. I was initially helping with the documentation and Speak! intake process, but one of the puppies who happened to be blind was really struggling with the unknown environment so I was tasked to sit with him while he waited to be seen. The sweet boy just wanted to have someone to cuddle, so we sat in the office while he waited to be treated and picked up by his foster family. This in itself was such an incredible experience, and I am so grateful to be working with Speak! for the Unspoken.

Overall, it was a pretty successful second week. The huge power outage from Tuesday through Thursday made working from home a little tricky but I was able to get the big volunteer survey made and ready to be sent to our supporters. I am excited to start working more with our volunteers and gathering the information necessary to start helping Speak! organize their supporters in a more efficient way! Next week I will be shadowing more individuals within the organization while we collect responses for the survey, and this should allow for me to get even more familiar with the organization and the role everyone plays. It is amazing that this nonprofit is completely volunteer based, and there are a lot of individuals that all play a pertinent role in their success as an organization. I am looking forward to meeting more of the individuals dedicated to giving these animals their best life! Maybe if I am lucky I will get more puppy time next week 🙂