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Emily: Going back to the youth faith events, you said there would be face paintings and things for kids, are you going to be trying to gain volunteers or just make people aware that you're present. Will you have animals? Matt: Strictly outreach, and there won't be animals only because it's another realm of liability. But we will open that up to volunteers. We are setting up the locations still, some are in people's front yards. We are here to help the community, it's educational, pet ownership. Emily: From reviewing the minutes from last meeting, you were talking about possibly sending out a van that would do vaccines on site, will you be charging for that? Matt: A lot of that stuff will be free to the community because we will be partnering with non - profit, and grants to pay for those things. It's never full price. Any other questions for me? Becky: Did you see the trailer I sent a couple weeks ago? I'm on the board of Fran Stanzler (sp ?) , we talked about wouldn't it be nice if we could get an RV type trailer, and it just so happens that on FB someone sent it and it was 2 "d hand from a place. Emily: Are they local? I've never seen that advertised anywhere. Becky explains Fran Stanzler (sp ?) was and the foundation. They pay for spay /neuter /vacs, they just stopped microchipping. They did over $30,000 of spay /neuter /shots for low income people. It's easy for people and affordable $10 -20. Discussion between all members about the lower income communities and how they can feel empowered and encourage them to take care of their pets. Emily: What can we do, because we all have great ideas, but when can we start? Becky: There is so much to do, that everyone should just figure out what their passion is. Volunteering, walking dogs, etc. Matt: One things I've committed to is a small fundraiser motorcycle ride, so that we can put all that money into Care, so they can continue to do rescue spay /neuter, a lot of our dogs leave the shelter a "finished product" strictly because of Care and Val Shay. Need a diagnostics suite and treatment room for Care, where even wildlife can be held and there will be an outdoor area too. We don't have a quarantine area, there's an isolation room but it's not practical. Care will be able to do lots of things in house. Currently there is euthanasia that take place in a room where animals are being isolated, so animals are seeing other animals die, and that's not okay. This will be the last step to bridge the gap to make the facility completely legitimate so animals being euthanized are completely separate. I could really use help planning the motorcycle ride because those funds are going to help a lot with Care. We need a route and permits ASAP. Becky: Talk to Cory Mayer, he runs the police scholarship ride & can give you their routes. Emily: Marcia Qualls would be a good person for the permits. Betsy Culp enters the meeting at 6:03 p.m.