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Current Opportunities

Webinars, summits, grant opportunities, challenges, and so much more — and we want you to be a part of it.

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Sep 9 Wednesday

Taking Risks to Save Lives in Shelter Medicine

2:00pm–3:00pm MT

When medical and operations teams align around calculated risk-taking, shelters save more lives.

When medical and operations teams align around calculated risk-taking, shelters save more lives. This session explores the latest updates in shelter medicine, from neonatal vaccination to stress management for challenging dogs, and how sound science, smart metrics, and careful risk assessment can help us all drive better outcomes for vulnerable pets.

Location: Virtual

Sep 19 Saturday

Adventure Buddies Day

All Day

Join the Best Friends Lifesaving Centers and other network partners in hosting a national doggy day out day, with this free Adventure Buddies marketing toolkit.

Join the Best Friends Lifesaving Centers and other network partners in hosting a national doggy day out day, with this free Adventure Buddies marketing toolkit. This is a great opportunity to give dogs a break from the shelter while engaging your community in saving lives. Learn more about doggy day out programs.

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Fund Your Lifesaving: Apply for Grants

Network partners are eligible to apply for yearly Rachael Ray No-Kill Excellence grants and Rachael Ray Save Them All grants, to increase lifesaving in their communities through impactful, innovative, and inclusive programming. Organizations can only submit one grant proposal. Learn more about these grants — including upcoming deadlines, and the types of submissions that will be considered.

Explore 2026 grants

New Grants: Binky Incentive Award

We're thrilled to offer grants between $1,000 and $10,000 to help newer Best Friends Network Partners make an even bigger impact thanks to the Binky Incentive Award. If your organization has formed within the last five years and you’ve completed at least one Best Friends Learning Advancement course, this opportunity is for you.

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Find Us at These Conferences

You’ll find members of the Best Friends team at conferences all across the country throughout the year:

Annual Connecticut Municipal Animal Control Officers Association (CMACOA) Conference | September 18, 2026
Badger State Conference | September 23-24, 2026
Midwest Animal Welfare Conference | October 1-3, 2026
Maine Humane Conference | October 14, 2026
New England Federation of Humane Societies Annual Training Conference | March 15-17, 2027

Want to talk to the team about one of our experts presenting at or attending your conference? Reach out and let’s talk!

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Check Out Past Events

> Want to see what we’ve been up to? Take a look at past challenges and webinars. The events themselves may be over, but the materials, tools, data findings, videos, and other resources are still really useful.