Upcoming Events
Take your lifesaving efforts to the next level with these exciting opportunities coming in 2025. If you're not a Best Friends Network Partner yet, join thousands of your peers and be part of a transformative community.
For more details on these upcoming events and how you can get involved, check out this exclusive preview of Best Friends' vision for reaching No-Kill nationwide.
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The 2025 Bring No-Kill Home Summits
The no-kill movement is at a tipping point. That's why Best Friends is launching the Bring No-Kill Home Summits—a nationwide tour of in-person events designed to spark transformative change in communities across the country. Together, we can Bring No-Kill Home.
June 12-13, Join Us Virtually
This country is on the cusp of monumental change—help spread the word and be part of the movement that brings it home. We're bringing together animal welfare supporters from all over the country for free. Join us June 12-13 for the virtual Bring No-Kill Home Summit, where you'll gain the tools and strategies needed to achieve no-kill in your community.
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June Action Team Training: Words Matter
June 26, 2025 at 7pm ET
Words matter. Choosing just the right words can strengthen our movement and inspire community support. On June 26 at 7pm ET, join the Animal Farm Foundation and Best Friends Action Team for a live conversation about how the way we talk about animal sheltering shapes our engagement and support.
Bust the Bottleneck: Unlocking Flow in the Animal Care Ecosystem
July 10, 2025 at 3pm ET
Creating more efficient flows with noses in and noses out doesn’t have to be complicated or resource intensive. With a few focused practices, you can reduce length of stay, avoid bottlenecks, and get more pets home faster. Pathway planning is a practical, proactive approach to managing your population, and it can work no matter your organization’s size, staffing, or resource level.
Attendees will learn how to define common outcome paths, identify critical flow-through points, and kickstart daily rounds without feeling overwhelmed. With practical, real-world tools and examples, you’ll walk away with the confidence to take your first (or next) step toward more efficient, targeted lifesaving.
Learn from three experienced panelists: Brent Toellner, Senior Director Lifesaving Programs, Best Friends Animal Society; Dr. Colleen Guilfoyle, National Shelter Medicine Veterinarian, Best Friends Animal Society; and Faith Wright, Director of Operations at Brandywine Valley SPCA.
No matter your resources and staff, you can use what you have to start reducing length of stay, improving kennel stress, and achieving better outcomes for the pets in your care. Register now and join us live on Thursday, July 10 at 3pm ET.
Paws in the Field Challenge Grant Opportunity Registration Closed
May 2025
Dive into community-based practices that empower shelters to strategically manage intake and build a sustainable network of lifesaving support.
Rescue Roundtable Grant Opportunity Registration Closed
Now–April 2 (Wednesdays, 4–5pm CT)
Collaborate with mentors to elevate your rescue’s impact and build partnerships with shelters on their journey to no-kill.
Partner Up Challenge Grant Opportunity Registration Closed
April 2025
Create lifesaving movement in the animal welfare ecosystem by increasing adoptions and creating more transport partnerships, opening up space in shelters for those in need.