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

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Jul 30 Thursday

AI for Good: Understanding How AI Can Accelerate Your Mission

2:00pm–3:00pm MT

AI is everywhere, but do you know how best to use it for lifesaving?

AI is everywhere, but do you know how best to use it for lifesaving? In a new series of webinars, we’re here to cut through the noise and help you investigate one thing: how you and your team can use artificial intelligence responsibly and effectively to save more pets.

In this interactive webinar, our expert panelists will cover how to navigate the challenges and risks of AI, sharing real-world examples of how organizations just like yours are using AI today to advance their work. You’ll learn how to get started, best practices, helpful — and free — resources, dos and don’ts, and how Best Friends’ history of innovation in service of lifesaving guides our approach to and optimism about AI today.

AI isn’t coming. It’s here, and this webinar will help you use it for good. No tech background required — the only prerequisite is curiosity. AI skeptics are welcome, too! Bring your questions for the Q&A, and get ready for a stimulating, inspiring conversation!

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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.

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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:

CarolinasUnite Animal Welfare Professionals Conference | March 9-12, 2026
New England Federation of Humane Societies Annual Conference | March 16-18, 2026
Arizona Animal Control Association Conference | March 24-25, 2026
Virginia Federation of Humane Societies Annual Conference | March 25-27, 2026
Animal Care Expo | April 7-10, 2026
Texas Unites for Animals Conference | April 23-26, 2026
Best Friends National Conference | May 7-9, 2026
Prairie States Conference | May 31-June 2, 2026
Badger State Conference | September 23-24, 2026
Midwest Animal Welfare Conference | October 1-3, 2026

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.