Current Opportunities
Webinars, summits, grant opportunities, challenges, and so much more — and we want you to be a part of it.
Join our upcoming events
Turn Your Adopters into Champions at the Pet Lover's Choice Awards
Nov 05
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Mar 27
Get ready for the most exciting event of the year — introducing the Pet Lovers’ Choice Awards! Best Friends is partnering with a new, star-studded, nationally broadcast event that celebrates our beloved pets, and we want your organization to be a part of it. This is the chance to engage your communities, have them celebrate your adoption stories, and receive critical funding — up to $20,000 — for your organization.
National Shelter Medicine Webinar: Disaster Response Essentials for Animal Shelters
Feb 11
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Feb 11
This shelter medicine webinar focuses on how teams can lead effective preparedness and response efforts, from pre-event planning to triage, vaccination, biosecurity, and disease prevention in emergency shelters. Gain strategies to protect staff, reduce overcrowding-related disease risks, and support both animals and communities during high-stress events. Join us at 4pm ET.
From Volunteers to Change-Makers: Turning Passion into Action for Animals
Feb 19
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Feb 19
Learn how to turn a traditional volunteer into a trusted advocacy partner who can help pass animal-friendly laws, support your shelter’s goals, expand capacity, build stronger community partnerships, and more. Join us at 4pm ET to explore digital tools and resources that can help you recruit, support, and activate advocates to help you save more lives.
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.
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.
Find Us at These Conferences
You’ll find members of the Best Friends Network team at conferences all across the country throughout the year:
