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Project Proposal:

We need your help on this project! Help us to Create a Small Animal Rescue Resource Book, through Crowdsourcing, that covers all of the major Small Animal related questions or issues along with the organizations in Maricopa County, AZ that will provide needed services. These are the specific steps that you can take to help on this project:

Step #1—Please post your suggestions for categories or headings that will help to organize the resource book. What Small Animal related information do most people want to know? What resources are they searching for? What are the most common questions they want to have solved? What Small Animal related questions have you searched for help for in the past? Where did you go for help on Small Animal related issues? Please view the comments section to see the headings that have already been suggested. What is missing? What would you advise us to add?

Step #2—Help gather the names of organizations that fit under each category along with their website addresses and other contact information. Let’s make sure that they really do offer the services in the category or heading under which they are placed. We also want to make sure that the organization is still operating.

Step #3—Let us know about any resource books or lists that already exist. Or, if you know people who have been creating websites or resource lists of their own, will you ask them if they will share their information with us? That would really save a lot of time on this project!

Step #4—Help us to brainstorm all of the people & organizations who should have a FREE copy of this Small Animal Rescue Resource Book. So far we intend to give it to veterinarians, Petco/Petsmart, animal rescues and groomers. Where else should we distribute this FREE Small Animal Rescue Resource Book? What individuals & organizations tend to get Small Animal related questions? Who needs to have quick & easy access to current & accurate Small Animal related information & resources?

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What organizations are working on similar projects or issues and having a positive impact? We want to cooperate with like-minded individuals & organizations.

What resources do people currently use to get a successful result when they have a question or a concern regarding Small Animal issues? Who do people call? What do people do? Where do people tend to go for help and accurate information about Small Animal issues?

Do you know of any examples of Small Animal Rescue Resource lists or books? What works? Please post any links to helpful examples of Small Animal Rescue Resource lists, books or websites in our comments section below. Let’s work together to make it easier for people in our community to find the support they deserve and the information they need to find solutions regarding Small Animal issues. Let’s Brainstorm and Share what Helps!

You are helping to build this 100% volunteer run website! CommunityCause.org is built both by the community and for the community. This is what we call a Crowdsourcing Request project. Your Helpful Tips, Resources & Advice posted to this project page will be added to this easily searchable website so that all individuals and organizations may derive benefit from this useful information. By contributing your time, talent and information to this project, you will be making it easier for People to Connect with the Resources & Organizations that can help them with questions & concerns regarding Small Animal issues.

Please help us by posting any of your helpful Tips, Advice & Resources in the comments section below. Thank you for sharing your experience, expertise, information, advice and ideas on this project! How you can Contribute Information to this Project–Click Here!

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Goal this Project Supports:

Our Goal is to: Make it easier for people in our community to find Small Animal Rescues and other Small Animal related groups when they want to help adopt an Small Animal, volunteer, donate items, sponsor events, or give money.

Our Goal is to: Provide current & accurate information about rescue groups that is quick, clear and effortless to access.

Our Goal is to: Create a Master List of all the Small Animal Rescue Groups in Arizona who are currently helping to Save and/or Rehome donesticated Small Animals.

Our Goal is to: Add all organizations to the Directory of Organizations on the CommunityCause.org website along with the services they provide and their service area.

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If you are an individual or an organization, please forward this link and/or share information about this project post with any potentially interested individuals, groups, clubs, volunteers, nonprofits, or other organizations. The social media buttons on this post make it quick & easy to let your friends & colleagues know about this project.

If you are an organization interested in this topic, will you create a link from your organization’s website to this specific project’s URL address so that others interested in helping Small Animals can contribute helpful information? Let’s get the power of the Grapevine working to help support this project!

Help us to get the word out! Who do you know who would be interested in getting involved or helping with this project? Help us by sending this information out through your Social Media Channels, by posting this project on your Facebook page, by sending out a tweet and by using any of the project hashtags. You may even decide to volunteer your time as a Social Media Lover–see details

Option #2—If you would like to help a little bit more…

The options available and the steps that you can take to get started helping on this project are detailed below.

********Step #1—Follow any Project that Interests You–see details. For individuals and organizations interested in continuing to participate in the conversation about this project, you may choose to follow the progress of this project. You will receive a free email notification when new information and updates are added regarding this specific project. This is a FREE service. It is free to follow any project that interests you.

To follow a project that interests you, simply subscribe at the bottom of this project post. You can be part of the action and contribute important information that leads to this project’s success! You may also choose to Join the Club–Click Here to connect with other people who care about Small Animals. This is another FREE service. You will be alerted when special events, classes, new projects and Invitation Only events concerning Small Animals are posted on the CommunityCause.org website.

********Step #2—Contribute Useful Information–see details. Do you know of any organizations, websites, books, blogs, videos, newsletters, scientific research, resources, tips or other advice that could be helpful to this project? Have you heard of anyone who has done a similar project from whom we might learn?

Do you have connections to people or resources that could help with this project? If you have any information, advice or resources that may help this project, please share what you know by posting a comment on this project page. Please let us know about any individual, group, or organization that you think may be able to help with this project.

Who do you know who has experience, information, and/or resources that could be of benefit to this project? Please let us know by posting a comment at the bottom of this project post along with their contact information. Or, if you prefer to get that information to us directly and confidentially, please reference the title of this project, heading above, and contact us directly through the Contact Us option on this website. We will be happy to contact the individual or organization to let them know about this project that may be of interest to them.

Option #3—If you are passionate about helping Small Animals and would like to be even more involved….

Community Visionaries are like a “working group” of concerned community members who are passionate about Small Animals. They are the decision makers and the movers and shakers in this community regarding Small Animals and related issues. Community Visionaries may or may not be assisting with this specific project.

Community Visionaries–see details are concerned with making a difference in their community by helping with this and similar issues. As part of the “Community Visionaries” working on Small Animal related issues, you can meet like-minded individuals, brainstorm solutions, work to help projects and decide how best to support the individuals & organizations associated with Helping Small Animals.

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Community Visionaries network with the individuals and organizations interested in helping Small Animals, assisting them in connecting, collaborating and cooperating on this and similar issues.

You may also want to Join the Club to connect with other people who care about Small Animals. This is a FREE service. You will be alerted when special events, classes, new projects and Invitation Only events concerning Small Animals are posted on the CommunityCause.org website.

You might also choose to share your experience and expertise on the website pages related to Small Animals by becoming a Wiki Page Author–Click Here.
By contributing your time, talent and information to this project, you will be making it easier for others to find and make use of the information & resources available in our Community to help Small Animals. Why make stressed out people search for information when we can make crowdsourced resources readily accessible to them? To Find out All the Ways You Can Help–Click Here!

Our goal is to assist people in finding Helpful Information, Tip Sheets, Resources and Organizations more quickly and more easily. We are helping to Connect People with the Resources & Organizations that can help them to Help Small Animals. Thank you for sharing your experience, expertise, information, advice and ideas on this project! How you can Contribute Information to this Project–Click Here!
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———————————–This is a Crowdsourcing Project——————————————– For this project you will be helping out “virtually”, over the computer. You can just get started on any of the options or steps listed above…no need to contact us or let us know that you want to help. Since this is a crowdsourcing project so you can just jump in and help when you can. When you have a few extra minutes to help…you will know that you are making a difference in your community. With a Crowdsourcing Project you always get to decide how involved you want to be. You also get to decide if you want to work alone or be part of a team. Just think…You can have a positive impact on your community right from your home computer! Thanks for caring enough to get involved! Every little effort helps! Together we can make a positive difference in our world! To Find out All the Ways You Can Help this Project–Click Here!
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Reason this Project is Needed:

It is often difficult and time-consuming to find accurate and up to date information on the resources available to help people with the questions and concerns that they have regarding Small Animal related issues.

People are busy and stressed with all they need to do to just get through the day. If they are able find information, it is often out of date or incomplete. It is important to give community members and professionals access to crowd reviewed, current, accurate and readily available information so that people can get the assistance they need to help Small Animals.

The information gathered through this project will be very useful to anyone assisting friends or family members with Small Animal related issues. Individuals will have instant access to all the tips, resources and organizations that other people have recommended as being very helpful.

This will make anyone using the CommunityCause.org website an instant pseudo-expert on this topic because they will have immediate access to the crowdsourced experience and expertise of others who have dealt with and successfully resolved similar Small Animal related issues. This makes it easier for professionals and members of the public to assist someone needing help with animal related issues.

Finished Product:

The Finished Product from this project will be the FREE Small Animal Rescue Resource Book, created through Crowdsourcing, that covers all of the major Small Animal related questions or issues along with the organizations in Maricopa County that will provide needed services.

It will be distributed to individuals and organizations who need quick & easy access to current & accurate Small Animal related information. This will help individuals and organizations to know exactly who to refer to and which organizations provide specific services.

Helpful Tips, Resources & Advice gathered during this project will also be added to the database and relevant pages of this website. There will be checklists of tips and advice that others have found to be helpful when dealing with Small Animal related issues.

Recommended organizations will be added to the Directory of Organizations on this website along with the services they provide. This will make it easier for people to find the exact organization that offers the specific services that are needed.

We are striving to make CommunityCause.org an easily Searchable Website so that all individuals and organizations may derive benefit from this useful information source just by typing a few keywords into the “Search this Website” option. We want to help People to Connect with the Resources & Organizations that can assist them in becoming more knowledgeable about Small Animal related issues.

Please help us by posting any of your helpful Tips, Advice & Resources in the comments section below. Thank you for sharing your experience, expertise, information, advice and ideas on this project! How you can Contribute Information to this Project–Click Here!

Any questions?

If you would like to Join the Club for people who care about Small Animals or become part of the “Community Visionaries” working group, simply click on the purple links. If you have any questions or would like to contact us directly, please let us know through the Contact Us option on this website.

Will you help this project? You can get Get Involved and Make a Difference right from your home computer! To complete this project, we need your helpful Tips, Advice, Information & Resources added in the comments section below.

Please Share this project through your social media channels or Follow the progress of this project by managing your FREE subscription below.

Thanks for all you do to support your community and the philanthropic organizations that provide helpful services in our community! Together we Can Make a Difference! How to Get Started Helping this Project–Click Here!

Project Posted on:

August 5th, 2014

Target Date for Completion:

The Preferred Target Date for substantial completion is December 31st, 2015. This Project is Ongoing and Available to receive Updated Information after that. We are striving to keep all information accurate and up-to-date. Thanks in advance for any corrections or additions to the information we already have available.

Project Code:

AZCRAX-14

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