{"id":550,"date":"2020-05-19T21:43:19","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T21:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sfspca.org\/may-is-volunteer-appreciation-month\/"},"modified":"2025-03-24T15:15:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T22:15:03","slug":"may-is-volunteer-appreciation-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sfspca.org\/blog\/may-is-volunteer-appreciation-month\/","title":{"rendered":"May is Volunteer Appreciation Month!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"550\" class=\"elementor elementor-550\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5a1a12df elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5a1a12df\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-77cb1b26\" data-id=\"77cb1b26\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3eb3b281 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3eb3b281\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our team of volunteers is the backbone of the San Francisco SPCA. Our lifesaving work simply wouldn&#8217;t be possible without them. We&#8217;re celebrating all month long, and we&#8217;ve put together a special slideshow highlighting the work performed by our awesome volunteers!<\/p><p>The SF SPCA is honoring all of our volunteers during the month of May. Take a look at what our wonderful volunteers have done and continue to do for our animals.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09267ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"09267ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=Xkdw8NYWc_k&amp;feature=youtu.be&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11d92f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"11d92f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Whether <\/span><span style=\"background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">they are<\/span><span style=\"background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> supporting adoptable shelter dogs and cats, fostering animals, spreading comfort with their <\/span><span style=\"background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">own<\/span><span style=\"background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> therapy pets, assisting at mobile vaccine clinics, or helping with any <\/span><span style=\"background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">number<\/span><span style=\"background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> of our other programs, our volunteers never fail to exceed all expectations.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><strong style=\"background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">Join us in thanking the 800+ volunteers who give so much of their valuable time and compassion.<\/strong><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><em style=\"background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">Has an SF SPCA volunteer impacted your life? 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