Regional Animal Protection Society (RAPS)

Hybrid Meeting 

• 12 PM - Meet and Greet
• 12:15PM - Meeting starts
• 12:20PM - Presentation starts
• 12:30PM - Lunch being served. ($30 per person. Chinese Food, includes Dim Sum, Noodle, Fried Rice, Vegetables and more!!!)
• 12:40PM - Presentation Q & A
• 12:50PM - Club Business: Committee Chair Reports, Club Calendar Update, Project Updates, etc
• 1:10PM - Happy & Sad Dollars
• 1:20PM - New Business
• 1:30PM Meeting Adjourned

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Regional Animal Protection Society

The Regional Animal Protection Society is a registered charity that operates the RAPS Cat Sanctuary, the RAPS Adoption & Education Centre, a fostering network, social enterprise thrift stores and the full-service RAPS Animal Hospital. RAPS is proud to be a no-kill organization, which is among the reasons we have built a strong and devoted community of animal-loving allies.

Key points for presentation

• Introduction to the RAPS Cat Sanctuary with YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mA9KRxlHTg
• Speak about the RAPS organization as a whole, introducing the not-for-profit RAPS Animal Hospital, the RAPS Adoption Centre and the three RAPS Thrift Stores that support our animal welfare work (2 stores in Richmond; one in Cloverdale)
• How to get involved in RAPS
  • Volunteer
  • Donate
  • Sponsor
  • Shop at the RAPS Thrift Stores
  • Donate to the RAPS Thrift Stores
  • Make RAPS Animal Hospital your pet’s veterinarian
  • Pets & Pickers – our reality television show that shows the work of our RAPS Hospital Staff in helping clients who cannot afford medical care for their pets with the support of revenue from the RAPS Thrift Stores. We have 3 seasons of the show with 24 episodes. Show can be found on CRAVE TV, Animal Planet Canada, Roku and clips can also be seen on YouTube.

About the speaker

Mandy Lichtmann, Community Engagement Manager

I am an animal lover at heart and feel blessed to have been with RAPS, the Regional Animal Protection Society, for 12 years. Working in the not-for-profit sector is very important to me. Before RAPS, I was the Wish Director at Make-A-Wish BC & Yukon for 11 years. I stepped down from my role at Make-A-Wish when our youngest daughter began preschool part-time and started as a volunteer at the City of Richmond Animal Shelter on 5 Road when RAPS ran the animal control contract. I was hired, on a part-time basis, to cover shifts for absent staff as an Animal Care Attendant. Eventually, I was hired on full-time as Volunteer Coordinator. I am currently the Community Engagement Manager for the organization and that has me doing varied tasks! I manage most of RAPS’ social media posts and manage relationships with local key pet food stores and suppliers who donate regularly. I also arrange and attend cat & kitten adoption events in the community. I engage with community members by way of school, club and senior’s residences – which usually has me bringing animals with me, so youth and seniors can interact. Another part of my role has me arranging and supervising group volunteer visits to RAPS Cat Sanctuary and the RAPS Thrift Stores. Groups who come in to volunteer on special projects include corporate teams, special interest groups and school classes and clubs. I also arrange special visits to the RAPS Cat Sanctuary for interaction with the 380 cats who call RAPS Cat Sanctuary home, for at-risk youth. Some of the groups I work with to arrange visits and volunteer sessions include Indigenous youth at risk through Indigenous Family and Child Services, Leadership & Resiliency program youth through Youth Addiction and Prevention Services at Vancouver Coastal Health, Canuck Place Hospice, different seniors’ residences – Amica locations & the Weinberg Residence and elementary & high school classes and groups with relationships with Richmond, Vancouver, Coquitlam and Burnaby schools. Some of the corporate groups I have worked with this year for group volunteer experiences include the AME Group, Apple Metrotown Store, Ingram Micro, Intact Financial, Internex International Exchange, Maximizer Group, Pinchin and the Workday Group.