EFFECTIVE ADVOCACY WORKS!In September 2014, several women saw the need to bridge the gap in the county shelter system and decided to embark on a mission that no one has ever undertaken before. Fort Bend Pets Alive! (FBPA!) was incorporated as a 501(c)3 in October 2014 and was initially tasked
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Effective Advocacy Works! (Part III) by Claudine Vass
Our advocacy work gets more intangible and appears to be immeasurable at times. What I am referring to is the release of information of the federal PETS Act 1 on social media by Fort Bend Pets Alive! on Sunday, August 27th 2017 afternoon. After different local authorities announced that household
Effective Advocacy Works! (Part II) by Claudine Vass
The blog “Effective Advocacy Works” (Part I) was published during city elections in April because the community finally saw the change that they had been hoping to see. It took a while but it happened. Advocacy is definitely long and arduous. It has also been proven to have an intangible
“Shelby’s Story” by Alicia Levin
In June 2015, my husband and I adopted our first dog, a lab/pit mix puppy we named Shelby. Two years later, we still ask ourselves: who rescued whom? We moved to Houston during a terrible flood over Memorial Day weekend 2015, the same storm that swept Shelby and her sister
You Can Do It! by Claudine Vass
Two years following its inception, Fort Bend Pets Alive! has received an invitation to be a guest on a radio show for the first time. Considering the increased attention from our community, public officials, and media friends in the recent months, I, Claudine, was nicely surprised to have the opportunity