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National Best Friends Day

National Best Friends Day What qualities do you think of when you hear the words, “best friend”? Does someone who is loyal, compassionate, non-judgemental, accepting, and loving come to your mind? June 8th celebrates that special person in your life that has all of these amazing qualities. However, a best friend does not necessarily have to be human, and oftentimes our best friends have four paws and fur. 7 Reasons Why Animals Make Great Best Friends They are loyal- Once you choose an animal to join your family, he or she will be your friend for life. No matter […]

Best friends day – June 8

June 8 – National Best Friend Day Today is National Best Friend Day and we’re hoping that everyone out there has had a best friend at one point or another in their life. Best friends truly make the world a better place to live in and what a great way to celebrate them through this day. Best friends can come in many forms and here at the ARPA we celebrate those that come with four legs, fur, paws and lots of purrs and growls. We know your companion pets are often the only ones that stay with you in the most difficult […]

Episode 33 – Angie Embree

We talk with Angie Embree, the Chief Information Officer with Best Friends Animal Society. Angie is responsible for aligning the strategic plan for information technology with the strategic plan of the organization and in support of their Save Them All call-to-action. This involves working with all of the Best Friends staff members to help them understand how to use technology and to educate them on where technology can improve processes that contribute to saving more lives. Before starting with Best Friends, Angie spent 25 years in technology leadership, 12 of which were in higher education at Drake University, and 13 […]

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National Best Friends Day

Best friends day – June 8

Episode 33 – Angie Embree