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March 2018 Recognition
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Furry Ambassador
March 2018
Dr. Wildlife
A conservation biologist and a furry relatively new to the fandom, Dr. Wildlife, aka Courtney Dunn (still working on her PhD), has already accomplished a number of deeds helping the furry fandom that are worth mentioning. Having her residence in the Dallas area since 2014, she has left a noticeable positive mark on the local and regional furry community. She is the founder and current continuing organizer of a monthly furcade meet, enabling furries a place to meet and interact; thus providing an excellent opportunity for furs to find new friends in a like-minded setting.
Category Contender: Promoting Peace
pathhyena, the director of HR and an executive for Furry Fiesta, said “Dr Wildlife… does a lot of community building, with an excellent reputation. She developed a relationship with a local arcade / brewery that now hosts several hundred furries every month. She's driven by finding avenue to help furries find the fandom and give a route to interact. She herself found it later in life and wants to find ways furries can find their community sooner. If that's not the definition of a furry ambassador I dunno what is”
The Furcade meet has been an important part of building the furry community. Also, a friendly connection to the arcade/brewery has formed over time, resulting in improving the reputation for both the Dallas Furs as well as the furry fandom as a whole.
To keep track of and planning for the meets, Dr. Wildlife has created a website called dfwfurs so that everything can be kept in one place. It can see it at DFWfurs A lot of the meets she host are one-time, special meets. Dr. Wildlife has planned out a unique meet ON TOP of the regular meets each month. This means having to go to businesses first hand and explain the fandom to them to help them understand that the stereotypes are not all true.
In addition to the meets, the site also acts like a gateway to various social media sites where furs from the area are able to connect to the local fandom members with ease. The website is still a work in progress but it will eventually have education tabs for members of the public or parents of furries to find more information about our fandom.
Category Contender: Protect Citizens
Dr. Wildlife also does volunteering regularly at local charity events aimed at helping animals and children. "I'm a volunteer who cosplays as Rocket with a nonprofit called Heroes Cops and Kids We travel to hospitals, schools, and at risk communities to help bridge the gap between the police and the community. We teach anti-bullying programs as well to help inspire kids to be a superhero in their own way.”
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In Summary
Path Hyena mentioned “Dr Wildlife is a new addition to our social media team at Furry Fiesta. When we recruited her we realized that she was overqualified and we are pretty grateful. Within a month she's learned enough about our organization to find and supply answers to curious attendees in a way that's friendly and engaging. She doesn't make stuff up, if she doesn't know she'll find out.” As an overqualified organizer for local meet ups, staff for Furry Fiesta, AND a volunteer for local charity events, the Dallas furry community are very grateful for all the work Dr. Wildlife does, and it is definitely appreciated. For Valentines day, Dr Wildlife tweeted “The #DFWFurs completely caught me off guard last night with this amazing card. Tears WERE shed. I love this community SO much and am so grateful knowing I have been able to bring so much happiness to those in it over this past year. Helping this community grow has been honor”
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March 2018
Dr. Wildlife
A conservation biologist and a furry relatively new to the fandom, Dr. Wildlife, aka Courtney Dunn (still working on her PhD), has already accomplished a number of deeds helping the furry fandom that are worth mentioning. Having her residence in the Dallas area since 2014, she has left a noticeable positive mark on the local and regional furry community. She is the founder and current continuing organizer of a monthly furcade meet, enabling furries a place to meet and interact; thus providing an excellent opportunity for furs to find new friends in a like-minded setting.
Category Contender: Promoting Peace
pathhyena, the director of HR and an executive for Furry Fiesta, said “Dr Wildlife… does a lot of community building, with an excellent reputation. She developed a relationship with a local arcade / brewery that now hosts several hundred furries every month. She's driven by finding avenue to help furries find the fandom and give a route to interact. She herself found it later in life and wants to find ways furries can find their community sooner. If that's not the definition of a furry ambassador I dunno what is”The Furcade meet has been an important part of building the furry community. Also, a friendly connection to the arcade/brewery has formed over time, resulting in improving the reputation for both the Dallas Furs as well as the furry fandom as a whole.
To keep track of and planning for the meets, Dr. Wildlife has created a website called dfwfurs so that everything can be kept in one place. It can see it at DFWfurs A lot of the meets she host are one-time, special meets. Dr. Wildlife has planned out a unique meet ON TOP of the regular meets each month. This means having to go to businesses first hand and explain the fandom to them to help them understand that the stereotypes are not all true.
In addition to the meets, the site also acts like a gateway to various social media sites where furs from the area are able to connect to the local fandom members with ease. The website is still a work in progress but it will eventually have education tabs for members of the public or parents of furries to find more information about our fandom.
Category Contender: Protect Citizens
Dr. Wildlife also does volunteering regularly at local charity events aimed at helping animals and children. "I'm a volunteer who cosplays as Rocket with a nonprofit called Heroes Cops and Kids We travel to hospitals, schools, and at risk communities to help bridge the gap between the police and the community. We teach anti-bullying programs as well to help inspire kids to be a superhero in their own way.”
[IMG]https://www.dropbox.com/s/35bxobe4z.....jpg?dl=0[/IMG]
In Summary
Path Hyena mentioned “Dr Wildlife is a new addition to our social media team at Furry Fiesta. When we recruited her we realized that she was overqualified and we are pretty grateful. Within a month she's learned enough about our organization to find and supply answers to curious attendees in a way that's friendly and engaging. She doesn't make stuff up, if she doesn't know she'll find out.” As an overqualified organizer for local meet ups, staff for Furry Fiesta, AND a volunteer for local charity events, the Dallas furry community are very grateful for all the work Dr. Wildlife does, and it is definitely appreciated. For Valentines day, Dr Wildlife tweeted “The #DFWFurs completely caught me off guard last night with this amazing card. Tears WERE shed. I love this community SO much and am so grateful knowing I have been able to bring so much happiness to those in it over this past year. Helping this community grow has been honor”
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