As part of “Teammates in the Community Week,” a series of initiatives by the Mets and Citi, designed to foster the spirit of volunteerism and service in their hometown, Mets players Francisco Rodriguez, Jeff Francoeur, and Mike Pelfry worked with the Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals to visit the Humane Society on Thursday, June 24th to help care for some adorable adoptable little New Yorkers.
Rodriguez, Francoeur and Pelfry joined the Humane Society’s volunteers and staff to walk and play with the shelter’s dogs. Rodriguez even came close to walking away with a new best friend—a dachshund puppy -- who he later discovered already had a future owner.
“Teammates in the Community Week” began on June 22nd and will continue until June 27th -- the eve of the National Conference on Volunteering and Community Service -- when the Mets will join Mayor Michael Bloomberg in a Service Day at Citi Field to highlight the power of volunteering.
At the beginning of the week, Mayor Bloomberg spoke about NYC Service pairing potential volunteers with projects that match their interests, which is how dog-lovers Rodriguez, Francoeur, and Pelfry came to work with the Mayor’s Alliance, a coalition of more than 160 animal-rescue groups and shelters working to end the killing of healthy and treatable animals in New York.
Pictured from left to right: Francisco Rodriguez, Jeff Francoeur, and Mike Pelfry with adorable adoptable dogs.
Francisco Rodriguez, Mike Pelfry, and Jeff Francoeur join Humane Society volunteers, and Mets fans, at the Humane Society shelter.
Pictured from left to right: Jeff Francoeur, Mike Pelfry, and Francisco Rodriguez with the Humane Society’s volunteers, staff, and adoptable little New Yorkers
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