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VOLUNTEERS URGENTLY NEEDED TO HELP ANIMALS
IN NEED!
Many of our group's best volunteers were forced to leave New
Orleans after Katrina. Also, while we were blessed to have
hundreds of wonderful volunteers assist us immediately after
the storm, we have had only a handful of hands-on workers
at our shelter in recent months.
Please, make no mistake about it! Help is still urgently
needed in our area! This need will remain, as local residents
and animal protection groups struggle to help animals, while
putting their own lives and communities back together.
There are many ways that you can help. If you're interested,
please fill out and send us the Volunteer Profile Form at
the bottom of this page
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ADOPTED! Hershey and Graham recently found loving
homes at Petsmart. Can you help find loving homes for animals
at our adoption days?
A FEW WAYS TO HELP:
There are many, many ways to help us in and around the
Greater New Orleans metro area and in rural parts of Louisiana:
HELP OUT HANDS-ON WITH ANIMALS!
-Foster care
-Animal transport (to vet appointments, adoptive homes, etc.)
-Adoption days and animal care at Petsmart in Harahan
-Help with pet adoptions - train to do interviews and home
visits
-Assist with driving or animal care on our cross country pet
transports
-Animal care, adoption and rescue work through our various
Louisiana CHAPTERS; please contact them directly
-Photograph our adoptable pets to help us promote adoptions
-Train to become a volunteer cruelty investigator
...or VOLUNTEER AT OUR SANCTUARY:
Volunteers are needed to provide hands on animal care at our
Tylertown, MS facility. Our facility, the former "Camp
Katrina," is located north of Abita Springs, about two
hours from New Orleans. We generally house about 150 animals
here at any given time, since the destruction of our shelter
our evacuation from the city left us unable to return home.
All volunteers are welcome, but VETERINARIANS and VET TECHS
are particularly needed. DRIVERS with vehicles, who can help
us TRANSPORT animals and supplies between locations are invaluable,
too!
In some limited instances, volunteers may be able to stay
on site (if arrangements are made in advance) and there are
also accommodations available in Tylertown. (See www.merrywoodcottages.com
or try the Liberty Inn, 6172 Plaza Drive, Tylertown, MS
39667. Hotels and motels are available in nearby McComb,
Mississippi as well.)
Please fill out and email us the volunteer profile form,
below, including your proposed arrival dates. If you are local
and want to help out for a day or an afternoon, that's fine,
too! Assistance is always needed, with activities ranging
from feeding and cuddling cats to walking dogs and stocking
supplies at the sanctuary site. Just contact us to let us
know you'll be coming.
FUNDRAISING AND HELPING FROM HOME!
-Help with campaigns, membership drives and fundraisers
-Coordinate local fund raising events or outreach activities
-Help develop and maintain our web site and Petfinder sites
-Contribute writing, graphic design, public relations or other
professional skills to the cause
-Host a fund raiser at your home, school or place of business
to support our programs
-Donate artwork, crafts, gift certificates or other items
for our fund raising events
-Assist with research projects or help with monitoring cruelty
cases for our staff
LIVE IN THE AKRON, OHIO AREA?
Volunteers can contact former HSL Board member, Linda Dell--displaced
as a result of Katrina. Luckily for us, Linda is still hard
at work in support of our agency! Linda can use assistance
with clerical and administrative activities. Please fill out
the form below or contact her directly at linda@humanela.org.
If you have any other questions about volunteering, please
contact us at info@humanela.org.
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Volunteer Pictures taken at our destroyed New Orleans sanctuary,
before Katrina.
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