Peter Zevenbergen is retired and recently lost his canine companion. A friend recommended Last Hope to him about six months ago and he began volunteering with the dogs. As he says, the great dogs “took HIM for walks” two to three hours a day, three to four times a week. In addition to taking walks, he and his wife Cindy …

Rob Gettemy adopted a senior dog from Last Hope in 2021. After she passed in August of 2023 he knew he wanted to be involved with helping dogs because he couldn’t imagine his dog having to live without a family. He began volunteering in September. Rob started out walking dogs a few days a week and now he and his …

Nicole Moore has been volunteering with Last Hope since July of 2023. She is one of our foster heroes! She also volunteers at fundraising events and hopes to do more of that in the coming year. She found out about Last Hope through our founder, Sonia who shared with her how the rescue got started. Nicole’s father was a veterinarian …

Regina and Chuck have been volunteering for about three years. They have always taken in strays and provided shelter and food for community cats. A couple of years ago they found two groups of kittens that had been dumped. Some were too young and needed bottle feeding while others were obviously not well. Regina says, “Last Hope stepped up and …

Janell Green has been with Last Hope since July and has already made quite a difference. She comes in for cat care twice a week and walks dogs with her husband on Sundays. Cat care involves cleaning kennels, giving food, medicating if necessary, and helping get them or keep them socialized. She recently started fostering a cat, Litty Kitty that …

About 10 years ago, Emily Halbur was completing an internship at Cedar Run Company when she heard about Last Hope and decided to volunteer some of her time. She started out helping with intake then fostering pets and also grooming pets when needed. Currently, she is a fostering superstar! She helps out mainly with dogs but has also fostered a …

Paul and Shery are kitten foster heroes. If you’ve never taken care of a new litter of kittens, you probably have no idea how much work is involved. Especially if the mother is unable to care for them for some reason. But Paul and Shery step up and care for our youngest and most vulnerable charges. They began volunteering for …

Dave and Becky Moser were online looking for rescues in the CR/IC area when they found Last Hope in 2014. They have been involved with the organization ever since. They started out by fostering puppies and provided a temporary home for about 25 of them over time. As time went on, they adopted a few of their own dogs and …

John and Linda Pisney are invaluable resources at the Adoption Center. Both do so much and work so hard so that the pets can have a healthy, happy home while they wait for forever homes. Here is more about them in Linda’s words: “John and I started volunteering at Last Hope around the end of 2015, shortly after I retired. …

Liz is very committed to helping out the cats of Last Hope. Here is her story: “I became an LHAR volunteer and foster in the fall of 2021.  I had trapped a gorgeous boy in my yard and asked LHAR to take him in for adoption.  The answer was they could, but only if I fostered him because the fosters …