In August we held our big fundraiser of the year – Barks & Brew. It was a huge success but we never could have done it without the help of many volunteers! We had a good number of volunteers help with the setup which helped out a lot. They set up tables, chairs, the dog areas, the cat areas, auction …

Donna Johnson has volunteered for Last Hope for about seven years. She and her husband foster dogs in their home. Donna also helps out by answering the office phone, filing, and general computer work. Donna found Last Hope when she and her husband were considering adopting a dog. At the time, they had three young boys in the home and …

Shannon Studt has been a dependable volunteer at Last Hope for about six years. She began after Googling local rescues and researching Last Hope. She liked what she learned and contacted us to get started. Shannon helps at adoption events, Barks & Brew, parades,  transporting dogs to the veterinary clinic, and she will help with home checks when it is …

Rachel Palmer has been volunteering with the dogs since last fall. She and her wife had lost two dogs in 2020 and were online looking for a new family member. They came across Last Hope on PetFinder and put in an application.  On the day they were supposed to meet a potential adoptee, the derecho hit. So the meet and …

Sue Bennett has been volunteering for Last Hope for more than five years. She began by fostering dogs and now fosters cats and helps clean the cat area at the Adoption Center. She also does transports from time to time. Her cat fosters include FeLV-positive cats and neo-natal kittens. Caring for very young kittens involves losing a lot of sleep …

Mindy learned about Last Hope while she was in school at Kirkwood. She’s been volunteering with us for a little over a year and she is a definite asset to the team! She volunteers most Thursday evenings taking care of the dogs at the Adoption Center. This can be hard and dirty work but she’s committed to helping them out. …

Aleah started volunteering for Last Hope in 2017, signing up for a couple of cat care shifts a week. Those shifts involved giving food and water, cleaning litter boxes, washing bowls, administering medication, socializing with the cats, etc. From there she also helped with writing the online profiles for the cats, updating medical files, working at open houses, assisting with …

Daniel has been volunteering with the dogs at Last Hope for about 10 years. He started back when it was run out of Sonia’s house who is the founder of Last Hope. He also works as a trainer at Cedar Run Pet Boarding and Daycare. In addition to training Last Hope dogs, he also fosters dogs, helps with adoptions and …

“Last Hope goes above and beyond for all of their animals. Lots of love, tears, and courage…..the compassion is incredible. I’m honored to be part of this group and to know the people who make it run every single day. I’ve shared many experiences from happy to sad with them and wouldn’t trade it for anything.” That’s what Jen Harleen …

Katy has been volunteering for Last Hope for more than two years in the Waterloo/Cedar Falls area. She started volunteering when she saw a plea to help some kittens that had crawled up into a car engine and been discovered there – thankfully before anything bad happened to them. She agreed to foster the four kittens for Last Hope and …