Between COVID-19 and the derecho that hit us on August 10th, this year has been a doozy! But through it all, and when we need them the most, there are volunteers who answer the call for help. This month our volunteer heroes are all the people who came out to the Adoption Center after the derecho to clean up all …

Your empties help make a difference! Erica Bruck has been spearheading our can and bottle collecting for the past few years. She has organized getting cans and bottles donated and also taking them in for redemption. COVID-19 threw her a curveball because the redemption center was closed for a time and that meant finding somewhere to store all the bags …

Tim has been a dedicated volunteer for about three years and he says one thing he likes about it is meeting other animal lovers. “I’m amazed at how much some people give of themselves for this organization and its animals. It’s really cool to see.” Primarily focusing on foster dogs, Tim has also done random tasks over the years. He …

Pam Kabela has been fostering cats and kittens for a year and a half for Last Hope. She takes on pregnant mamas and newborn babies. It all started with Shiloh, a cat she rescued from work. Shiloh had four babies but took on an additional four babies from another mother cat that couldn’t care for them. Shiloh continues to help …

Lynn Kennedy first came to know about Last Hope when the family adopted a rabbit from us. She was a stay-at-home mom at the time and decided to fill her time with volunteer work. Along with her daughter, Elizabeth (Izzy), she has fostered many cats and kittens with special medical needs, cats that need socialization, and pregnant cats. She also …

Every nonprofit organization has that core group of volunteers who have stuck with them through thick and thin and are always there when needed. Two members of that group for Last Hope are John and Linda Pisney. They have been volunteering for almost five years and have helped us out in so many ways. They’ve been coming in two times …

Before joining Last Hope, Bergen took in a cat and litter of kittens. She got in contact with a Last Hope volunteer and arranged it so that the cats were taken into our care with Bergen as the foster. That was October of 2019 and Bergen has been an asset ever since. She is primarily a foster parent and has …

This month we honor Angela Sievert because she does so much for the cats of Last Hope. She started out working morning cat care shifts at the Adoption Center. Angela enjoyed the quiet environment and opportunity to greet each cat and give them all some love. From there she moved onto fostering cats and kittens and she can’t count the …

Last Hope is a mostly foster-based animal rescue meaning that most of our pets stay in people’s homes until they find their forever homes. That makes our fosters extremely important to our mission. Shalome Tonelli and her family lost their own rescue dog earlier this year and turned to fostering as a way to still have dogs in the house. …

Cheryl began volunteering for Last Hope in January of 2017 and has been an asset to our organization ever since. She had been fostering dogs for a different organization when they changed to a shelter-based setup. A person she knew referred her to Last Hope. Cheryl began by transporting and handling dogs at events as well as running miscellaneous errands …