Mickala Anderson and her family have been fostering dogs for Last Hope for quite a while. They fostered many years ago and “foster failed” with two of the dogs so they took a break. They’ve since lost both beloved dogs but aren’t ready for a permanent family member so they started fostering again. Mickala takes the dogs to the vet …

For about four years, Sherri Tow-Selensky has been a dedicated volunteer working primarily with the cats at Last Hope. She gives food and water, administers medication, cleans litter boxes, general cleaning, cat socialization, and restocks supplies. She has also helped with a few meet-and-greets at the Center and has been training new volunteers for about two years. Sherri has also …

Shannon Studt has been a dedicated volunteer/foster parent for Last Hope since 2015. She began by fostering dogs and has taken in 21 foster dogs over the years. Her favorites are the senior dogs. According to Shannon, “They are able to work their way into my heart and I feel blessed to have had so many.” She also appreciates the …

Jennifer hasn’t been with us very long (since January), but she’s already made a big impact. She takes care of the cats at the Adoption Center, has made a couple of vet runs, and some cat pick-ups for intakes. Jennifer also helped out at the St. Patrick’s Day parade and helped deliver all the Kitten Kisses this Valentine’s Day. But …

Shannon began volunteering for Last Hope in 2018 after searching for a rescue for which she could foster dogs. She decided to volunteer at the Adoption Center first and then move on to fostering. Since she began, Shannon and her family have fostered 11 dogs (one was a foster fail!), she helps with events and intakes, and she likes to …

It all started in 2018 when John and Cheryl Ferguson acted as fosters for two pups named Harry and Meghan (named in honor of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding). Since then they have fostered a total of nine dogs for Last Hope. They are willing to take on dogs that may not be familiar with being in a home …

Mary Schmeichel first found out about Last Hope when she was looking for a place to donate some cat toys. Then, in 2019, she adopted two cats from Last Hope. She knew at that time that when she retired she wanted to volunteer. In September of 2021, she started volunteering to take care of the cats at the Adoption Center. …

Erika began volunteering about two years ago. Her daughter would come home from volunteering at Last Hope and talk about the dogs and Erika decided she wanted to be a part of it. She works with the dogs: Let them outside, clean kennels, feed and water them, give them love and snuggles, laundry, dishes, and anything else that needs to be …

Becky Harris is somewhat of a newbie at Last Hope but she’s jumped in with both feet and is really making a difference in the lives of the cats at the Adoption Center. She comes in and cleans litter boxes, cleans cat habitats, gives food and water, administers medication, gives baths (have YOU ever tried to give a cat a …

Katie and Drew have been volunteering since April of this year and they really jumped in with both feet! Or should that be four feet? Either way, They found out about Last Hope through adopting a dog from us, Bernie. They felt we really cared for the pets we took in and decided they wanted to help with that. They …