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 …

When Crystal’s last child went off to college, she needed something to fill the hole in her heart. Several of her friends had adopted from Last Hope so she looked into volunteering with us. One of her kids had severe allergies so they weren’t able to have a cat for years so the opportunity to work with the cats at …

Beginning in about 2014, Joe Moore has been contributing many hours and much love to the dogs of Last Hope. He heard about Last Hope because a friend had adopted from us. Joe adopted a sibling of that dog, Libby, and that started his volunteering journey. He says that everything he does is because of Libby. Joe has fostered several …

We are lucky to have the team of Alec and Erin as volunteers at Last Hope! Here is their story in their own words: “Hello, we are Alec and Erin and we are so delighted to be December’s Volunteers of the Month! We have been fostering since March 2022 after buying our first home together that came with the perfect …

Maria is a special volunteer – she generally doesn’t step foot inside the Adoption Center but her contributions help out the animals anyway! Maria loves to sew so she creates some great items for us. We often are in need of belly bands for some of our male dogs and Maria provides those when we need them. Not to leave …

Eric adopted from Last Hope for the first time in February of 2022. He had a good experience and wanted to get involved so he began volunteering in June of 2022. He hasn’t been here long but has proven to be dependable and a great asset for our pets! Eric walks dogs, takes them on car rides when they’re on …