There is a lot more to do at Last Hope than deal directly with animals. There is a surprising amount of paperwork that goes along with running a rescue and our office volunteers help to make sure we keep up with it. We have volunteers who work during the week and they scan in adoption contracts, medical records from vet …
July Volunteer of the Month: Christina Weiske
Christina first learned about Last Hope at a Dock Dogs event and began volunteering about two years ago. She started off working with the dogs at the Adoption Center and then took in a foster dog, Alvin. She took him to adoption events and met many lovely families who were interested in Alvin but she eventually realized she couldn’t live …
Volunteer of the Month: Connie Menting
Congratulations to our Volunteer of the Month for June, Connie Menting! Let’s learn a little bit about how Connie contributes to Last Hope… Connie volunteers as a foster and has been doing so for just over four years. She takes in smaller dogs and dogs that need a little extra love like dogs from puppy mills, non-house trained, abused, biters, …
Volunteer of the Month: Laura Bryant
Laura started volunteering for Last Hope in 2011 when her dog was at Cedar Run for doggy daycare and Sonia asked Laura if she wanted to help out at Last Hope. She began by creating flyers and fostering “just over the holidays.” Famous last words! Laura has fostered 23 animals so far, ranging from all sizes of dogs to a …
April 2017 Volunteer of the Month
Congratulations to Brittany Bell, our Volunteer of the Month for April 2017! Brittany has been volunteering since December 2016 and is a senior in high school. It all started because her mother dragged her to a craft show where Last Hope had a booth set up. She’s glad now that she went with her mother to that craft show because …
August Volunteer of the Month
Cathy Buenzow is our volunteer of the month for August! Cathy has been volunteering for Last Hope since January when we acquired the Adoption Center. Since then she has been busy! She worked very hard to get the Center ready for animals: Painting, repairing walls and floors, and putting fence up in the yard. Her husband even fixed the furnace …
Volunteers of the Month – June 2015
Our Volunteers of the Month for June are Nicole and Matt Lesmeister! Nicole began volunteering for Last Hope at the insistance of a friend in 2009 by fostering cats. In 2014 they began fostering dogs on the weekends and fell in love with Pit Bulls. They continue to foster cats full-time and take in dogs on the weekends when they’re …