Reminder that as the State of Alabama continues under the Shelter in Place order, the Humane Society of Elmore County will continue to operate in a restricted mode. You can read detailed operational changes on our website at www.elmorehumane.org or on our Facebook page by either clicking on the cover photo or reading the pinned post on the page.
This week is National Volunteer Appreciation Week and we certainly want all of our Volunteers to know how much we appreciate them and miss them right now! While our staff has animal care needs covered, our Volunteers help in SO many other areas that keep us going.
Our single largest income source is our Tail’s End Thrift Store which is run entirely by Volunteers and we can never thank them enough. While the store is closed right now under the Shelter in Place order, individual volunteers are still doing their part so that the store can reopen once we are able. Many of our Thrift Store Volunteers work incredibly hard whether it is receiving donations, processing and getting donations ready for sale, and/or manning the sales desk. It takes a lot of physical work and time to keep our Thrift Store going and when it reopens, we ask that all who shop there please thank each and every volunteer.
Our Board of Directors are all Volunteers who take on the responsibility of ensuring the financial health of and the future of our Shelter and work tirelessly behind the scenes. We so appreciate their hard work and representation of our Shelter throughout the community.
Our Volunteer Photographers help us get our adoptable pets seen by a virtually unlimited pool of candidates as their photos are posted and shared all over the internet. We can promise that our pet adoptions are hugely successful because of their talent and dedication to doing all it takes to get those adorable and eye-catching photos of sometimes less than cooperative clients.
Volunteers who help us exercise the dogs at the Shelter get lots of doggy kisses and muddy footprints and their dedication helps ensure the physical and mental health of our dogs – we are indebted to their willingness to get down and dirty by spending time with our dogs.
Fosters are also invaluable volunteers who save lives by bringing young & old, scared and shy pets into their homes until they are ready to find those new and forever homes. Fostering is simultaneously heartwarming and heartbreaking work as all fosters fall in love with fostered pets and then cry happy tears when they go on to new lives with loving families. Our fosters are side by side partners with our staff as we all work to help pets to new and better second lives.
Volunteers also help us by holding supply drives on our behalf, by helping at off-site adoption events, by helping with the setup and running of Shelter events and so much more. Reality is that as a non-profit organization, our Volunteers are simply invaluable to us.
Please during this National Volunteer Appreciation Week know how much we appreciate everyone who volunteers their time to help not only our Shelter but any organization in need of help. And during this challenging time – that also includes simply helping each other. Our hats are off to Volunteers everywhere!
