Sentences with phrase «as shelter volunteers»

We started as shelter volunteers.

In order to offer the best experience for you and the animals, a regular commitment will be required to stay active as a Shelter Volunteers.

Tracey has worked with shelter dogs both as an employee of Yolo County SPCA and as a shelter volunteer at Yolo County Animal Services Shelter and as the Animal Behavior Assessment Coordinator at Sacramento SPCA.

In almost 20 yrs as a shelter volunteer, I heard those stories on an almost weekly basis.ANd after 1 - 2 rejections for piddly reasons, people will be soured on that experience for life.

Your future with AAF may involve serving as a shelter volunteer, specializing in cat or dog care, fostering a pet in your home, joining an AAF committee, or more.

As a shelter volunteer, I see how loving shelter dogs are and how many come through.

Here are some things that you should know as a shelter volunteer:

I jumped in the deep end as a shelter volunteer a while back and now I'm a pet sitter with quite a cast of canine characters in my life on a daily basis.

Consider signing up as a shelter volunteer with Berkeley Animal Care Services to gain necessary skills in BADRAP's Pit Ed class.

Carol Peter of Cold Nose Companions Dog Training has always loved dogs, but discovered her passion for training dogs as a shelter volunteer.

As a shelter volunteer, I love having facts to back up decisions that our open - admission no - kill shelter is making.

Not exact matches

(One is working as a teaching assistant while studying for a master's degree in math; the other volunteers at an animal shelter.)

By the way, I would include you descriptions of «two believers go [ing to] volunteer at the homeless shelter, or work [ing] together to raise support and awareness for human trafficking» as mutual edification, since they are helping one another grow at the same time (through their example to one another if nothing else).

Is there maybe someone here that has felt this way when offering help for the first time or starting their first day as a volunteer at a homeless shelter?

The strongest evidence on that point appears on the first page of her book, where «Bill,» a member of Grace, talks about his identity as a Christian and an American and about his volunteer work, through the church, at a local shelter for disadvantaged teens.

In fact, often the survivors (who generally stay in a recovery center for 18 - 24 months) go through the program and return to the shelters as staff and volunteers themselves.

Seen sub specie aeternitatis, encouraging someone to believe that we don't really know what God thinks about sexuality, and that each of us must work it out for ourselves, and anyway it doesn't matter much as long as we do our recycling and volunteer at a homeless shelter, is as serious an error as telling them that God hates them because they have homosexual feelings.

Volunteering your time to a shelter, for instance, would take your mind off your own suffering and warm your heart as you help others even less fortunate than you.

She has experience working as a case manager at a refugee shelter as well as volunteer experience in an orphanage in Ecuador.

In the last month I volunteered, as I try to regularly, at the kitchen of a local homeless shelter; I made a donation to Mazon: A Jewish Response to Hunger; I brought canned food to a food drive; I continued to work toward improving school food in my district by attending SHAC and Food Services PAC meetings; and I hope I increased awareness of various food policy issues through my writing on The Lunch Tray and The Huffington Post.

Her 32 - year - old daughter, Sasha, has Down syndrome and receives Medicaid, which provides her with services, including transportation to sites, such as an animal shelter where she volunteers in her St. Lawrence County community.

CROWN HEIGHTS — As some neighbors of two planned Crown Heights homeless shelters fight to block their openings, city officials hope to mend relationships between shelters and residents by hiring a full - time Director of Community Partnerships to manage problems and volunteer efforts.

Ann enjoys volunteering as an instructor for Go Give Yoga in Haiti as well as in Boston area homeless shelters.

Many people offer their services as a foster for cats and kittens at Cat House on the Kings, taking care of animals at home on a temporary basis, but you can also get more involved with the day - to - day work of the shelter by becoming a general volunteer.

Im a firefighter in my hometown of bristol as well as a volunteer at the animal shelter.

Seider writes, «The Harvard students volunteering at the shelter utilize the shelter as a mechanism for identity exploration and as a «shelter» from some of the academic, social, and personal pressures that are a part of the college years and young adulthood.»

Of course, as Weissbourd explains, more familiar forms of service, like volunteering at a homeless shelter or reading to children, are worthwhile, and international service trips have value, too.

The massive cleanup was one of hundreds of events across the country celebrating National Youth Service Day, in which nearly one million students volunteered to work in such places as nursing homes, homeless shelters, and public parks to showcase youth involvement in community service.

Please consider joining the thousands of city workers, teachers and other volunteers who have helped with relief efforts, including at a number of the public schools in our region still being used as shelters.

While volunteering at the local animal shelter, she meets Claire, known as Peekay (preacher's kid), who becomes her first friend, and as a result, Alex begins to participate in senior - year activities.

As a volunteer with animal rescue groups and our city animal welfare shelter, I have been witness to terrible cases of abuse and neglect.

Manager of City of Tulsa Animal Welfare Jean Letcher says the shelter is lucky to have O'Sullivan as a volunteer.

However, as the statements these volunteers from other shelters made are highly libelous, we have taken a stand in protecting the integrity of our hardworking and selfless volunteers.

It's not uncommon for aspiring vets to volunteer at animal shelters or work at pet stores as teenagers.

So, whether you are a shelter director, city official, organizational board member, rescuer, advocate or volunteer, as they say: «Watch this space.»

Some of Barkcore's best ideas came directly from imaginative shelter volunteers, such as «PB Trees,» invented by a volunteer, Diane.

As a volunteer with a private animal shelter in New York City, I've worked with many prospective dog and cat adopters over the past ten years.

Trained volunteers will provide pet feeding, walking, litter box maintenance, grooming and transport service as needed, so that the animals can stay with their people as long as possible, and the hospice patients don't have to surrender their animals to a shelter.»

Animal activists as well as former employees and volunteers, former staff veterinarians, and even other shelter directors have alleged all sorts of issues.

During that time she kept her hand in animal care with volunteer work at Tyler Regional Animal Care Shelter (TRACS) in South Windsor as well as pet sitting.

An experienced animal trainer who volunteers at local shelters, Davidson has spent years working with abandoned cats and dogs, as well as doing regular photo shoots for the Oregon Zoo.

Her introduction to the shelter field occurred at the age of 15 as a volunteer at the Montgomery County Humane Society in Rockville Maryland and after 17 years in the veterinary field she felt a desire to give back to her community by volunteering at the Frederick County Animal Control & Adoption Center (FCAC).

They can be in - kind, such as food, toys, medical supplies, etc. (check with your shelter to see if they have a wish - list), or even the gift of volunteering your time and expertise to the shelter of your choice can really make a difference!

The San Bernardino Animal Shelter in the city of San Bernardino, California, has been described as a «bare bones» shelter by voluShelter in the city of San Bernardino, California, has been described as a «bare bones» shelter by volushelter by volunteers.

Her passion for animal care began when she volunteered for a local shelter as a high school student in Oakland, New Jersey and she has been volunteering at various shelters ever since.

In fact, Aggie Smith, who started as a volunteer and is now the shelter manager and an animal control officer, told one reporter that «we've had 30 dogs adopted from this walk.»

Rebecca is the older half of the sister team heretofore known as the Carlisle Girls: a literary light, excellent horsewoman, and regular volunteer at her local animal shelter.

Last weekend Rogers granddaughter was here and at first we were very scared about sugar bears reaction, but as always she surprised us playing with them, running and very lovable with her.which was great for us as we enjoyed seeing them play and run, what a weekend!Yesterday Afternoon one of the volunteers from the shelter came over to see her and she was very happy to all the progress Sugar bear has made in such a short time.She said we were doing the right things with her and that if she would see her walking with me somewhere else she wouldn't recognize her as she has gain weigh and her hair is shinny.

A heart filled with love for critters led 12 - year - old Jessi Gross to offer her help as an animal shelter volunteer for the South Lake Animal League.

It was remodeled and repaired for use as an animal shelter, through a combination of volunteer labor and a trust established in the 70s by local animal lover Laura Abrams.