Volunteers, Groups of Volunteers (This facility accomodates Groups of Volunteers) available at Humane Society of Louisiana Emergency Shelter

VOLUNTEERS URGENTLY NEEDED TO HELP ANIMALS IN NEED!

Many of our group's best volunteers were forced to leave New Orleans after Katrina. Also, while we were blessed to have hundreds of wonderful volunteers assist us immediately after the storm, we have had only a handful of hands-on workers at our shelter in recent months.

Please, make no mistake about it! Help is still urgently needed in our area! This need will remain, as local residents and animal protection groups struggle to help animals, while putting their own lives and communities back together.

A FEW WAYS TO HELP:
There are many, many ways to help us in and around the Greater New Orleans metro area and in rural parts of Louisiana:

HELP OUT HANDS-ON WITH ANIMALS!

-Foster care
-Animal transport (to vet appointments, adoptive homes, etc.)
-Adoption days and animal care at Petsmart in Harahan
-Help with pet adoptions - train to do interviews and home visits
-Assist with driving or animal care on our cross country pet transports
-Animal care, adoption and rescue work through our various Louisiana CHAPTERS; please contact them directly
-Photograph our adoptable pets to help us promote adoptions
-Train to become a volunteer cruelty investigator

...or VOLUNTEER AT OUR SANCTUARY:
Volunteers are needed to provide hands on animal care at our Tylertown, MS facility. Our facility, the former "Camp Katrina," is located north of Abita Springs, about two hours from New Orleans. We generally house about 150 animals here at any given time, since the destruction of our shelter our evacuation from the city left us unable to return home.

All volunteers are welcome, but VETERINARIANS and VET TECHS are particularly needed. DRIVERS with vehicles, who can help us TRANSPORT animals and supplies between locations are invaluable, too!

In some limited instances, volunteers may be able to stay on site (if arrangements are made in advance) and there are also accommodations available in Tylertown. (See www.merrywoodcottages.com or try the Liberty Inn, 6172 Plaza Drive, Tylertown, MS 39667. Hotels and motels are available in nearby McComb, Mississippi as well.)

Please fill out and email us the volunteer profile form, below, including your proposed arrival dates. If you are local and want to help out for a day or an afternoon, that's fine, too! Assistance is always needed, with activities ranging from feeding and cuddling cats to walking dogs and stocking supplies at the sanctuary site. Just contact us to let us know you'll be coming.

FUNDRAISING AND HELPING FROM HOME!

-Help with campaigns, membership drives and fundraisers
-Coordinate local fund raising events or outreach activities
-Help develop and maintain our web site and Petfinder sites
-Contribute writing, graphic design, public relations or other professional skills to the cause
-Host a fund raiser at your home, school or place of business to support our programs
-Donate artwork, crafts, gift certificates or other items for our fund raising events
-Assist with research projects or help with monitoring cruelty cases for our staff

LIVE IN THE AKRON, OHIO AREA?
Volunteers can contact former HSL Board member, Linda Dell--displaced as a result of Katrina. Luckily for us, Linda is still hard at work in support of our agency! Linda can use assistance with clerical and administrative activities. Please fill out the form below or contact her directly at linda@humanela.org.

If you have any other questions about volunteering, please contact us at info@humanela.org.

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