Kensett Animal Shelter By: Rachel Litton On our 2nd full day in Arkansas, our car headed out bright and early to the Kensett shelter. We excitedly chatted about the day to come and shared stories about our own dogs and prior fosters. Since we were joined by...
Camden Animal Shelter By: Mindi Greenberg They say there is such a thing as a "heart dog". Each person gets one or two in their lives. These dogs just find their way into your heart, and there is no doubt that you were always meant to be...
Monticello Dog Shelter By: Jessica & Jed Drake Coming into this trip, we had no idea what to expect. We showed up at the first shelter, Monticello, and were greeted by the friendliest group of women that serve as the main shelter caretakers. They do so on...
Sheridan Animal Shelter By: Maura Tutty After four long years, some of our volunteers at Last Hope K9 Rescue returned to Arkansas to support our Southern Partners during our service trip! We have an amazing Planning Committee that spent 4 months working thoroughly and diligently to ensure...
By: Steph Phenix Associate Director & Foster At the end of this year’s service trip I struggled to find the words to summarize my experience. How do I describe the feeling of watching the project we planned over the past 4 months finally being executed? How do...
Jackson County Humane Society By: Lauren Fopiano Assistant Director & Foster On the last “work” day of the service trip, my van of five volunteers and about ten others traveled to Jackson County Humane Society. Jackson County is a new shelter for Last Hope; however, this shelter isn’t...
Stuttgart Animal Shelter By: Meg Ferguson Foster & Volunteer Today our group of 17 volunteers visited the Stuttgart Animal Shelter. This shelter is on the smaller side with 7 kennels and a puppy room. The shelter was not at capacity, however, as the shelter lead stated, they can go...
West Memphis Shelter By: Maura Tutty Senior Coordinator & Foster Today started at transport, where our southern foster partners put their foster pups and part of their hearts on the bus headed to Boston. It's so awe-inspiring to watch them confidently put their fosters on the bus sending...
Camden Shelter By: Sasha Prasad Foster & Volunteer Camden is a city of 13,000 people in Southern Arkansas. There are two shelters within the city limits of Camden – the “city” shelter and the “country” shelter. Our group of volunteers split the day between both shelters, and my...
West Memphis Animal Shelter By: Lauren Fopiano Volunteer & fosterOn Day 5 of the service trip, half of our group headed to the West Memphis Shelter to work on a variety of projects. As soon as you walk into the shelter, it’s very apparent that the workers...