WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR ANIMALS IN LOUISIANA?
We need your help! The Humane Society lost many of our best volunteers, when they moved away from New Orleans after Katrina. We're building a new team of dedicated workers, and we invite you to join us!

If you're interested, please fill out the Volunteer Profile Form here.

Here are a few ways you can help:

HANDS-ON ANIMAL CARE

Foster care

Animal transport (to vet appointments, adoptive homes, etc.)

Adoption days and animal care at New Orleans adoption events

Driver and 'pit stop' assistants for our regular cross country pet transports along the East Coast to Maine

Animal care, adoption and rescue work through our various Louisiana CHAPTERS; please contact them directly

Promote individual animals for adoption

Train to become an adoption counselor

Train to become a volunteer cruelty investigator

...and

VOLUNTEERS are needed at our Dixieland Animal Care & Evacuation Center!
Two hours north of New Orleans, our Dixieland center stands at the site of the former 'Camp Katrina'. It was here that HSL evacuated our animals to flee the hurricane and subsequently carried out a massive disaster relief program with the support of more than 500 volunteers!

Since the destruction of our New Orleans shelter, HSL has operated its primary sheltering programs from the Dixieland center in Tylertown. In addition to our other programs, it provides permanent refuge for more than 100 hard to place Katrina cats and dogs, who could not be reuinted with their families. We plan for the Dixieland Center to remain open as a disaster relief center and Katrina sanctuary, as we work to reopen our headquarters in New Orleans.

All volunteers ready to roll up their sleeves and get dirty 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!

ALSO: we can't tell you how happy we are to welcome volunteers with CONSTRUCTION, CARPENTRY and MAINTENANCE skills, as we work to upgrade and expand the Dixieland Center.

In some limited instances, volunteers may be able to stay on our property (if arrangements are made in advance) and there are also accommodations available in the town of Tylertown. (Hotels and motels are available in nearby McComb, Mississippi as well, which is about a half an hour away from our site.)

If you are able to donate your time to work hard to help animals at the center but don"t have the means to pay for your transport or lodgings, please donâ??t hesitate to contact us, anyway. For hard workers willing to dedicate their time, we may be able to cover your travel expenses.

If you 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 get in touch!

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, social networking and Petfinder sites

Contribute writing, graphic design, public relations, legal 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 to our fund raising events and auctions

Assist with research projects

Help cruelty investigators monitor cases through the court system

Sell items on ebay and donate a percentage of the proceeds to HSL

HAPPEN TO LIVE IN THE AKRON, OHIO AREA?
Volunteers can contact former HSL Board member and Thrift Store Manager, 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.