Recently Hannah had the chance to volunteer at Mostly Mutts Animal Rescue. There are not a lot of local volunteer opportunities for kids to volunteer with animals, so Hannah jumped at the offer.
When we arrived at Mostly Mutts, we were greeted by some of the residents.
One of the first things that the girls did, was take the dogs on walks. This was definitely one of the highlights of the day. There was a nice wooded trail behind the facility to walk the dogs. Many of the dogs were at Petsmart hoping to find their forever family, but there were enough dogs left for each girl to walk one.
Hannah was paired with a 3 month old puppy who didn't walk well on the leash, but he sure was cute!
After they did the fun part of walking the dogs, they had to go out and clean up any dog messes, then we moved inside.
The girls washed all the food and water dishes.
They put fresh water in all of the cages.
They cleaned out the cages.
They swept the floors.
The facility was small, but made very good use of space.
The cubbies in the back were constructed by some Boy Scouts. The girls took all of the crates out of the spaces and scrubbed all the cubbies.
Taking a break from cleaning to pose for a picture.
While the girls were cleaning, the dogs played outside in the fenced area. After all of the chores were finished, the girls brought the dogs back to their cages. Hannah and Callie say their goodbyes to their puppies.
Here are all of the volunteers and the dogs.
How cool that they got to do that! Bri loved working with the SEGA group and still has a special place in her heart for greyhounds. I wish I'd known about this place when she was younger.
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