Volunteer Stories Stories

Volunteer photographer takes pictures of adoptable dogs and cats and fosters cats and kittens at Best Friends in Atlanta. Read her interview.

Interview with Ashley Tzioumis, who fostered a scared black pit bull terrier and made a huge difference in her life, helping her get adopted.

Retired professor Alma Davenport volunteers at both the Potter League for Animals in Rhode Island and Best Friends Animal Sanctuary to help shy cats.

Volunteer Janice MacMillan helps a fearful dog, who is especially scared of people and cars and doesn't get along with other dogs, gain confidence.

Read an interview with Michael Moran, a Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) reserve officer/detective and kitten foster dad to newborn kittens.

To honor their daughter's memory, John Sun and Carol Blaney donate handmade supplies to Sanctuary pets and start an animal intern scholarship.

Saved from an animal cruelty case, two dogs had been tethered in a backyard without enough food and water. They are now learning to trust people.

Swarnima Singh, a superhero for animals, volunteers at Best Friends in Atlanta. Her nickname is ‘Doga,' a character in an Indian comic book.

Family of four completes summer internships (two animal care internships and two personalized internships) at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary.

Data analyst Ron Burd researches and compiles statistics on animal shelters' save rates for dogs and cats, helping the country get closer to no-kill.

Interview with teenager from Collegeville, Pennsylvania, who visited the animals at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary on a family volunteer vacation.

Freelance journalist and Dog Writers Association of America president Jen Reeder's interview about volunteering at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary.

Former contractor volunteers to help renovate the area for the new animal transport program at the Best Friends Pet Adoption Center in Atlanta.

Teen Jewish girl asks for donations for the animals at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in lieu of bat mitzvah gifts.

Inspired by a visit to the Sanctuary as a girl, Katie Kramer Kelley graduates Iowa State University's College of Veterinary Medicine and is now a vet.