REPOST- Animal Shelter Volunteers: They Do It All

‘Laundry List’ Does Include Laundry — and Hugging Bunnies How does the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria (AWLA) manage to show dozens of dogs and cats to potential adopters, create special treats for the animals, answer the phone, keep up with mountains of laundry and so many other tasks every week? The secret: Volunteers! A recent calculation determined that the …

Teen Service Nights

Teen Service Nights

Is your high school student looking for a way to expand their love of animals, and also earn service hours for school?  The Animal Welfare League of Alexandria is offering a session of Teen Service Nights from 5:30 pm to 7 pm, for four consecutive Thursdays. Students will have an opportunity to not only volunteer at our shelter, but also talk to staff members …

Teen Service Nights

Teen Service Nights

Is your high school student looking for a way to expand their love of animals, and also earn service hours for school?  The Animal Welfare League of Alexandria is offering a session of Teen Service Nights from 5:30 pm to 7 pm, for four consecutive Thursdays. Students will have an opportunity to not only volunteer at our shelter, but also talk to staff members …

Teen Service Nights

Teen Service Nights

Is your high school student looking for a way to expand their love of animals, and also earn service hours for school?  The Animal Welfare League of Alexandria is offering a session of Teen Service Nights from 5:30 pm to 7 pm, for four consecutive Thursdays. Students will have an opportunity to not only volunteer at our shelter, but also talk to staff members …

Teen Service Nights

Teen Service Nights

Is your high school student looking for a way to expand their love of animals, and also earn service hours for school?  The Animal Welfare League of Alexandria is offering a session of Teen Service Nights from 5:30 pm to 7 pm, for four consecutive Thursdays. Students will have an opportunity to not only volunteer at our shelter, but also talk to staff members …

Kongs-Giving

Help enrich the life of our shelter animals this Thanksgiving with our annual Kongs-giving celebration! While our adoptables may not be sitting down to a hearty meal of stuffing and cranberry sauce (please note that pets should NOT eat cranberry sauce), you can still make their day extra special by providing them with some delicious and entertaining treats for Thanksgiving and …

Polite Pups and Proud Volunteers

Polite Pups and Proud Volunteers

“Yes! Good job! That’s it!” It’s not always the animals who get to enjoy a training class at the AWLA. Our amazing volunteers are in on the fun too! Volunteers at the AWLA help with everything from caring for animals to doing laundry and now helping pups put their most polite paw forward. While our amazing volunteers spend so much …

Kongs-giving 2018

Give Thanks at Kongs-giving

Help enrich the life of our shelter animals this Thanksgiving with our annual Kongs-giving celebration.  While our adoptables may not be sitting down to a hearty meal of turkey and cranberry sauce (please note that pets should NOT eat cranberry sauce either), you can still improve their day by providing them with some delicious and entertaining treats for Thanksgiving and the …

Veteran’s Day Teen Service Event

Veteran's Day Teen Service Event Sign Up

Join us for our Veterans Day Volunteer Event on Monday, November 12,  from 9am to noon, open to students aged 13-17. [cmsms_button button_link=”https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a4eaead2fa6f85-community1″ button_target=”self” button_text_align=”center” button_font_weight=”normal” button_font_style=”normal” button_border_style=”solid” animation_delay=”0″]Register Today![/cmsms_button] Students can sign up to work as volunteers focusing on the areas of dogs, cats or small animals. Activities include – but are not limited to – creating enrichment items for animals, cleaning …