Q. What does the day in your life volunteering for the Pet Food Pantry look like?A. Often with another volunteer, I fill the orders of dog/cat food and bag up specific amounts of food depending on how many dogs/cats in the household. I also label the bags, contact drivers, and schedule new deliveries. I also have a delivery route as part of the Senior Pet Food Pantry Delivery program.

The Humane Society for Tacoma & Pierce County’s Pet Food Pantry supplies pet food to those who are in temporary need of dog or cat food.

Q. What made you want to volunteer at the Humane Society for Tacoma & Pierce County?

A. I have always been a pet owner with one or more pets, and know how much work there is to do in animal welfare. I studied Humane Education in college, served on a board at a small no-kill humane society in Oregon, and found that there is always a need for dedicated volunteers.

Q. What’s your favorite part of volunteering here?

A. Working in animal welfare is really about the people. People who need companionship, or assistance to pay their vet bill, and most of all want to keep their pets through their entire lives. When someone calls me and says they’re sharing their dinner of Spaghetti-os with their dog (or cat) I run to the store and take them some pet food.

Q. If you could give one piece of advice about fostering at the Humane Society for Tacoma & Pierce County, what would it be?

A. When someone says to me “how do you work with those sad and abused animals”, I say how can you not? There is always a happy story at the end of every day.