Volunteer Experience

For my volunteer work I was lucky enough to aid a friend with her passion as well as one of my own. I went with my roommate Madeline Quint to the Shelter Hope Pet Shop to volunteer for a day. The Shelter Hope Pet Shop is a 'non profit volunteer based pet shop that showcases animals available for in store adoption'. Madeline is training to be a professional dog trainer and last semester adopted a female German Shepard who was previously heated and abused whilst living on the streets. When I saw how Madeline was able to help the dog that is now our beloved roommate and give her a new life, I was inspired to help animals myself.

I sent in an application online. When I took a year out after high school I spent three months working at an anti-bullying charity in London called 'The Diana Award'. There I was able to further learn computer skills and data entry as well as recruitment for the charity. Thus I was put to work using my skills to fill in data about the new dogs in the shelter and their background. Later in the day I filed documentation about the dogs. Some of the stories were heartbreaking. When Madeline took me to meet the dogs it was wonderful to see that they were in such a loving environment away from the people who neglected and abused them.

It was a very fulfilling day and I felt incredibly inspired and motivated to carry on working with the planet, we all deserve compassion.