Two employees at Helping Hands Humane Society give you an inside look into working at a non-profit animal welfare organization, specifically a large open admission shelter taking in over 6,000 animals a year (while enjoying coffee AKA compassion juice).
The Lost Episode: Pocket Pets (Small Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, and More) with Multi-Species Mom, Sky
A lost Pawfee Podcats episode has emerged! We recorded this back in 2024 when Sky was our Volunteer Coordinator, and it's time it finally gets its due because we have had a lot of pocket pets looking for homes lately at Helping Hands Humane Society.
Sky is a pet mom who has had many different species in her home from birds to hamsters plus dogs and cats. In this episode we ask her all of our pocket pet questions to learn more about loving and caring for these small, unique creatures! We hope the information can be helpful for anyone considering adopting a small pet companion.
Sky's beloved dog Bowser who she speaks about in this episode was our 2026 Tails on the Trails spokespet. He was a handsome certified good boy who unfortunately passed away this summer.
In August Sky and her husband felt the time was right to add another large breed dog to their family, and they adopted an adorable puppy who they've named Pumpkin on August 30th! We may have to interview Sky again soon about the joys and challenges of puppy raising and puppy training classes.
26 Mar 2024
From Volunteer to Volunteer Coordinator (and Back)
Jen, formerly referred to as The Bunny Volunteer, graced us with her presence in this episode during her one month serving our humane society as interim Volunteer Coordinator. As a team member who volunteered for 8 years before becoming a staff member (and as a most excellent human being whom we'd all like to be when we grow up), Jen has valuable insights to share in this episode. We are pleased to announce that after her time as a staff member, Jen has now joined our Board of Directors!
Helping Hands Humane Society is an open admission shelter with contracts with city and county Animal Control. We take in over 6,000 lost and homeless animals each year. We are located in Topeka, Kansas and strive to also be a resource center for our community. We have a pet food pantry and just this year opened our Community Clinic which provides low-cost spays and neuters to qualifying individuals, as well as working with local rescue groups to get community and stray animals fixed. We have approximately 50 staff members and hundreds of amazing volunteers and fosters.
If you have any questions, comments, stories, or ideas for our podcast, please email us at grace.clinton@hhhstopeka.org (Director of Philanthropy) or emi.griess@hhhstopeka.org (Communications Coordinator).
14 Jul 2022
Language Matters in Animal Welfare
We're back! Apologies for the hiatus - it's been a busy season here at Helping Hands Humane Society, but five of our employees from varying departments just returned from the Best Friends Animal Society National Conference with LOTS of ideas and motivation to try some new things at our shelter! This episode is hosted by Grace, Director of Business Development and Special Events Emi, Communications Coordinator, and Shelby, Volunteer Coordinator (now collectively known as "Gremis") with a special guest appearance by Katie, Fundraising Assistant. In this episode we tackle language in response to several comments, memes, and social media posts we have seen lately. When we as a shelter start posting about how many animals are coming in and how full we are, there seems to be an immediate response from the community to blame and shame pet owners. While we do appreciate that perspectives have shifted away from blaming the shelter, we would rather all work together as a team to tackle the issues here, many of which have more to do with a lack of access to resources than malicious intent. We'd also invite everyone to remember that humans make mistakes, and all pet owners are human. We open up about some of our own very human moments and share valuable information we learned from a HeARTs Speak webinar about positive marketing as well as the Best Friends Conference about why positive marketing is really the way to go if you want to help more animals!
Helping Hands Humane Society is an open admission shelter with contracts with city and county Animal Control. We take in over 6,000 lost and homeless animals each year. We are located in Topeka, Kansas and strive to also be a resource center for our community. We have a pet food pantry and just this year opened our Community Clinic which provides low-cost spays and neuters to qualifying individuals, as well as working with local rescue groups to get community and stray animals fixed. We have less than 50 staff members and hundreds of amazing volunteers and fosters. If you have any questions, comments, stories, or ideas for our podcast, please email us at gracec@hhhstopeka.org or emig@hhhstopeka.org.
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