Cornell Cares Day Event (4 of 4) - Lost Dog & Cat Rescue Foundation

 The Lost Dog & Cat Rescue Foundation (LDCRF) rescues abandoned or displaced dogs and cats from the threat of euthanasia in over-crowded shelters or other at-risk situations and places them for adoption into loving homes.

It places about 2,000 dogs and cats each year into adoptive homes, for a total of more than 15,000 since 2001! All animals in the care of LDCRF are spayed or neutered and fully vaccinated prior to adoption and any special medical needs are addressed. While it maintains a very small animal-care staff, LDCRF is overwhelmingly a volunteer organization with an active base of about 300 volunteers and thousands of occasional volunteers.

While most dogs and cats await adoption at the 61-acre Lost Dog & Cat Ranch in Sumerduck, Virginia, each weekend, an army of volunteers (YOU!) mobilizes to run eight adoption events in the Metro-DC area at PetSmart and PetCo stores. This entails walking the animals around the store, speaking to potential adopters and assisting them in the adoption process.

Activities: Each volunteer will be assigned a dog to watch over at a pet adoption event

More Info: http://www.lostdogrescue.org/