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Monthly Volunteer Profile: Wildfire Response
This month, we’re sending out a huge thank you to all the volunteers who supported our wildfire response. From working hard to move, sort, and stack all the wonderful donations to the hands-on help...
View ArticleMonthly Volunteer Profile: Joanne Voelpel
Volunteer Joanne Voelpel says one word that best describes her experience with the Winnipeg Humane Society is connection. Joanne and her dog Tux, a 15-pound, six-year-old Havanese, have been...
View ArticleMonthly Volunteer Profile: Tim Campbell
Tim Campbell has had dogs all his life, but his first few months of volunteering at the Winnipeg Humane Society have taught him a lot more about our best friends. “I’m learning a pile about canine...
View ArticleMonthly Volunteer Profile: Susan Desnoyers
Between growing up on a southern Manitoba farm and having pet dogs or cats all her adult life, volunteering at the Winnipeg Humane Society came naturally for Susan Desnoyers. Susan began her volunteer...
View ArticleMonthly Volunteer Profile: Lynn MacKnight
When Lynn MacKnight and her husband moved back to Winnipeg, 10 years ago, it soon became apparent that the Winnipeg Humane Society was a place where she’d spend some of her spare time after having just...
View ArticlePet Food Holiday Hamper Drive
We are hosting our first-ever pet food holiday hamper drive to support the WHS pet food bank, which helps families facing pet food scarcity. From April to October, we have seen a 242% increase in pet...
View ArticleMonthly Volunteer Profile: Charlotte Warner
Charlotte Warner is new to the shelter but is quite familiar with the work of the Winnipeg Humane Society and is an experienced volunteer. Earlier this year, Charlotte re-joined the WHS as a Pick Up...
View ArticleMonthly Volunteer Profile: Cindy Rothery
Anyone volunteering or working with the Winnipeg Humane Society (WHS) does it because deep down, they have a soft spot for animals. But for Cindy Rothery, that soft spot is gigantic. Let’s start at the...
View ArticleMonthly Volunteer Profile: Jennifer Ginter
Jennifer Ginter doesn’t need to use words to convey her love for animals or volunteering at the Winnipeg Humane Society (WHS). “I am deaf, so I have to write back and forth with people, and I gesture...
View ArticleMonthly Volunteer Profile: Vicki Asu
If you’re out on WHS grounds, and you see a smiling face, jogging by with a dog in tow, it’s likely Vicki. A volunteer since just before the pandemic, Vicki spends two or three shifts a week in the...
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