Pope Memorial Humane Society Of Knox County

Wonderful organization. They work hard to provide homes for the animals. Lots of caring staff and volunteers helping make sure the animals are provided a clean, loving environment until they find their forever homes.

This shelter supports 20 towns and has a dedicated group of volunteers who provided over 6,500 hours of love and labor to help the many animals living in their temporary home there (and probably many more that volunteers forgot to enter in the log). They do so much to find homes for these pets: their website has photographs of many of the animals up for adoption, they place a friendly cat in several bank branches to showcase them in the community (and help customers pass their time in line more enjoyably!), they arrange volunteer medical treatments with local vets, they hold several regular fundraisers and continue to experiment with new fundraising events, and one employee has even shrink-wrapped her car with advertising for the shelter and sponsoring opportunity spaces!

Not only do they go all out for their animal friends; they also help a lot of humans. They provide community service opportunities for students, companies and first-time offenders, giving them a chance to learn about animals, their care and how good it feels to help out in one's community. They also provide a place where unemployed people can take a break from job hunting to do something good and productive, meet like-minded volunteers, and receive praise and thanks from the fabulous staff for a job well done - such treatment is a huge boost to the ego of someone whose full time job is looking for employment.