My name is Tiffany and I volunteer at my local Arlington Animal Shelter. My shelter volunteering goes back to 2000 and was Grand Prairie till about 2 years ago. This is just a basic request for donating your time to volunteering. The main concern I hear when discussing volunteering at my shelter is.."it's way too sad..". I agree there is a lot of sadness, if not, there wouldn't be such a need for people to help and care for animals. For me, being a big sensitive person, I've had to overcome many days of sadness but I've also NEVER been up to the shelter and not had my energy replenished by the love from animals I deal with. I pray that if you want to volunteer but think about the sadness, that you'll go one day and see if there isn't more happiness and genuine love than sadness. Shelter appreciate the volunteer that can only come once a month for 20 minutes as much as the volunteer who is there every week. I firmly believe in giving energy (love) will come back to you when most needed. So please consider volunteering with animals in some capacity, I promise you the feeling it creates in your soul is almost un-matchable!

Tiffany Landreth
Arlington, TX