Volunteer of the Week: Leigh Conerly is working to make the necessity for animal shelters a factor of the previous
Published 12:17 pm Thursday, April 11, 2024
- Leigh Conerly with Paws Rescue is our Volunteer of the Week. (Submitted Photo)
Our Volunteer of the Week is Leigh Conerly. Leigh has been doing pet rescue a lot of her life. She works at Paws Rescue, a no-kill animal rescue that finds houses for deserted, uncared for or stray cats and dogs. Leigh has been married for 21 years and is a mother and grandmother. She has been at her full-time job for 30 years. She loves pictures, the Arkansas Razorbacks, animals and being along with her household. Leigh goals that sooner or later there received’t be a necessity for shelters or rescues and each pet may have a household to like them.
How did Paws Rescue begin?
I acquired a name from the town animal shelter requesting assist with a cocker spaniel, that was in dangerous form. I went to verify on the canine, loaded him up, and headed to the vet.
How lengthy has Paws Rescue been in Vicksburg?
Paws has been part of the Vicksburg neighborhood for 20 years.
What is your favourite reminiscence of your time with Paws Rescue?
I really like seeing pets reworked from scared and sick animals to pleased and wholesome ones.
What would you inform somebody who is considering volunteering?
Volunteering is an important a part of organizations. It is a good way to learn the way organizations work and what their wants are. Be a voice for the unvoiced.
What are a few of your duties whereas working with Paws Rescue?
I deal with all of the day-to-day operations, i.e., funds, work with the vet clinics, coordinate intakes, work with different rescue organizations, transport, write thanks notes/memorials, plan fundraisers, social media, deal with telephone/electronic mail calls and foster.
What have you ever realized from volunteering?
Rescue may be very rewarding and heartbreaking, however once you give your time and coronary heart, you get a lot extra again in return.
How can another person who is perhaps thinking about volunteering with Paws Rescue get entangled?
Please message me on Facebook for volunteer alternatives.
If there’s a volunteer who ought to be featured, please submit their title and call data to [email protected].
