Sue has been a volunteer with Butte Humane Society since January of 2011. Previous to that, she volunteered at shelters down in San Diego starting in the 90’s. She has volunteered through numerous moves, and has been able to watch us grow in her 11 years of volunteering.
Sue volunteers in many areas of our organization. You can find her on weekends socializing our cats, helping with dishes and laundry, and lending a hand wherever needed. She is especially gifted when it comes to socializing our shy and scared cats, giving them an opportunity to start to blossom so they are ready when they go to their forever homes. During the week, you can find Sue volunteering as our greeter. Throughout the year, she helps at every event we hold.
Sue is a core volunteer that we can always count on. With over 1100 hours dedicated to BHS, we are incredibly grateful to her and her service to our animals and organization.
Thank you Sue!
What has surprised you most about working with shelter animals?
I specialize in socializing the senior, shy and scaredy cats and have certification in behavior and emotional issues. It is rewarding to see these cats turn around and trust people in order to find their forever homes.
What has been your most impactful moment volunteering here?
I was thrilled to win the Butte “Humane-itarian” award for 2015 at the annual gala for my volunteer work at the cat shelter and for events.
What made you want to start volunteering?
My interest in cats came later in life after being around dogs, horses and livestock. After adopting and rescuing a kitten and an older cat, I became a true cat lover and wanted to help as many homeless ones as possible.
What is your favorite part about volunteering?
I love all aspects of cat care (socializing as well as doing laundry, dishes and litter boxes). I feel if you love cats, you also need to see to their needs and welfare.
Diya is doing terrific! She’s found her place in our furbaby clan and is thriving..the adoption process was effortless and I would definitely adopt from Butte Humane again..the staff was wonderful as well as Diyas foster mom..we also appreciated the zero adoption fee but would’ve certainly paid for her..her personality has just bloomed and she does a little dance for a treat..she also knows the word “treat” and will talk for one..we and her fursiblings are enjoying her immensely.. thank you for such a love!
Reintroducing Louie! Foster Success Story
Louie has been in “fospice” care for 9 months now! When Louie originally came to us he wasn’t in good shape, upon intake we could see he had severe dental issues but that was only the tip of the iceberg.
Louie’s medical exam determined he has kidney disease, heart failure and a scrotal hernia all valid reasons why he couldn’t safely be put under anesthesia to treat his dental disease. The conditions make him at risk of not making it through surgery- so we decided the best thing for Louie was to live out his golden years in our foster program.
Through foster care Louie has had some ups and downs with his kidney care diet but he has been given the opportunity to become a part of his foster family embracing other animals, a young human counterpart who he spends most nights curled up with and a loving and safe place to call his own.
He recently visited us at our new shelter and is still part of our BHS family. We are so grateful to the foster parents who open their hearts and homes to dogs like Louie who can live out their golden years with love and care.
His foster mom says ”Senior dogs desperately need love too and the love and appreciation they show back can be tremendously overwhelming.
Darci has been a volunteer with Butte Humane Society since 2016. In that time she has dedicated countless hours volunteering with our events. Without Darci’s help, the events we all love would not be what they are. She is a huge part of every aspect of planning these and we love her here.
When she isn’t helping plan our events…and sometimes when she is…she also fosters kittens for BHS until they are big enough and healthy enough to become adoptable.
Why did you get involved with volunteering at BHS?
Animals have always been a part of my life and volunteering at BHS seemed like a good fit. The staff at BHS is another reason. They truly appreciate the countless volunteers who give so much to make life better for the shelter animals.
What has been your most impactful moment volunteering here?
One of my first events was working at a booth in the mall. A volunteer brought a dog to the event from the shelter wearing an “Adopt Me” vest. I walked him around and talked to people about him. Shortly afterwards, he was adopted. I ran into him with his new family a couple of years later and was so touched by how much they loved him. BHS truly makes “love connections”.
When did you first get involved with BHS?
I started volunteering at BHS as a gift wrapper during the holidays in 2016. The next year, I gift wrapped and volunteered to help with Bidwell Bark and with that I found my niche with BHS helping with their special events. I have trained to walk dogs, but I am pretty sure I would just walk them all to my car and take them home, so I foster kittens instead.
Do you have any animals of your own?
I have 3 dogs and a cat (adopted from BHS) who thinks he is a dog.