We were concerned when 9 year old Piper was surrendered into our program. Older pets have a difficult time adjusting to shelter life and often wait a while to be adopted. Fate played a good hand though!
At a Petsmart adoption event Piper caught the eye of a woman with three Yorkies and a sympathetic heart. The Yorkies gave their paw stamp of approval on adding gentle Piper to their pack and the deal was done.
Thank you for being Piper’s rescue angel! Best wishes to the new family!
Dr. Phil Good, owner of Town & Country Veterinary Clinic, received his Bachelor of Science with highest honors in Chemical Engineering from Georgia Tech in 2006. Phil finally came to his senses, realizing he’d much rather work with animals than in a chemical plant. Dr. Good obtained his doctorate in veterinary medicine from UGA in 2011.
Rogue came to us with her brother when they were teeny babies. They were malnourished and had bad eye infections. Our amazing bottle feeding volunteer nursed them to perfect health, and now Rogue has a family to call her own.
Attached is a recent picture of Jade, who was known as Sugar when rescued by Homeless Pets. We have had her a few months and we have fallen in love with her. Jade is very playful which has made our two senior dogs Scooby and Ruby to become a lot more active. I have never…
We adopted Buddy from ya’ll back in ’07 and he’s still with us, sort of our “elder statesman.” Thanks for helping my boys fall in love with dogs. Jon has his own dog now, Paisley, named after Brad Paisley, half border collie and half black lab, and Caleb has Duke the Puppy, half German Shepherd and half Siberian…
Miley went home to be fostered by an employee at our veterinarian clinic, but for some reason (wink, wink) Miley never made it to an adoption event. After a few weeks of denial, Miley’s foster mom finally admitted that she wasn’t going to give her up. She signed on the dotted line and Miley is…
Our Buster is absolutely the best! Thank you for letting us adopt him. -Jo A VuKojevic
Job Title
Job Description
Time per Week
Petfinder / Adopt a Pet Manager
Running our Petfinder and Adopt-A-Pet pages. Keeping all pet profiles up to date with new photos and catchy bios. Deleting profiles as pets get adopted. Adding new profiles after a pet has had intake and is ready for adoption.
2-4 hours
Administrative Assistant
Use your organizational skills to assist with filing, mailings, data entry, mailing donation thank yous, and other clerical tasks.
1-3 hours
Behavior Program Volunteer
Skilled volunteers with training and experience can work with our staff to provide training to animals in our behavior program. Leash Training, Dog Aggression, general intake
1-2 hours
Foster Program Assistant
Help the foster program by assembling and organizing supplies, or for more experienced foster parents, by coaching our newest foster parents. You can also help by doing foster home checks before our homeless pet is placed into a foster home!
1-2 hours
Volunteer Manager
Responds to all inquiries for volunteers keeps log of volunteers, and reaches out regarding volunteer events/needs. Manages Facebook page
2-5 hours
Special/Adoption Event Manager
Plans adoption events, manage volunteers for events and animal transport, and the entire event. Works with outside companies/events to build relationships. Focus on 1-2 long-timer animals that need to be adopted – create social media campaigns/flyers.
2-5 hours
Cat Room Meet & Greet Coordinator
Helps out going to cat room for meet & Greet coordinated by Beth/Mari. Manages contract signatures, payment, and any questions regarding the adoption process. Located: 2540 Cumberland Blvd SE, Smyrna, GA 30080
1-2 hours
Corporate Partnerships/Donation Manager
Works with corporate sponsors to build community involvement. Reaches out to past corporate donors, sends updated information on needs of the foundation
1-2 hours
Social Media Manager
Handling the overall social media needs – ensuring HPF posts 1x daily on all platforms. Reaches out to staff (Kennels/Mari) when needing new photos or planning social media blitzes. Ensures posting of stories/FB donate button
4-6 hours
Social Media Coordinator
Assists manager in organizing social media needs
2-4 hours
Newsletter Manager
The newsletter manager will be responsible for creating and editing content, designing the layout, and sending out the newsletter to subscribers. The ideal candidate will have experience writing and editing content, graphic design experience, and HTML and email marketing software knowledge.