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HOUSTON PETS ALIVE!

HOUSTON PETS ALIVE!

About

What Is It?

A no-kill rescue organization that creates programs to save animals most at risk of euthanasia.  Its goal is to “prevent animals from entering a shelter, and for those that do, get them out alive.”

Help Needed:

Help care for adoptable cats at various local PetSmart stores, help with adoption events, collect needed items.  Please contact Pets Alive for COVID-related updates.

Details

Minimum Age to Volunteer

14.  Volunteers ages 14-17 must be supervised by a parent or legal guardian and may not volunteer in the dog area for liability reasons.

Suitable for Groups of Volunteers?

Yes. Please contact Houston Pets Alive for more information.

Training Needed

None

Help Needed

CAT CARE AT PETSMART STORES

Volunteers sign up for shifts to care for adoptable cats living at three PetSmart stores. They feed cats and clean their kennels (litter box, bedding and wipe down kennel), play with cats outside of cages, monitor/report well-being and updates through Facebook group page, and speak to prospective adopters and process adoption applications.  Volunteers can also help transport cats between locations.

Shift options: 9:30-11:30 AM, or 6-8 PM daily. Location options: PetSmart Dunvale (8380 Westheimer); PetSmart Copperfield (7050 Highway 6 North); PetSmart Bunker Hill (9718 Katy Fwy.).

DONATE NEEDED ITEMS

The shelter always needs donations! Supplies like bottled water, kong toys, pill pockets, towels, and large crates are always welcome. Please call the shelter for more ideas and current needs.

 

Contact Details

Contact

For more information visit the volunteer page on the Houston Pets Alive website.

Website

http://www.houstonpetsalive.org/

Location

HOUSTON PETS ALIVE!

8380 Westheimer Road
Houston, Texas 77063

Location Details

8380 Westheimer Road
Houston, Texas 77063

The cat care location options are: PetSmart Dunvale (8380 Westheimer); PetSmart Copperfield (7050 Highway 6 North); PetSmart Bunker Hill (9718 Katy Freeway).

Get Directions

Additional Information

Ollie’s Story (2016) (4 minutes)

Examples of past Scout projects

Eagle: Luke (Troop 230) organized the building of 12 cat scratching posts and collected several large bags of new blankets to donate. (2020)

Eagle: Evren O. (Troop 354) designed, funded, and built a textured surface, agility jump, and weave poles for the outside play area. (2019)

Eagle: Connor (Troop 222) designed and built a long wall of reinforced shelves suitable for food bags and other heavy items and secured them to the wall for safety. (2018)

 

Gallery

Organizing donations
Organizing donations
HPA supporter Lance McCullers
HPA supporter Lance McCullers
Volunteers, including Renee Zellweger
Volunteers, including Renee Zellweger
Stella, adopted at Pet Supermarket
Stella, adopted at Pet Supermarket
DJ Mr. Rogers & the Relief Gang donated dog toys & 2000 lbs of food
DJ Mr. Rogers & the Relief Gang donated dog toys & 2000 lbs of food
Adoption event at Pet Supermarket
Adoption event at Pet Supermarket
Pets Alive volunteer group1
Pets Alive volunteer group1
Statoil volunteers at GRB Convention Center after Harvey
Statoil volunteers at GRB Convention Center after Harvey
Event at Karbach Brewing
Event at Karbach Brewing
Lunch donation from Whataburger
Lunch donation from Whataburger
Lance McCullers
Lance McCullers
Adoption at Pet Supermarket
Adoption at Pet Supermarket
Pearl Bar event
Pearl Bar event
Lance McCullers with volunteers
Lance McCullers with volunteers
Pearl Bar event
Pearl Bar event
Lance McCullers with donations
Lance McCullers with donations
Organizing donations
HPA supporter Lance McCullers
Volunteers, including Renee Zellweger
Stella, adopted at Pet Supermarket
DJ Mr. Rogers & the Relief Gang donated dog toys & 2000 lbs of food
Adoption event at Pet Supermarket
Pets Alive volunteer group1
Statoil volunteers at GRB Convention Center after Harvey
Event at Karbach Brewing
Lunch donation from Whataburger
Lance McCullers
Adoption at Pet Supermarket
Pearl Bar event
Lance McCullers with volunteers
Pearl Bar event
Lance McCullers with donations

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Alanis Alipaz says

    May 1, 2019 at 11:47 pm

    I am interested.

    Reply
    • admin says

      May 1, 2019 at 11:57 pm

      Great! Please contact Houston Pets Alive to let them know you’re interested. You can visit http://www.houstonpetsalive.org/volunteer, or email Volunteer@HoustonPetsAlive.org, or call 713-208-0687.  You can also stop in at the shelter to ask questions.

      Reply

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