Austin Animal Center is the largest municipal shelter in Central Texas, providing services to around 23,000 animals annually.  Last year alone our volunteers donated almost 49,000 hours to help meet the needs of those animals.  Our volunteers are an integral part of providing core services to our shelter pets, assistance to the customers that visit us and engaging & educating the community through outreach efforts.  Volunteers add that special human connection to the everyday lives of our animals through walking & exercising dogs, socializing cats, assisting the Veterinary Services team and much more.  AAC volunteers receive animal behavior training specially designed for the shelter environment,...
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The Foster Angels of Central Texas Foundation’s mission is to improve the lives of children in foster care, ensuring that each child has his or her basic needs met, and to provide life-enriching and life-enhancing experiences whenever possible. Foster Angels works with caseworkers from various agencies to find out which children are most in need and to get that help to those children as quickly as possible.  Foster Angels receives requests from the children which we are able to fulfill within 48 hours or less, whenever possible.  These foster children are in desperate need of assistance, whether it be clothing, a bed to sleep on, medicine, food, birthday parties, or opportunities to build self-esteem and self-confidence. ...
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