People Give Back

Home for Life® also offers many avenues of giving for people who want to express their thanks to animals. Among our giving programs:

See the How You Can Help menu above for more donation opportunities.

Volunteers are also essential to our outreach programs. For more information about volunteering, see the Volunteer page.

Education

Our volunteers and animal residents give presentations free of charge to area clubs, schools, and community and youth groups.

3 boy scouts pose with bulldog
Members of Boy Scout Troop 127, pose with Harvey, HFL's bulldog.

Roots & Shoots®

Home for Life® is an affiliate of this global program, founded by Dr. Jane Goodall, designed to engage and inspire youth of all ages through service learning projects.

Based on the principle that knowledge leads to compassion, which inspires action, HFL's Roots & Shoots® participants plan and implement service projects demonstrating care and concern in three areas: the environment, animals, and the human community.

Research has shown that Roots & Shoots® has a long-term impact on young people, teaching them that they can make a difference in the world, increasing their confidence and instilling new interest in protecting the environment and animals. For more information about Roots & Shoots®, visit www.rootsandshoots.org.

Animals Give Back:
Home for Life® Outreach Programs

HFL touches people of all ages through our innovative community outreach programs and the client organizations we serve. Animals that were once rejected and neglected are given a second chance at our sanctuary, and then, with faith in life restored; give back through their participation in the Pet Peace Corps.

Note: Some of the photos pictured above were featured in a 2006 mailer about our outreach programs. Read the mailer, which also includes short bios of new residents that came to us in 2006.

Pet Peace CorpsSM

The Pet Peace CorpsSM programs foster a stronger bond of mutual respect between humans and animals by having them work together toward a common, mutually beneficial goal. Some of the client organizations we serve through the Pet Peace Corps:

Peace Creatures®
A collaborative program with the Tubman Family Alliance of the Twin Cities and the Women of Nations Shelter in St. Paul, MN, the Peace Creatures® project uses volunteers, staff and animals from the sanctuary to teach peaceful conflict resolution to families impacted by domestic violence.

The Renaissance Project
Now in its 8th year, this program pairs our younger dogs with at-risk teens from a high school in River Falls, WI and another in St. Paul, MN. The teens train the dogs and bring them on visits for therapy work with the elderly. Nearly 90 teens and 40 dogs have benefited from the therapeutic interaction between kids and dogs.

The program has become a model for other area shelters and rescue groups that have started their own outreach efforts.

Sit*Stay*Heal
This collaborative program began with the Fairview University Hospitals to bring solace and joy to children who are undergoing treatment for cancer in the University of Minnesota's pediatric oncology ward.

Sit*Stay*Heal has now expanded to serve:

Senior Outreach Program
Home for Life® staff, volunteers and animal residents visit nursing homes throughout the Twin Cities for therapy work with the elderly.