Help brighten the lives of senior citizens and patients in rehab facilities by bringing furry friends for a fun visit! During the week, volunteers bring A&F adoptable dogs or their own alumnis to spread love to the residents at senior homes around the city.
Thursday 6/8 at 3:00 PM, Colonial Oaks Spring Hill
Friday 6/9 at 2:00 PM, Colonial Oaks Leawood
Wednesday 6/14 at 10:30 AM, Spring Hill Rehab
Friday 6/23 at 2:00 PM, Colonial Oaks Leawood
Wednesday 6/28 at 10:30 AM, Spring Hill Rehab
Thursday 6/29 at 3:00 PM, Colonial Oaks Spring Hill
Friday 7/7 at 2:00 PM, Colonial Oaks Leawood
Wednesday 7/12 at 10:30 AM, Spring Hill Rehab
Thursday 7/13 at 3:00 PM, Colonial Oaks Spring Hill
Friday 7/21 at 2:00 PM, Colonial Oaks Leawood
Wednesday 7/26 at 10:30 AM, Spring Hill Rehab
Thursday 7/27 at 3:00 PM, Colonial Oaks Spring Hill
Please arrive at the barn early enough to pick up a pup and drive to the facility. We often carpool to the Spring Hill facilities and meet up at the Leawood facility.
Most visits last about 30 minutes.
Masks and COVID vaccination recommended but not required per the facility’s request
Upcoming Events
The list below will be updated regularly with upcoming events that we need volunteers to help with! If you’d like to receive notifications every time an event is added, follow our Event Volunteers Facebook Page!
Volunteers needed to help bring dogs to this fun family event! Pick up a pup from the Little Red Barn 10-15 minutes before the event and meet us at the park. Don’t forget sunscreen and a sling chair to sit in!
KC Pride Parade
Saturday June 10th from 8-10 am
Westport
Come walk with us in the most colorful parade in town! You can either help bring & walk a dog through the parade, or sit on our float to toss candy or flyers. We would love to have everyone walk with us!!
Pucks 4 Paws Hockey Tournament
Sunday June 11th, all day
Kansas City Ice Center
Volunteers needed all day long to run the snack tables, merchandise, and transporting dogs to and from the event!
IFF Luau
Friday June 16th from 9:30-11 am
New Century Gardner
This company is hosting a luau in our honor! They are gathering donations and items for us. Please help bring some adoptable dogs to thank them and party along!
Bar K Adoption Event
Saturday June 24th from 11-1 pm
Bar K
This is our big Bar K Adoption Event of the year! We will take over the Petfinder Park with all our pups. Please help bring some adoptable cuties for this fun event!
Open Hangar Days
Saturday July 1st
New Century AirCenter
Help bring adoptable pups to this fun adoption event! We will be set up inside the airplane hangar, the pups can even go on rides in vintage jeeps while there. Lunch is included for volunteers.
Kendra Scott Adoption Event
Friday July 7th or Saturday July 8th
Kendra Scott store Leawood
Kendra Scott is partnering with us for a give back event once again! A portion of sales will be donated to A&F and we will bring some dogs and cats for an adoption event at the store to support!
Open Hangar Days
Saturday September 2nd from 10-3 pm
New Century AirCenter
Help bring adoptable pups to this fun adoption event! We will be set up inside the airplane hangar, the pups can even go on rides in vintage jeeps while there. Lunch is included for volunteers.
5K-9 Run
Sunday September 3rd from 7-10 am
De Soto
Help us with our second annual 5K event! We will need help bright and early to set up the race, snack table, and registration. Volunteers are also needed to help with registration and bring adoptable dogs for the water stations!
Parades!
Adoption Events!
Finding Families!
Vet Drivers
All our pups have medical issues and are always needing transport from different locations to the vets we use around the metro!
Vets we commonly use:
Gardner Animal Hospital
Red Oak in Bucyrus
Dearborn Animal Clinic in Mission
Blue Spring Animal Hospital
Heritage Animal Hospital in Spring Hill
Blue Pearl Pet Hospital of Overland Park, Lee’s Summit, and KCMO
Wellspring Animal Hosptial of Wichita
VESH – Veterinary Emergency & Specialty Hospital of Wichita
We rescue pups from all over the country and always need more drivers to help pick up these poor pups from the kill shelters and help deliver them to the barn or a foster home, you get to be the first bit of A&F love these pups receive!
We need help everywhere, but mostly pull our animals from Wichita, Oklahoma City, rural Oklahoma, Eastern Kansas, Northern Arkansas, and St. Louis
Around Town
Senior Home Visits
Help brighten the lives of senior citizens and patients in rehab facilities by bringing furry friends for a fun visit! During the week, volunteers bring A&F adoptable dogs or their own alumnis to spread love to the residents at senior homes around the city.
Upcoming Events
The list below will be updated regularly with upcoming events that we need volunteers to help with! If you’d like to receive notifications every time an event is added, follow our Event Volunteers Facebook Page!
Vet Drivers
All our pups have medical issues and are always needing transport from different locations to the vets we use around the metro!
Freedom Drivers
We rescue pups from all over the country and always need more drivers to help pick up these poor pups from the kill shelters and help deliver them to the barn or a foster home, you get to be the first bit of A&F love these pups receive!