Volunteers in Action

Our volunteers are very special people. They come from all walks of life ...
They are teachers, doctors, housewives, marketing and public relation experts, attorneys, secretaries, nurses, business owners. They put forth their highest quality work effort caring for the store and the cats, tending to over 150 cats' needs. They give up their personal time, asking nothing in return, only wishing to be a part of a solution and a need in their community. Our gratitude and love goes out to them for their kindness and dedication.
We could never do it without them!

Ginny Davis & Tom exhibit the VOLUNTEERS' MOTTO T-shirt.
	Inside the House of Mews
Check out the new tile floor Hands On Memphis Volunteers installed in our Back Room during their Servathon. 10 Volunteers from different corporate environments installed the floor in 4 hours. Servathon normally involves over 4,000 community volunteers donating their time for ONE 4 hour period on a special Servathon Project Day per year. That's over 16,000 hours of donated volunteer time in ONE DAY! Hands On Memphis Volunteers also volunteer a crew in our store one Saturday and one Sunday per month on a regular basis to help our morning Care Crews.
	BONNIE HAUB: Bonnie, pictured here with one of her favorite kitties, is a Lead Volunteer for our Sunday morning crew. In her professional life Bonnie is a First Vice President at Morgan-Keegan. Bonnie, who is a vegan and her husband, Pete, who is a Captain at Pinnacle Airlines have one kitty, Rowan, who was adopted from The House of Mews. Bonnie is a highly energetic and enthusiastic volunteer, she also helps with fundraisers for the store and was Race Director for our 2007 Meowathon which brought in the most donations out of the 4 Meowathons so far.
LYNN SIMMONS - Lynn Simmons has been with us since March of 2002, and formerly she worked with an investment firm.....what a dynamic, energetic and vivacious woman.......Lynn helps with cleaning, vet runs and is willing to do just about anything to care for the kitties and the store........she puts in many hours showing her love.
	COURTNEY BECKETT: Courtney, pictured with favorite kitty, Sammy, has worked as a volunteer on our Sunday morning crew for several years and in her professional life has a masters degree in teaching. She is also talented in jewelry design. Courtney has a very outgoing and cheerful nature and is one of our most reliable volunteers, she always has a smile on her face and is a pleasure to work with.
Ann Hightower with Macchiato Ann is Assistant Managing Director at The House of Mews. She also works as a Lead Volunteer heading out several weekday morning Care Crews and in addition, handles Retail/Adoption duties several days a week. In Ann's professional background she is retired from the University of Tennessee Center for Health Sciences where she was Chair of the Department of Physical Therapy and later Assistant Dean of Student Affairs in the College of Allied Health Sciences at UT. Ann attended Duke University.
	AMANDA SMITH: Amanda is pictured with "Pork Chop" kitty & volunteers on our retail staff & in the past has also been on the morning crew at the store. Her gentle, kind nature and enthusiastic attitude make her a favorite among the volunteers and kitties too. Amanda is a mechanical engineering major at U of M, & a server at Amerigo Restaurant.Her favorite things are: tortoiseshells, snowboarding, her iPod, bookstores, Walter Anderson paintings, Italian food, theoretical physics, coffee, and naps with Ollie, one of her two Mews alumni, Oliver and Lily. She wanted to volunteer at Mews because her sweet kitty, Olivia was very sick with FIP and she couldn't do anything to make it better. So she gets to help the Mews cats, and she wound up falling in love with them and says she is very proud of what we do.
ANNE EMMERTH: Anne, pictured with favorite kitty, Peanut Butter who she fostered and also helped raise her kittens, has been volunteering on our Sunday morning crew for the past couple of years. Anne is always cooperative and ready to work hard and really enjoys a challenge. In her professional life she acts as a Executive Director for Chi Omega Fraternity (now that's gotta be a challenge!). She and her husband, Mike, enjoy traveling.

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