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Hill's donates all the food for
the animals at the Shelter!
Soles 4 Paws
May 1st-July 1st Soles 4 Paws! Please donate your 'worn", but not "worn out" shoes to help the animal shelter and those in need around the globe! You can drop off your shoes at one of our collection points: Kearney Area Animal Shelter, Kearney Clinic, Builders Warehouse and the Hilltop Mall!
Come see us at the Hilltop Mall!
We are partnering up with the Hilltop Mall to showcase some of our adoptable dogs! Every 3rd Saturday we will have a couple of our dogs with our volunteers in the mall! If you are out shopping for your new wardrobe come on by the Old Navy entrance and check out our four-legged friends!
Can Volunteering Make You Healthier?
The health benefits of volunteering have been reported before, but much is still unknown about the causal relationship between giving time and personal health. Does volunteering make you healthier, or do healthier people volunteer? Should service be prescribed for those with cancer or chronic illness? Are there health benefits to volunteering that working for pay cannot provide?
That picture is a little clearer thanks to a report VolunteerMatch released with UnitedHealthcare. The new UnitedHealthcare/VolunteerMatch Do Good. Live Well. Survey provides compelling evidence that volunteering not only enhances volunteers' physical and mental health but also strengthens relationships between employers and employees.
Among the key findings:
- More than 68% of those who volunteered in the past year report that volunteering made them feel physically healthier.
- 29% of volunteers who suffer from a chronic condition say that volunteering has helped them manage their chronic illness.
- 89% of volunteers agree that volunteering improved their sense of well-being.
- 73% of volunteers feel that volunteering lowered their stress levels.
- 92% of volunteers agree that volunteering enriches their sense of purpose in life.