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Pet
Visitation Program
Pet
Visitation Program
Animals
can have a positive impact on healing the human spirit. In the Pet Visitation
Program, volunteers bring their pets to visit children and
adults each month in hospitals, rehabilitation centers, hospices and other
care facilities around Oahu. The benefits from these visits include reduced
anxiety, relief from loneliness, and enhanced well-being.
Pet visitation
volunteers need to be at least 18 years old, a Hawaiian Humane Society
volunteer, and willing to make a commitment to visit a facility once a
month for six months. Animals in the program include dogs, cats, birds
and rodents. Your pet must be at least one year or older, have lived with
you for at least six months, and will also need to pass a temperament
and aptitude evaluation and health check.
The temperament
and aptitude evaluation examines a pet's basic obedience skills and
your voice control of your pet. It is important that your pet enjoys interacting
with humans and other animals. An animal health
certificate is needed and must be signed by your pet's veterinarian. Annual
vaccinations and a parasite check are required. The animal should
be in good general health.
To
become a pet visitation volunteer:
- Print and
complete a Humane Society volunteer
application (6-page PDF document) and submit to Hawaiian Humane Society, 2700 Waialae Avenue, Honolulu,
HI 96826.
- Attend
a Humane Society volunteer orientation. This will be scheduled for you.
- Print and complete
a Pet Visitation application (a PDF document)
and mail to Hawaiian Humane Society, 2700 Waialae Avenue, Honolulu,
HI 96826.
For more
information, please call the outreach programs coordinator at 946-2187,
ext. 217.
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