Red Mountain Resort & Spa is proud to announce the Best Friends Animal Society Group Volunteer Experience. This eight-hour group excursion to the shelter includes a scenic drive through Zion National Park with a short hike to a park overlook. Upon arriving at Angel Canyon, outside Kanab, Utah, your group will be given a tour of the sanctuary following by lunch overlooking the canyon. The afternoon will be filled with your choice of helping care for the sanctuary's canine or feline inhabitants. Please read below for information you'll need to know before volunteering.

Price: Contact Lori Munk, Director of Sales, for details about this 2010 group opportunity. 800-944-3488 (A portion of this cost is donated to Best Friends Animal Society)
Duration: 8 hours
Availability: Monday-Friday

During your trip, here are some ways that you can help care for the dogs at Dogtown:

• Taking dogs on walks
• Socializing
• Brushing
• Feeding, along with a caregiver
• Sweeping or mopping the floors in buildings, runs or patios
• Raking the runs and filling in holes
• Cleaning doggie door flaps
• Clearing walking trails of rocks, sticks or poop
• Cleaning and refilling water pails
• Cleaning and refilling pools in the summer
• Walking the fencing to make sure no holes are being created
• Poop scooping
• Doing other general cleaning and special projects

An afternoon of volunteering in Catworld may involve grooming, spending time with the cats, or just sitting with the cats and reading a book. It may sound simple, but these are essential pre-adoption activities. Even the feral cats learn that it can be fun and safe to be with people, just by observing your interaction with the friendly cats.

Other afternoon tasks could include the following:

• Socializing
• Brushing
• Feeding, along with a caregiver
• Sweeping or mopping the floors in buildings or patios
• Cleaning and refilling water pails
• Washing walls and windows
• Restocking supplies and/or food
• Raking fur from outside the screened runs
• Weeding
• Doing other general cleaning and special projects

About Best Friends Animal Society
The Best Friends Animal Society at Angel Canyon, at the heart of the Golden Circle of national parks in southern Utah, is home on any given day to about 2,000 dogs, cats, and other animals, who come from shelters and rescue groups around the country for special care they can only receive at Best Friends. Best Friends Animal Society is guided by a simple philosophy: kindness to animals builds a better world for all of us.

Best Friends had its origin in the late 1970s with a group of friends who worked with their local humane societies to care for homeless pets with special needs. In the mid-1980s, they started a sanctuary in Kanab that soon led to the founding of Best Friends Animal Society, a nationwide organization promoting rescue, adoption, spay/neuter and education programs.