When you volunteer at FurKids, the largest no-kill shelter in the South, you help love on some of the 5,000 animals who are rescued each year. There are lots of ways to help their four-footed friends: walk dogs and socialize puppies, clean cages and do laundry or help out at the thrift stores that provide one third of their funding each year.

Details: 1520 Union Hill Rd., furkids.org/volunteer