Tours and Presentations
HHHS is dedicated to serving the community through education and does this through:
- Tours of our facility to demonstrate how a shelter works and how we interact and serve our community
- Presentations about animal welfare and our mission
All tours are on a first-come-first-served basis when it comes to scheduling and we welcome you to submit more than one date possibility when filling out the form linked below:
Common Tours and Presentations
General Educational Tour
Time Frame: 45 minutes
Age Range: All Ages
Location: 5720 SW 21st Street, Topeka, KS 66604
Overview: This tour’s purpose is to explain and examine Helping Hands’ purpose and mission while giving a tour of our building and showing how each area is used in animal care.
Highlights:
- Overview of
- Adoption area
- Training area
- Intake
- Vet Clinic
- General statistics about HHHS
- Information about pet sterilization
- Information about lost and found animals
- HHHS’ history
- HHHS’ programs
Educational Presentations
Time Frame: 30 minutes to 1 hour (depends on group and topic)
Age Range: All Ages
Location: On or Off-site
Common Presentations:
- Animal Shelters (specifically HHHS)
- Animal intake statistics
- Open Admission vs. No-Kill Shelters
- Local Animal Population
- Community Programs
- TCCF
- Low-cost spay/neuter clinic
- Animal Care
- General animal care
- Cat and dog shelter statistics
- Microchips and Tags
- Benefits of animal sterilization
- Job information
- Positions
- Education requirements
- Career paths
- Animal sciences
* Every presentation is tailored per group and information is dependent on age range.
Group Volunteering
Volunteering projects are individualized per group and are based on shelter needs.
*Please visit our volunteering tab for more information and to submit a request.