Humane Society of Marshall County

08/31/2026

🌧️ BREAKING WEATHER UPDATE: IT'S RAINING ADOPTIONS! 🌧️

Remember when our adoption forecast was EXTREMELY DRY?

WELL.

Apparently y'all took that personally. 😂

We already celebrated our first adoption, and now THREE MORE babies have gone HOME!

❤️ Will & Uncle Phil went home TOGETHER!
Our boys get to start their forever side by side. 😭

❤️ And Pixie found her forever home!

Which officially brings our drought challenge to…

🌧️ 4/10 HOME! 🌧️

Current conditions:
☀️ Extremely dry — CANCELED
🌦️ Scattered adoptions — DEVELOPING
🏠 Empty kennels & cages — IN THE FORECAST

We're almost halfway there!

Keep sharing. Keep tagging. Keep putting these babies in front of people who haven't seen them yet.

4 DOWN. 6 TO GO.

DON'T STOP THE RAIN DANCE NOW. 💃🌧️🐾

08/31/2026

🚨 THE DROUGHT IS OFFICIALLY OVER! 🚨

CLYDE WENT HOME! 🥹❤️🏡

Our little 17-pound shadow who came to us after losing his owner has officially left the building with a family of his very own.

BUT… we're not stopping now.

We said we needed to break this adoption drought, and y'all helped us do it. Now we need 9 MORE ADOPTIONS to really get these kennels moving!

Nine more dogs or cats waking up tomorrow one step closer to never sleeping in a shelter again.

Nine more families saying, “Yep. That one.”

Nine more empty kennels. ❤️

Clyde got his turn.

WHO'S NEXT?!

Come meet them. Share their posts. Tag the friend who absolutely does NOT need another animal but keeps looking anyway. 😂

Let's get 9 MORE HOME! 🐾🏡

08/31/2026

WE ARE DESPERATELY HIRING!!!

We have had lots of applications, unfortunately only 2 of those people have actually shown up for their first shift!! If we do not get any applicants willing to even answer a call for an interview and come in for work, we will be forced to have limited operational hours and by appointment only meet and greets/adoptions!!

If p**p, blood, needles, eye goo, and bleach do not bother you and you love cat cuddles and doggie kisses apply!!

Link for application

https://form.jotform.com/262285407233051

Please read entire post and the flier attached!

KEY POINTS
- you must be 18 years old
- Email us our résumé or come to the facility and fill out an application during our normal business hours. Email is on the flier
- must have driver license and reliable transportation
- shift is 8am-4pm

WE’RE HIRING — BUT THIS IS NOT JUST A JOB.
It’s a calling. A test of heart. A place where the broken come to heal.
Every day, animals walk through our doors carrying stories we’ll never fully know — fear, loss, hunger, abandonment. And every day, we become their voice, their comfort, their second chance.
We are searching for a few extraordinary people to join us.
Not because the pay is great — it isn’t.
Not because the work is easy — it’s not.
But because the animals deserve nothing less than people who care enough to show up anyway.
Who We Need:
🐾 Reliable souls who understand that consistency saves lives
🐾 Compassionate hearts who see past wounds and fear
🐾 Hard workers who don’t flinch at mess, chaos, or long days
🐾 Strong communicators — with staff, with volunteers, with adopters, with each other
🐾 People who can hold a trembling animal and whisper, “You’re safe now.”
🐾 Must be at least 18 years of age
🐾 Must have reliable transportation and a valid driver’s license
What This Job Truly Is:
It’s scrubbing kennels while a dog watches you with hopeful eyes.
It’s warming a frightened cat with your voice alone.
It’s crying in secret, laughing in relief, celebrating every adoption like a victory.
It’s the quiet knowledge that you made today easier for a soul who once had nothing.
This is low pay.
This is hard work.
This is emotionally heavy.
And yet — this is some of the most meaningful work you will ever do.
If your heart is strong, your spirit steady, and your love for animals louder than excuses…
we want you.
📩 Message us to apply. The animals are waiting and eager to meet you !!
Or fill out an application using this link!

https://form.jotform.com/262285407233051

08/30/2026

🌵 ADOPTION DROUGHT UPDATE: DAY ONE

We checked the forecast.

We refreshed the applications.

We stared hopefully at the phone.

We may have even performed a small rain dance.

Final total for Day One: 0 adoptions. 😭

ZERO.

Apparently our dogs, cats and kittens did not get the memo that we are trying to END THIS DROUGHT because they spent the entire day being adorable for absolutely no reason.

So we're still sitting at:

☀️ EXTREMELY DRY
🏠 0/10 HOME

But we're not giving up.

Today we need our people—and we mean ALL of you. We know our followers stretch across several counties, and somewhere in that reach is the person one of these animals has been waiting for.

Maybe you can't adopt. That's okay.

Share them.

One share can put a dog in front of someone who has never seen our page.

One tag can introduce a kitten to the person who's been thinking about adding another cat.

One comment can bump a post back into somebody's feed.

We don't need every person reading this to adopt.

We just need you to help us reach the people who will.

Because while our little adoption counter still says zero, they're still here.

Still waiting at the kennel doors.

Still peeking out the cat-room windows.

Still climbing the cat trees.

Still wondering if the next person walking through that door came for them.

🌧️ DAY TWO: LET'S MAKE IT RAIN.

0/10 HOME — and we're ready to change that. 🐾❤️

08/30/2026

🐾❤️ TODAY WE SAY “SEE YOU LATER” TO KYLIE ❤️🐾

One year.

It doesn't sound like very long until you stop and think about everything that can happen inside an animal shelter in 365 days.

Kylie joined HSMC during what would become one of the biggest years of change and growth our little shelter has seen.

She watched us change the way we did things, try new ideas, build new programs, raise our expectations, learn from what didn't work, celebrate what did, and keep asking ourselves one question:

How can we do better for the animals who depend on us?

But Kylie didn't just watch HSMC grow.

She grew right along with us. ❤️

She learned rescue from the ground up — cleaning kennels, caring for animals, working with adopters, learning behavior, helping with meet and greets, celebrating adoptions, and experiencing the heartbreak that inevitably comes with loving shelter animals.

And somewhere along the way, two of those shelter animals became hers.

Boone found his home with Kylie.

And then there was Patches. ❤️

Patches had been at HSMC for several years, waiting for someone to choose her. As it turned out, her person was already right here.

Kylie adopted her.

Of all the things we could say about Kylie's time at HSMC, we think that says quite a bit about her heart.

There were big moments and hundreds of little ones.

Dogs barking.

Cats demanding things.

Kennels being cleaned just in time for someone to immediately destroy them again.

Adoptions that made us cheer.

Animals who challenged us.

Animals who changed us.

Days that were incredibly rewarding and days held together by teamwork and a slightly questionable sense of humor. 😂

Kylie was here for all of it.

She was here during a year when HSMC changed tremendously. She watched our team grow, our shelter evolve, new ideas take shape, and our little organization push itself to do more and do better.

And she became part of that growth.

Today, Kylie leaves HSMC to begin her next chapter.

We're excited for everything ahead of her, but we're also going to miss having her here.

Because people who work in rescue don't simply clock in and clock out. They become part of the stories that happen inside these walls.

Kylie leaves HSMC having helped countless animals along their way.

And she leaves with two of those stories curled up at home waiting for her. ❤️

Thank you, Kylie, for the year you gave HSMC.

Thank you for loving our animals.

Thank you for growing alongside our shelter.

Thank you for embracing the changes, rolling with the chaos, celebrating the victories, and helping us become better.

We're proud that HSMC got to be part of your story — and even more grateful that you became part of ours.

Around here, goodbye doesn't really mean goodbye anyway.

It mostly means…

You're no longer on the schedule. 😂❤️

And considering you adopted TWO of our animals, we're pretty sure you're stuck with us forever.

Help us send Kylie into her next chapter with all the love she deserves. If Kylie helped you during an adoption, cared for an animal you followed on our page, or you simply want to wish her well, leave her a message below.

Happy last day, Kylie. ❤️🐾

Once HSMC family, always HSMC family.

08/29/2026

🚨 WE HAVE OFFICIALLY HIT AN ADOPTION DROUGHT. 🚨

And apparently nobody bothered to tell the animals.

The dogs are still waiting at their kennel doors when they hear someone coming.

The cats are still reaching through the bars trying to snag themselves a human.

The kittens are still committing approximately 47 crimes before lunch and then falling asleep looking completely innocent.

They are READY.

The adopters, however, seem to have disappeared. 👀

So we're calling it.

🌧️ THE GREAT ADOPTION DROUGHT ENDS NOW. 🌧️

For the next 7 days, we're setting a goal:

🏠 10 ANIMALS. 7 DAYS. 10 HOMES.

And here's where ALL of you come in—because we know our page reaches far beyond our own county.

You don't have to live right down the road.
You don't even have to be looking for a pet.

You can help us find the person who is.

🐾 Share an animal.
🐾 Tag your dog-loving friend.
🐾 Send a kitten to the person who absolutely does NOT need another cat. 😉
🐾 Share our posts into your community.
🐾 Tell somebody about us.
🐾 Come meet them if you're looking.

Because Facebook algorithms don't know that Clyde needs his person.

They don't know that Nash has been working his tail off learning how to be someone's best boy.

They don't know about Tilly's completely unreasonable relationship with water.

They don't know which cat is currently reaching through the cage trying to choose their own adopter.

But you do.

And every share pushes one of them a little farther outside our walls.

So whether you're down the street or a couple counties away, you're officially part of our rain dance. 💃🌧️

CURRENT FORECAST:
☀️ Painfully dry.
🏠 0/10 HOME

We're looking for a 100% chance of ADOPTIONS.

Let's make it rain. 🐾❤️

08/28/2026

🐾💙 IT’S TIME FOR $5 FRIDAY!! 💙🐾

Five dollars may not seem like much to some people… but to us and our animals, it means the world! 🥹❤️

When a lot of people give just $5, it adds up quickly! And those little $5 donations help us provide food, medical care, vaccines, spay/neuter, shelter, love, and everything these babies need while we work to find them the perfect forever homes. 🐶🐱🏡

So today, if you can spare just $5, please consider donating to the animals who are counting on us — and YOU! 🐾

$5 can make a difference.
$5 can save a life.
$5 can help us keep going. ❤️

Let’s see how many $5 heroes we can find today! 🙌

Who’s in for $5 Friday?! 🐾💙