New Hampshire Humane Society
1305 Meredith Center Rd.
PO Box 572
Laconia, NH 03246

Telephone:
(603) 524-3252

Fax:
(603) 524-9539

Email Us

Contact Information

Hours: Open Tuesday & Thursday 10-6, Wednesday & Friday 10-5, and Saturday from 10-4

Helping animals since 1900.

Serving the communities of: Alexandria, Ashland, Barnstead, Belmont,Bridgewater, Bristol, Campton, Center Harbor, Danbury, Gilford, Hebron, Holderness, Laconia, Meredith, Moultonborough, New Hampton, Plymouth, Tilton, Warren, Woodstock

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             Please Help!

We need wet dog food 

&

paper towels!

Helping to find responsible and caring Forever homes.

Good Scents Piggybank Program   

A Great way to involve our Children in Charitable Giving! 

 We will supply the bank as shown above.  Bring it home & start saving...

 Once the bank is full, bring it back & your child will receive a special gift from the Animals to say...

T H A N K  Y O U !!

 Stop by to pick your new bank up TODAY! 

Contact:  Darlene @ 603-524-3252 x 312 OR darlene@nhhumane.org for more information...

VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION & SAFE HANDLING CLASS

Call Marylee Gorham-Waterman Volunteer Director 524-8236x309 to register for the sessions in advance.

Volunteer orientation is mandatory for all prospective candidates prior to joining our programme. Safe handling classes are also provided before shift scheduling to ensure a basic level of comfort and competency handling our shelter animals.

 Volunteer orientation dates are as follows:  

VOLUNTEERING FOR FOSTER HOMES

It's a special kind of volunteerism, taking an animal, or animals into your home, for a period of time. Then, when they are ready, sending them off, best paw forward, to their permanent homes.

We are always looking for quality canine foster homes.

When those little mites come in and they aren't quite old enough for adoption, they go out to foster homes who love them, cuddle them, start their house training and keep them warm and safe until they reach the exalted age, or health status necessary, when they can go to their adoptive homes.....

Requirements for fostering:

• Own your own home - or have written approval from your landlord that you may foster

• Someone must be home enough to lavish affection, cuddles and start house training. If you work full time this wouldn't be appropriate.

• A safe place to keep the pups, perhaps a mother too if they came to NHHS as a family, separate from your own house pets and out of harms way.

• The resources necessary to feed the babies, and the mother too and provide quality food for these critters.

• The ability to provide clean bedding and newspaper at all times and the willingness to keep the babies clean, no romping in their own "by-products".

• Love to spare

• Knowledge of the health and wellness needs of puppies, kittens and possibly nursing mothers.

• Submit to a home inspection

• Complete orientation and safe handling class at the shelter (held monthly)

If you can say "Yes" to all of these stipulations, complete a volunteer application form and return to:

Volunteer Director, Marylee Gorham

PO Box 572, Laconia NH 03247

She will interview you and arrange for a home check prior to placement of your first family

You will always have a safety net of contacts to call if you have any questions or problems.

Those interested in fostering for medical reasons are strongly advised to take the Emergency Pet First Aid Classes offered during the year here.

Help a homeless family of adorable dogs, puppies, and kittens, put their best paw forward in the world by starting them off on the right track..

Please call for more details

HOW TO VOLUNTEER

Much like the army marching on its stomach, the NHHS continues to provide service, care and comfort with the help of so many wonderful volunteers. We would be hard pressed to continue without you, our most precious resource.

If YOU would like to join this very special club, knowing you can offer the time and commitment needed, then download the application by a simple click of the mouse here..  

Forward your application to our Volunteer Director via email Marylee@nhhumane.org  

or regular mail, NHHS P.O.BOX 572 Laconia NH 03247  attention Volunteer Department.

 A few simply rules apply:-

• Must be sixteen
• Must be able to commit to 10 hours monthly
• Exhibit the same fervour and enthusiasm as you would a paying position
• Act as a goodwill ambassador for the shelter when out in public
• Always project a positive image when representing the shelter
• Be a team player
• Attend the volunteer orientation and safe handling class prior to formal acceptance 

                   A Legacy of Giving

Are you concerned about the welfare of animals? Do you agree animals should be protected from cruelty, abuse and neglect? You can help “speak for those who cannot speak for themselves” now and beyond your lifetime.

 Make a planned gift to the  New Hampshire Humane Society!  

 There are several ways you can make a planned gift:  

1. Will:  This is a gift made through the will.  You can make a gift of cash or property with NHHS as the beneficiary.
2. Gift of Life Insurance:  You can make us the owner and beneficiary of a new or an existing life insurance policy.
3. Charitable gift annuities: A gift annuity allows you to transfer cash or marketable securities to the charitable organization issuing the gift annuity in exchange for a current income tax deduction. NHHS will make fixed annual payments to you for life. Annuity payments can begin immediately or can be deferred to some future date.
4. Charitable remainder trust: You set up a trust and name the NHHS as a beneficiary. You receive the income from the trust and we receive whatever remains in the trust after you pass away.  The donor avoids any capital gains tax on the donated assets and also gets an income tax deduction for the fair market value of the remainder interest that the trust earned. Additionally the asset is removed from the estate, reducing subsequent estate taxes.
5. Major Gift in Kind: This can be a gift of property, real estate, art, jewelry etc.
6. Stocks:  You can deduct the full value of the stock as a charitable donation and you don’t have to pay capital gains tax!

Introducing NHHS participation in the Shaw's Receipt Rewards Programme

It's SO EASY!

Save your register receipts every time you shop at Shaw's Supermarkets and Star Markets.

Submit these receipts to us at the shelter, or mail them to:

 NHHS P.O. Box 572 Laconia NH 03247

We will do the rest!

IT'S THAT SIMPLE AND WILL SUPPORT THE ANIMALS.

New Hampshire Humane Society will bundle the receipts and submit them to Shaw's - in return the animals will receive a donation from Shaw's representing 1% of the total cash value of those eligible receipts.

Look for the drop box in out lobby, marked SHAW'S 1% REWARDS

NHHS Wish List

YOU can help the animals of the NH Humane Society by supplying any of the following items to our shelter located on Meredith Center Road in Laconia, NH.  We are also always in need of monetary donations!

Animal Care Supplies

We currently use Science Diet for all our animals diets. If you would like to donate food, we are accepting canned wet food.

(*If you want to help out with all of the above, just consider a gift certificate to Staples or Walmart)

Thank you for your continued support of our shelter!