{"id":2442,"date":"2016-02-24T13:16:55","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T13:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ocfl.flywheelsites.com\/2016\/02\/oldest-orange-county-animal-services-volunteer-delivers-lots-of-love\/"},"modified":"2022-01-12T12:12:20","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T17:12:20","slug":"oldest-orange-county-animal-services-volunteer-delivers-lots-of-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsroom.ocfl.net\/2016\/02\/oldest-orange-county-animal-services-volunteer-delivers-lots-of-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Oldest Orange County Animal Services Volunteer Delivers Lots of Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"OCFL Update - Animal Services Volunteers\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HzdlbdKrsz0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>When Fleur de Lys Healy, 85, lost her cat Motor five years ago, she was devastated. To try to find him, Healy began visiting the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocfl.net\/AnimalsPets.aspx\">Orange County Animal Services<\/a> (OCAS) shelter at least once a week, every week. He left the house one night and disappeared, and she hasn\u2019t seen him since.<\/p>\n<p>Although Motor hasn\u2019t been found, Healy has become a regular volunteer at the shelter, usually spending her time comforting caged cats and urging other shelter visitors to take one home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re really special animals,\u201d Healy said of cats. \u201cThey\u2019re clean, cuddly, warm and friendly, as well as low-maintenance, protective and smart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Healy, who is known to her shelter friends as \u201cGrandma,\u201d is the oldest volunteer in the history of OCAS. So far she has logged more than 800 volunteer hours, and she is totally committed to helping get as many of these animals adopted as she can.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVolunteers like Grandma can really draw a cat out of its shell,\u201d said Diane Summers, OCAS Program Manager, who admits that cats tend to appear more scared and timid in their shelter cages than dogs. \u201cTo know that she\u2019s doing this out of the goodness of her heart is amazing, and she\u2019s really effective at getting shelter visitors to notice how adorable and adoptable the animals are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grandma hopes that Motor, who would be 16 now, found another loving family to take care of him. She feels the same way about every cat that winds up at the shelter. \u201cI want every single one of them to find a home,\u201d she said. \u201cThey all deserve it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Orange County welcomes volunteers 16 years and older to OCAS. Healy, who was born in 1930, is the oldest OCAS volunteer at 85. OCAS currently has 388 active volunteers and is always looking for kind-hearted, nurturing individuals who want to help pets find forever homes.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re interested in volunteering at Orange County Animal Services, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocfl.net\/AnimalsPets.aspx\">fill out an application<\/a>. After a short orientation and animal handling training, you can begin your volunteer work by helping potential adopters interact with the cats and dogs, greeting people at the front desk, assisting at offsite adoption events, or helping take photos of the shelter pets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Fleur de Lys Healy, 85, lost her cat Motor five years ago, she was devastated. To try to find him, Healy began visiting the Orange County Animal Services (OCAS) shelter at least once a week, every week. 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