Our Story

Hazel's House Animal Rescue takes in cats, dogs and small animals from all over Oregon. We also have a Community Outreach Program that helps with no cost spay/neuters, pet food assistance, emergency veterinary bills and other resources to help keep pets in their loving homes!

Our Mission

Our mission at Hazel’s House Rescue is to help animals in need, within our community; through shelter, medical care, a loving foster family, spaying/neutering, adoptions, education, and community outreach.

What We’ve Achieved (So Far)!

  • Have helped over 2,000 animals in the community, to date.

  • Hosted a vaccine clinic for dogs.

  • Started a “Community Outreach” Program.

  • Set up and help maintain a “pet food pantry” available to those in need, in the community.

  • Spay/neuter on average 150 owned or feral cats in the area.

  • Expanded from an in-home rescue to a 960 sq. ft. facility to support animals in need, in the community.

  • Received our first small grant as a non-profit organization.

Our Story….

Hazel's House started in October 2017, when a family member asked us to help with a litter of kittens found in a barn. After socializing and adopting them out to our friends, we absolutely fell in love with rescuing. We began fostering and mentoring with Newberg Animal Shelter in the spring of 2018. We learned how to run a foster/outreach program, as well as a shelter/rescue; we also learned all about shelter/rescue medicine. In the spring of 2020, we decided we were finally ready to expand and dedicate our time fully to Hazel's House Animal Rescue. We spent the next 6 months filing for our non-profit, starting our foster program and expanding our supporters. In September of 2020, we became a 501(c)(3) non-profit and have helped over 2,000 animals to date. We continue to grow and expect each year to be better than the next. In September of 2021, Hazel's House Animal Rescue was happy to announce our expansion into rescuing/helping with dogs in addition to cats. Since then, we have rescued cats, dogs, ferrets, rabbits, guinea pigs, reptiles and even a bird! We remain primarily a cat rescue but, if we have the capacity to help, we will!

I (Brittany) run our foster-based rescue while working a full-time job, in the recycling industry for the last 8 years. I have a passion for animals, helping people and our community. Hazel's House Rescue has a 5 team board! We are comprised of myself, an animal control officer, a volunteer, a veterinarian, and a past adopter. We are all passionate about animal welfare! As a team, we believe in our motto (#Whatsonemore) and our mission is to help animals within our community by sheltering, facilitating adoptions, spay/neuter, education and community outreach!