March 2025 Volunteer of the Month

Congratulations to Hannah Esquenazi, CRAN’s March 2025 volunteer of the month!

Hannah has been volunteering with CRAN since 2019. Hannah has been a valued volunteer at the PetSmart Cattery as well as an adoption finalizer.

Rachele R  nominated Hannah and in her nomination said:

“Hannah E is a long-term volunteer at the PetSmart cattery on 29th & Willamette where she’s become known as the Cat Whisperer. Hannah can take the shyest kitty and have them purring and rubbing up against her. She freely offers tips to our other socializers to help them understand the quirks of each of our cats.

Hannah manages to consistently volunteer even though she has a full time job. Besides volunteering in the cattery, she also volunteers as a finalizer. After an adopter is approved for a particular cat, the finalizer meets with them, completes the adoption paperwork & hands over their new family member. Finalizers also take the photos of the smiling adopters & cats.

Hannah has finalized adoptions for over two years and she always has great advice for adopters. Hannah’s warmth and her love for cats is obvious to all who meet her.”

When asked what she liked about volunteering with CRAN and how she got started, Hannah said: 

“I have been volunteering with CRAN since 2019. I was drawn to CRAN because I was looking for a charity to volunteer with that catered to animals, and as a cat owner and lover I loved what CRAN did and does for their hundreds of rescues and the model of having them in foster versus a facility with cages. I 100% believe a majority of the success of CRAN and the cats goes to them being socialized in foster homes.

What I love most about volunteering with CRAN is that I get to meet so many incredible kitties and help find their perfect homes. When I started I wanted to take them all with me, and now I just want them all to go to good homes with families that will love and cherish them.”

Thank you Hannah for all your hard work making CRAN the best rescue it can be!