Partners

Help build the first prototype.

We’re inviting corporate and community partners to help us move from concept to a validated, working first build.

Imagine

A veteran never having to abandon their dog.

A family escaping a wildfire together.

A homeless person finding dignity.

A pet staying with the only family they’ve ever known.

That’s why we’re building Norah’s Ark.

An open invitation

Four ways to help.

An open invitation to any corporate or community partner who wants to help bring the prototype to life.

Volunteer Build Support

Engage engineering, carpentry, painting, and facilities volunteers to help construct the first working prototype. Host a volunteer build event focused on assembly, fabrication, painting, and finishing. Help validate that the design can be built using commercially available materials.

Design Review & Innovation

Convene a volunteer design review to refine the concept, identify improvements and opportunities to simplify construction, and gather practical feedback from people with engineering, operations, maintenance, and guest service experience.

Marketing & Storytelling

Partner with the Marketing and Communications teams to help tell the Norah's Ark story. Document the volunteer build through photos and video. Help create messaging that highlights innovation, compassion, and community impact.

Strategic Partnerships

Help strengthen future discussions with a local university engineering capstone program by demonstrating a successful community partnership. Support introductions to potential community partners, sponsors, and grant opportunities.

Desired outcome

A prototype in the world — and momentum behind it.

Partnership success looks like a finished first build, a validated design ready for real-world testing, and open doors for the next phase.

  • Complete the first working Norah's Ark prototype
  • Validate the design for real-world testing
  • Build momentum for local university engineering support
  • Support future patent development, manufacturing, and nonprofit expansion

Let’s talk about what your team can bring.

Introductions, volunteer hours, materials, in-kind support, storytelling capacity — we’d love to hear from you.

Start a conversation