We are thrilled you want to volunteer with us! Our volunteers are the backbone of our rescue, and we could not do what we do without like-minded (and like-hearted) individuals. If you want to help reduce suffering, while providing a service that can directly help to save a life, we can certainly offer you an opportunity to do so. Take a few minutes to read about just some of our many volunteer needs and, when you’re ready, please fill out our Volunteer Application!
Explore the many ways you can get involved and make a difference! Choose from just some of our volunteer opportunities, listed below, and become part of a deeply caring community that helps animals in need.
Transport volunteers are a huge part of our rescue work! Picking up dogs, cats, kittens and puppies from a shelter is often a critical part of saving these furry little lives! Nearly as frequently, we also need help bringing rescue pets to their medical appointments. And sometimes giving a pup a ride to an Adoption Event is the reason they find their forever family.
And then there are vet visits! These trips are numerous and vital.
It may not seem like much, but every single time a person helps to get the word out about a homeless pet in need, there’s now that much more likelihood that they will survive.
There are plenty of instances where we hear of an urgent need to pull a (healthy and friendly) animal by the end of the day, so as to avoid euthanasia. We do our best every time, and we also find ourselves asking all of our fosters if they might have room. Since it can be last minute, the answer can also be no.
So helping us to line up another potential foster (who would still need to apply and be approved) or even an adopter, if suitable in that situation, can mean the difference between that pet living a full and cared-for life — or very much the opposite.
Sharing our requests for help on social media, texting your contacts, emailing some friends, asking your neighbors … all of that goes a long way towards helping us save more.
The animals we meet are pretty amazing. They are big and beautiful and small and vulnerable and excited and terrified and affectionate and just needing more – more time or patience or security or LOVE.
Some of the stories we’d like you to tell are about an animal’s background, how they got to where they are. Others are rather dramatic before & after adoption stories – it’s a powerful shift, an animal moving out of a stressful high-kill shelter into a loving home.
Great photography can make all the difference between someone feeling a connection with an animal or not. That’s huge because someone wanting to know more is where all of our matches begin. And videos that showcase an animal’s personality drive many adoptions.
Most stories, photos and videos will be shared on social media. Some will live on our blog. And yet others will help us to get the funds we need to keep doing this work. If you’re interested in volunteering for any of these roles, we hope to hear from you soon!
