Not exact matches
Facilitates maintenance
tasks for
shelter facilities to keep it a safe and clean environment for
animals, staff,
volunteers, and visitors.
Volunteers work collaboratively with the adoption program, care center staff and veterinary clinic staff to facilitate adoptions, assists pet owners in locating lost pets, and interact with
shelter animals and clinic support
tasks.
Apart from directly working with the
animals,
shelters are always in need of
volunteers who are willing to take on the messier
tasks.
Volunteers are invaluable to the
animals and the
shelter staff as they give their time walking dogs, washing dishes, doing laundry, cleaning kennels, and other
tasks that help create a happy, healthy environment for the
animals.
We also have fewer
volunteers coming in to walk and socialize with dogs and cats at the South Jersey Regional
Animal Shelter, which means long, quiet days for our homeless pets.I know it's a bit of a sacrifice to take on the
task of housebreaking a dog when it's cold and nasty outside, but many of our dogs are adults that already are trained.
Volunteers preform a wide variety of
tasks from socializing / caring for
shelter animals, cleaning around the
shelter, taking photos and assisting with offsite adoption events.
Please note that this is a
volunteer program — while all
volunteer tasks will be centered around helping the
shelter the
animals in our care, participants should not expect to spend the full session with the
shelter animals.
As an
animal shelter is a very dynamic environment, the planned daily
tasks are always subject to change based on the needs of our staff,
volunteers, and
shelter animals.