Volunteers are the backbone of the Shelter, and are needed throughout the year for a variety of daily activities, programs, and events, including the following:
Cat Socializing
Visiting with, grooming and playing with adoptable cats to ensure their socialization and to help new arrivals overcome relinquishment anxiety or depression. This helps keep kitties active, used to being handled, and aware that they are loved.
Grounds and Building Maintenance
Helping with on-site building maintenance and grounds keeping projects (planting, weeding, cleanup, painting, construction and repairs as needed).
Public Events, Publicity, and Fundraising
Donating time or special skills to assist with special-events fundraising, publicity, our newsletter or updating our website, and/or public outreach and educational activities at numerous community events both on- and off-site, such as cat shows, public adoption events, including helping with set-up and tear-down of booths and equipment and cat transport. We especially need help with website maintenance of our page at www.adoptapet.com
Daily Shelter Housekeeping Tasks
Help maintain cats’ health and welfare by laundering and folding blankets, towels, and linens used to provide comfortable bedding for the cats, or keeping kennels and litter boxes clean and sanitized.
Greeting Visitors
Represent the Shelter by helping visitors tour the facility, find a new kitty, or assist with relinquishing a cat. Also inform visitors of our available volunteer opportunities.
How To Volunteer
Volunteers are welcome during business hours, Tuesday-Sunday from 10:am-4:00pm. Please call the Shelter at (619) 561-0361 EXT 1 if you can help, If you are volunteering for school credit please CALL before arriving or coming in to volunteer so we can place you on the schedule and fill in your paperwork. Note: Volunteers must be 16 in order to volunteer alone.