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SPCA VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
How to Become a Volunteer
Fill out a Volunteer Application
Fill out a
Junior Volunteer Application
Click Here for
Current Volunteer Training Opportunities
 Adoption Guide:
Help to ensure a long lasting and happy
relationship by helping to guide prospective pet owners to select an
animal companion that suits their life style and housing.
Animal Companion:
Volunteers provide affection, exercise, companionship, play and basic
training for shelter animals. Bathe and groom dogs and cats to keep them
looking their best for adoption. Assist with pet laundry and dishes.
Training classes
are running now.
Barn: Groom, clean, and socialize
SPCA barn animals like horses, goats, pigs, chickens, ducks, rabbits,
and more. Help muck paddocks and stalls and clean caging.
Assist with feeding and watering. Experience with horses is preferred if
you want to work directly with equines.
Training classes are running now.
Benefit Shop:
Volunteers assist with sales, pricing,
sorting and the occasional pick up of donated merchandise. Proceeds from
these shops provide a significant funding source for SPCA operations and
programs. The SPCA Benefit Shop is located in Carmel.
Clerical/Bookkeeping: Assist staff with mailings, typing, data
entry,
light bookkeeping, running errands and other vital office tasks.
Foster Friends Program:
As a Foster
Friends volunteer you are providing an invaluable service for the
animals in your care. Prepare underage, orphaned, or injured dogs, cats,
puppies, and kittens to live in loving and permanent homes with your support and a little TLC. The
Foster Friends experience is rewarding for both animal and foster parent
alike.
Grounds Maintenance: Volunteers may assist with the maintenance of our 218 acres. Gardening,
painting, facility clean-up and special projects are just a few of the
grounds maintenance opportunities available to volunteers. This is a
great opportunity for short-term or court-ordered volunteers.
Hug-A-Pet:
This program provides visitations to care facilities by SPCA volunteers and
their own companion animals. Volunteers must be compassionate and
understanding of the various physical and psychological needs of the
patients. All Hug-A-Pet dogs must be certified as Canine Good Citizens
or Certified Therapy Dogs. Volunteers provide their own transportation
and commit to an established visitation schedule.
Shelter Greeter: Greet customers with friendly smiles and assistance
as they enter the Pet Adoption Center lobby. This is a fun and
social volunteer job for people who like to keep busy and meet people
(and animals)!
Spay /Neuter Clinic:
Assist clinic staff with cleaning surgical instruments and sterilizing
spay/neuter surgical packs. Help with the pet laundry, cleaning cages
and kennels. Assist with filing and other necessary office duties.
Special Events:
The SPCA is not affiliated with any national
humane organization and does not receive any state or federal funding.
This means that we rely on the generosity of donors to fund our
programs. Volunteers help with our annual events, such as the Pet
Telethon, the Wag n' Walk, and the Wild Celebration.
 Wildlife
Rescue and Rehabilitation:
Volunteers help staff rehabilitate injured and orphaned wildlife. Jobs
include preparing meals, laundry, cleaning cages, transportation,
general facility maintenance, record keeping, feeding wildlife and
assisting with their care. During baby bird season (March-September), a
large group of volunteers are needed to assist with the feeding of the
baby birds. In addition, volunteers may help with the release of healthy
animals back into the wild.
Training classes are running now!
More Information:
For more information
please call: (831) 373-2631 or 422-4721 ext. 223 or
Email Us
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