Volunteer Opportunities Helping Dogs
| Print | April 8, 2009 3:10 PM

Volunteer Opportunities Helping Dogs

Your local animal shelter is a great place to volunteer! Volunteering is a great way to help your community and help animals find happy homes. Many shelters are actively seeking help with their work of caring for pets in need.

Here are some of the things you might do at your local shelter:

Walk dogs
Update the shelter's Web site
Take photos of new dogs for adoption
Write and design newsletters
Greet visitors
Help organize adoption days
Bathe dogs
Transport dogs
Clean cages and fill water bowls
Help with record-keeping and administrative duties

All of these jobs help keep a shelter working, so that more dogs can be helped! Benefits of volunteering at local dog rescue shelters include meeting friendly dogs and people, learning new skills and gaining confidence in yourself.

p style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;">Your local animal shelter is a great place to volunteer! Volunteering is a great way to help your community and help animals find happy homes. Many shelters are actively seeking help with their work of caring for pets in need.

Here are some of the things you might do at your local shelter:

Walk dogs
Update the shelter's Web site
Take photos of new dogs for adoption
Write and design newsletters
Greet visitors
Help organize adoption days
Bathe dogs
Transport dogs
Clean cages and fill water bowls
Help with record-keeping and administrative duties

All of these jobs help keep a shelter working, so that more dogs can be helped! Benefits of volunteering at local dog rescue shelters include meeting friendly dogs and people, learning new skills and gaining confidence in yourself.

Comments (3)

Animal lvr June 16, 2009 9:46 AM

im eleven can 11 volunteer

Annie Mull June 16, 2009 9:47 AM

im an eleven year old can i still volunteer i love animals

Trina Piretti August 13, 2009 6:36 PM

i would like to volunteer some of my spare time as well....i am 32 and i am available m-f 6:00pm till and weekends from 9:00am till. so if there is a need for a volunteer at these times please contact me so we can talk about my knowledge and experience with pets. i am anxiously waiting!

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