WHAT VOLUNTEERS ANIMAL RESCUE GROUPS NEED TO HELP MORE ANIMALS
Description of Volunteer Opportunities
Pet Handlers help to watch over and care for cats and dogs on adoption days, Adoption Counselors they Help to show cats and dogs to potential families, Answers questions about the individual animals, Handles interview of prospective adoptive family, Makes final decision of appropriate placement for pet. Adoption Site Managers oversee adoption site set-up, Make sure all volunteers are in place, Keep animals safe and comfortable, Maricopa County Animal Care and Control Adoption Counselors at Maricopa County Animal Care and Control Adoption Counselors aid in finding the perfect new home for homeless pets **Phone volunteers answer common questions that rescue groups get, Pet behavior phone volunteers answer questions about common pet behavior problems and guide people to resources. **Lost & Found Line volunteers take incoming reports, **(480) 898-PETS Help Line volunteers answer caller’s pet related questions from the resource book they are given. Phone volunteers at **Phone Volunteer Assistants may assist in scheduling volunteers for events, answering routine calls, inviting new volunteers to orientation and many other phone projects. **Intake Volunteers counsels pet’s families, takes information from people who are in the midst of abandoning their pets and attempts to lead them to resources that will help them to safely place their pet. **Dog/Cat Social Workers take on a variety of “pet cases” and specialize in knowing what pet resources to guide people to in order to solve different types of pet problems. **After-Care Specialists make sure the pets have been spayed/neutered, vaccinated, microchipped/identified and see that all is going well in a new, adoptive home. Maricopa County Animal Care and Control answer phones on-site and assist the public, Clerical Volunteers at the Shelter can assist in typing in the Rabies tag information so that it remains current and can help around the office by making up adoption packets. Public Speakers give presentations or informative classes to organizations/schools. They help increase awareness and educate the public about responsible pet ownership. School visitors visit classes and attend school functions. Booth and Fair volunteers attend events and hand out information and educate the public about the importance of spay/neutering and responsible pet ownership. Special Events Coordinators help to plan events that assist in fundraising & education. Public Relations volunteers seek out opportunities to promote pet-related information in the media and helps organize promotional events. Fundraising Event Coordinators to create. plan and run and/or assist at events. **Quarantine Foster Family hosts pet for at least two weeks to make sure it is disease free. Must have personal pets current on vaccinations and a place to isolate the foster pet from other pets or no pets of their own. ***Foster Family for Homeless Pets will Feed, Bathe and Groom pet as needed. Work with animal’s behavior to ready them for adoption. Care for animal after their spay/neuter operation. **Emergency Foster Family hosts pet that is believed to be in danger in its current situation. The stay is short-term, just long enough to find a longer term foster family to open up. Provides a short-term home for pets who would be turned away because no long-term Foster Families are immediately available. **Stray Safe House provides a stray that is believed to be someone’s pet a safe place to stay while the family is called/located. **Behavior Modification Foster Family specializes in working with pets with problem behaviors that can be fixed in order to ready the pet for adoption. **Sick Pet Foster Family specializes in caring for animals that are sick and require medicine or treatments. Rescue Runner assists with selection and pick up of rescued animals from the Maricopa County Animal Care and Control Shelter and the Humane Society. Pet Taxi/Animal Transport transports animals to/from adoption site from foster family and takes animals to their veterinarian visits. Donation Transport helps as needed with pick-up of donated items. **Web Master/Mistress creates and updates web sites for rescue group. **Technology Expert keeps rescues up to date on what new technology is available to help us to help more pets in less time. Offers ideas on how to use computer technology more effectively. **Marketing volunteers help us to get pet related information and adoption day events out to the public and issues press releases. **Graphic Designer assists in creating printed material and web site graphics. **Newsletter creator writes text that teaches the public about responsible pet ownership. Office Work Organizer helps mailings, paperwork, typing, etc.