Volunteer Opportunities
Thanks so much for considering a volunteer position with The Animal Center. The more volunteers we have, the more we can do to help the animals in our community.
Direct Animal Care: We run our feline rescue and adoption program through a volunteer foster network (we don't have a shelter). For this reason, the only hands-on animal care volunteer positions we have are through our foster program
FUNdraising: Help us raise much needed funds for the animals! If you have fundraising experience or would like to join our team and learn how to fundraise, give us a call (203)270-0228.
For Kids: Earn community service hours while you help the animals in our program. Here are a few ways you can make a difference:
- Wish List Drive. A great way for kids to help the animals in our program AND fulfill their community service requirements is by making our Wish List come true! Kids collect Wish List items in teams or individually and donate them to The Animal Center.>>View current Wish List
- "Thank You" Notes. This is a perfect project for anyone who likes to draw. Each year, we send out a lot of thank you cards to the people who do something special to help our animals. If you enjoy drawing, please make 20 thank you notes for us to use. You can draw any animal of your choice on the front and be sure to include the words "thank you." Leave the inside of the card blank for us to fill in, but put your autograph on the back of the card if you wish to let people know which artist created that note.
- Make cat toys! A few ideas include:
- Decorating ping pong balls using non-toxic markers
- Pick up a spice sacks (bouquet garnis) and load them up with organic cat nip!
- Sew your own cat nips toys (use only non-toxic materials)
Website Work: We need volunteers for updating the content on our own website as well as volunteers who can keep a current post our animals for adoption on various online pet adoption boards. Time commitment: 1-2 hours per month.
Donation Canisters: If you own your own business or know a business that would display an Animal Center donation canister, let us know! Every penny counts. When placed in a good location, we may get as much as $1000 in a year just from one canister.
For Handy People: We need the help of carpenters and handy folk to build winter cat shelters and drop traps for us.
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