Volunteer

What types of volunteer opportunities are available? Browse options below:

Volunteer Team​ ​– The volunteer team works to onboard new volunteers, engage existing volunteers, and recruit for ongoing volunteer needs within the PawsCo team. They run new volunteer orientation, match new volunteers with volunteer opportunities, and plan quarterly volunteer meet-ups.

PawsCo Youth​ – Who better to engage in animal welfare than the next generation?! The PawsCo Youth team works with our young, enthusiastic animal rescuers, providing both volunteer opportunities and suggestions for ways to make an impact in their own communities.

Partnerships​ ​Team​ – They focus on building relationships with local businesses and fundraising for PawsCo. When it comes to partnerships, this team reaches out to new businesses as internal needs arise and engages with current partners to ensure a positive experience. We have ongoing relationships with veterinary clinics, groomers, boarding facilities, restaurants, pet stores, and more.

Wags & Whiskers Team​ – This team pulls off PawsCo’s biggest fundraiser of the year! They pull together one magical evening every October, that includes cocktails, dinner, a live auction, and a silent auction.

Technology Team​ – The technology team works with all of the teams at PawsCo. From adding new animals to the website to tracking our animals, volunteers, and donations utilizing Salesforce, they collaborate with everyone and are constantly striving to improve processes and learn new technologies.

Marketing​ ​Team​ – The marketing team helps our organization shine! They create all marketing materials and social media posts used in promoting PawsCo’s events, fundraisers, and drives, and are always looking for unique ways to highlight our adoptable animals. Anytime PawsCo has news to share, they’re also on top of it.

Photography Team​ – This team helps our animals shine! They are responsible for taking pictures of the animals at intake, and capturing the various events that PawsCo hosts.

Bio Team​ – The bio team writes and edits fun, creative bios for each adoptable animal in the first-person perspective so the animals each have their own personality. Ideal volunteers for the Bio Team are creative, detail-oriented, and responsive to email.

Events Team​ – The events team is responsible for ensuring all of our alumni appreciation and outreach events go off without a hitch! They set up our booths, work the crowds, and help get the word out about our mission at PawsCo.

Transportation Team​ – Once an animal is “tagged” by a PawsCo foster family, they’ll need to hitch a ride! The transportation team is made up of volunteers that have their own vehicles and can help with transports on a regular or as-needed basis. The team has volunteer opportunities ranging from transporting animals from our partner shelters to taking foster animals to vet appointments, delivering supplies to foster homes, or picking up donations from local partners.

Foster Team​ – From the moment our foster animals find their temporary home, our foster team is ready to support! The foster team supports foster families by providing behavioral advice and logistical coordination for current PawsCo foster animals. The foster team ensures that foster families are able to provide adequate care for their foster animals by managing responsibilities such as onboarding new fosters, timely communication, connecting fosters with trainers and providing training help, keeping animal bios up to date, and providing short term foster care when needed.

Vet Team​ – PawsCo animals have all their vetting needs taken care of while part of the PawsCo family. The vet team has assigned “point people” who follow an animal from start to finish. This requires checking emails frequently and communicating with the fosters regarding the medical needs of their foster animal. They also acquire all medical records from the foster families and veterinary partners, updating and uploading to Salesforce. The vet team is at headquarters every other Saturday, during intake, doing basic vetting for our animals.

Intake Team​ – All supplies for our foster families are kept at our headquarters. The intake team keeps track of our inventory and ensures our supply shelves are fully stocked. They also keep our headquarters organized and clean! They are the reason every leash, collar, name tag, can of food, poop bag, and puppy sweater has a home. The intake team also puts together supply requests for fosters for pickup during intakes.

Training Team​ – Our foster families are also supported by trainers who volunteer their time to ensure our animals are set up for success. Training is a crucial part in helping our foster animals with behavior challenges they may have, improving behavior that may keep an animal from being adopted, and keeping animals with families who may otherwise think giving up an animal is the only way to fix a problem. The training team includes the training director, associate director, and several professional trainers who generously donate their time to PawsCo.

Adoptions Team​ – After spending some time in their foster homes, our animals are made available for adoption! YAY! The adoption team facilitates the adoption process from initial email/application to any follow up needs post adoption. The team communicates with potential applicants, reviews applications, does phone interviews, calls references, organizes/runs meet and greets, and finalizes the adoption process with an adopter. They are the “matchmakers” – they get to help make that love connection between adopter and animal companion!