Volunteering

Lately I've been volunteering in a lot of different ways. Volunteering to make scarves, volunteering to help research grad schools, volunteering with animals... Well, the last one I haven't started just yet, but I finally got into an Anti-Cruelty Society volunteer orientation session. Here's some info on the Anti-Cruelty Society:

"The Anti-Cruelty Society has provided shelter and medical care for thousands of animals since 1899. Volunteers make our success possible by helping in our shelter and veterinary clinic and with special events. If you love animals, you'll be volunteering at the right place."

Here are some of the volunteer opportunities I'm looking forward to:

Cat Adopts: Assist cats with their adoption and placement into loving homes. Help handle and interact with cats, answer visitors questions, help with adoption applications, and provide cats with as much love as possible while they are residing at ACS.

Clean & Preen: By helping to bathe, groom and play with the animals, volunteers can keep the dogs and cats healthy, happy, clean and smelling nice.

Dog Adopts: Provide care to our canine companions. Walk, handle and play with the dogs, answer questions from visitors, assist with adoption applications and help place the dogs into good homes in the community.

Patient Care: Actively participate in the rehabilitation of sick and injured animals by providing special attention, comfort and care to help them recover from illness or injury.

Pet Finder: Promote the adoption of ACS dogs and cats via the petfinder.com web site by taking photos of animals and writing bios for animals available for adoption.

Physical Exam (PE): Working in the clinic, volunteers assist veterinarians as they conduct physical exams of animals, prior to their approval for adoption.