Volunteer Opportunities
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If you are
interested in volunteering for any of the organizations listed
below and want to learn more about them, visit the
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Bearen Foundation
(541) 242-3827
We need volunteers
for our "Pet Lover's Party in the Park." There are many
opportunities, from collecting raffle prizes before the event, to
running a game booth during the event. Please contact us for more
info. Some of the jobs require some lifting, but there is enough
to do that this is not a requirement since there are so many
opportunities to volunteer available.
And there are other events throughout the year, so please call!
Greenhill Humane Society
(541) 689-1503 x
114
Volunteers are
the foundation of the shelter and Greenhill offers two ways for
community members to become involved: On Site Volunteering and the
Foster Care Program. To learn more about volunteer opportunities at
Greenhill, call the number above or click on the link below.
http://www.green-hill.org/volunteer_opportunities.html
Lane
http://www.co.lane.or.us/Animals/volunteers.htm
Pro-Bone-O
(541) 607-8089
Food and Non-Vet Materials
- Like to contact people and offer them an
opportunity to help a fantastic organization? Coordination? Packaging?
Inventory? This group is still in the planning, brainstorming stage. You
would work on gathering, packaging and distributing food at clinics,
setting up and collecting donations from area stores
Presentations
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Do you enjoy organizing events? Public
speaking? Schmoozing? Creating first-class presentations? Then this is
the opportunity for you! We are looking for people to help contact
agencies, give presentations about who we are and quite frankly, to just
get the word out about our wonderful organization. You would be working
with board members, members of the community and the development of our
presentation.
Grant Writing, Fundraising
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Do you love writing grants? Research? Help
planning fund-raising events? This could be the spot for you!
Last, But Certainly Not Least
- there is always
volunteering at the twice-monthly clinics, which is so important. Do you
have a few hours to spend on a Sunday to keep our clinics running
smoothly and be part of what this organization is all about? Try it! You
might just like it.
SARA (Shelter Animal Resource
Thrift Shop Clerk:
* 3-4 hour shift
per week sorting, pricing and selling donated household
items at S.A.R.A.'s Treasures
Requirements:
* enjoy working with people and cats
* physically able to stand for periods of time and to lift 20
pounds
Second Chance Shuttle Driver:
* transport
rescued dogs from shelter, boarding kennel & foster homes in Eugene to
Oregon Humane Society shelter in Portland
Requirements:
* access to a
truck, van or SUV
* available one Tuesday per month 9 am-4 pm to drive to Portland
& back
* physically able to handle large, energetic dogs
Dog
Foster Parents:
* short term
foster 2 days to 2 weeks until dog can be transferred to a
humane society or rescue group
Requirements:
* comfortable with a wide range of dog breeds and behaviors
* willing to allow the dog to live inside your home with you
* securely fenced back yard
* have the time and patience to socialize and train an abandoned
dog
* family members (2 legged & 4 legged) can accommodate the foster
dog
Cat Foster Parents:
* short to medium
term foster: 1-2 weeks (adult cats and older kittens) to 2 months
(mother & kittens)
Requirements:
* comfortable with a wide range of cat breeds and behaviors
* spare
bedroom or bathroom
* family members (2 legged & 4 legged) can accommodate foster
cat(s)
Garage Sale volunteers:
* help set up and
break down garage-type sale in SARA's Treasures parking lot
Requirements:
* available 1 Sunday every month or two, 3-4 hour shift
* ability to bend and lift boxes 20+ pounds
www.sarastreasures.org
Save the Pets
(541)
683-7387
Off-site adoption events:
Save the Pets holds weekly adoption events and are always looking for
reliable people to help staff them. No technical training is
needed and no set amount of hours of volunteering is required, however a
volunteer application would need to be filled out prior to
volunteering. Contact: Lori Smith, Save the Pets, President at
savethepetseugene@gmail.com.
Foster program:
The current foster program is always looking for new foster homes. We
could use volunteers to perform home-checks and maintain contact with
the foster families and any needs or concerns they might have.
Fosters are generally brought to Save the Pets off-site adoption days
and in some cases we need volunteers to help with the transporting of
the animals as well. Contact: Cherie Cahill (cats) at
cheriscrescuestuff@gmail.com or Sondra Arrache (dogs) at
stpfoster@live.com
Fundraising and special events:
Save the Pets plans to initiate a capital campaign to open an animal
adoption center. We are looking for motivated people to solicit
for donations, seek out potential sponsors for events and to creatively
come up with new innovative ideas for fundraising events. Please
contact: Cherie Cahill, Secretary/Event Planner at
cherisrescuestuff@gmail.com
or Lori Smith, Save the Pets, President at
savethepetseugene@gmail.com.
Other volunteer
opportunities include Public Relations and helping the community with
unwanted animals. Save the Pets gets several calls daily asking for help
with either re-homing their animals or help in keeping them. We
would like to offer more services to the community, therefore need
additional help in keeping up on calls and emails in this area.