Essential Capabilities for Individual Volunteering at HSSC
Volunteering at HSSC requires certain skills and abilities. Essential capabilities include, but are not limited to:
- Uphold the mission, vision, and values of HSSC.
- Commit to volunteering 50 hours per year.
- Able to work independently.
- Willing to work as part of a team.
- Have a professional appearance and positive attitude.
- Willing to learn and use VolunteerHub, our online volunteer scheduling system.
- Able to take instructions and follow safety protocols.
- Able to work with cleaning chemicals.
- Able to stand, walk, bend, kneel, and crouch unassisted.
Specific Volunteer roles may have additional requirements.
Volunteer Roles
Welcome visitors, guide them through the initial sign-in process, and personally escort potential adopters to the dog or cat areas. You may also assist with answering the phone, filing, handing out food at the pet pantry, and with general office duties.
Help with canine enrichment; do cleaning, laundry, and dishes; help maintain the play yards; clean and organize Big MAC; prep food for Meals on Wheels distribution; and other duties. Requires handling soiled items. Indoor and outdoor opportunities.
Walk, train, spend one-on-one time with, and play with all types of dogs. Learn to work on behavior modification plans with certain dogs. Even take dogs on excursions or staycations. Additional training required to do canine matchmaking or work at offsite events.
Provide human companionship, interactive playtime, and socialization to help each cat cope with shelter stress and the disruption of their daily routines. Additional training required to do feline matchmaking or work at offsite events.
Match potential adopters with the perfect HSSC dog or cat for their lifestyle.
Represent HSSC at fundraising special events and community events (“offsites”) by handling adoptable animals and assisting with event tasks like check-in and auction bid spotting.
Volunteers also help manage the Donation Bank Program, lend their photography and videography skills to promote adoptable animals, distribute food at our weekly Pet Pantry Program, take animals for Staycations or Excursions, and help keep the shelter running smoothly in countless ways.
**Please note that HSSC is not an approved agency for adult, court-ordered community service.**
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