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AAHS Volunteer Program Quick
Reference
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Volunteer
Position
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Description
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Prerequisites
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Disease Prevention
Specialist Location: Adoption
Center
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Help maintain a
clean and healthy enviornment for the animals in our care at our
adoption center
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AAHS
Orientation
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Dog
Walker
Location: Adoption Center
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Help give the dogs
at the Adoption Outreach Center some much needed exercise and play
time.
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AAHS Orientation,
Dog Behavior
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Clinic
Assistant
Location: Spay/Neuter Center
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Help maintain a
clean and healthy enviornment for the animals in our care at our
spay and neuter center and help staff with preparations for
surgery
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AAHS Orientation,
Spay/Neuter Training Video
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Pet
Promotions
Location: Adoption Center
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Create high
quality, engaging pictures and written descriptions of
adoptable animals at the Adoption Outreach Center, to be posted on
the AAHS website
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AAHS Orientation,
Cat and/or Dog Behavior, Pictures from the Heart and Emotional
Writing Webinar
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Grooming
Specialist
Locations:
Adoption Center and Intake Shelter
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Help increase
adoptions by presenting clean, happy animals to their potential new
families by bathing, brushing and trimming nails as
necessary
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AAHS Orientation,
Cat Behavior and/or Dog Behavior, Cat Grooming and/or Dog
Grooming
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Second Chance
Volunteer Location: Intake
Shelter
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Assist shelter
staff attend to basic care and improving the general living
experience of all cats at AAHS by giving cats time and attention to
prepare them for adoption
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AAHS Orientation,
Cat Behavior, Cat Grooming, Cat Socialization
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Match Maker
Location: Adoption
Center
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Assist adoption
staff by introducing potential adopters with the shelter animals,
answer questions about adoption and other shelter procedures,
assist the public looking for lost pets, and answer general
questions about animal behavior and care
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AAHS Orientation,
Cat and Dog Behavior, Cat and Dog Grooming, Adoptions
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Foster
Caregiver
Location: Your Home
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Foster Care is a
vital program at AAHS.
Foster families provide a warm and loving environment for animals
waiting for space at our adoption center or animals that need some
special care before they can be placed in the adoption
program.
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Foster Care
Orientation
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Additional AAHS Volunteer
Opportunities
If you are looking for
a position that requires less commitment and training, these are
the positions for you.
The following positions do not directly involve working with
animals but are essential positions that are needed to achieve our
mission.
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Volunteer
Position
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Description
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Requirements
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AAHS
Advocates
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Help share our
mission and services with the public, increase the public’s
awareness of animal welfare issues, and educate them on how they
can help by attending local events, running informational booths,
and educating at schools and throughout the community.
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AAHS Orientation,
All About AAHS
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Clerical Assistant
Locations: Intake Shelter and Spay/Neuter
Center
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Assist staff with
administrative duties such as computer entry, answering phones,
filing, making copies, etc.
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AAHS
Orientation
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Recycling
Program Assistant
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Basic duties
include: recruiting businesses and individuals to participate in
the recycling program, collecting print cartridges from friends,
family, your workplace, and your apartment building or
neighborhood; collecting items from participating businesses,
package ink cartridges for shipping and ship box to recycling
company or taking the cans to the recycling center.
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Your own truck or
van would be needed to transport the aluminum cans.
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Adoption
Follow-Up Caller
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Help us stay in
contact with our adopters and ensure a happy transition with their
new pet. Phone calls
may be made in your own time and your home. Simply fill out the response form
during your phone consult. Volunteers will need to report to
the Adoption Center to retreive adopter's information.
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Adoption Follow-Up
Calls your own phone, and Internet Access
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Animal
Transporter
Locations: Intake
Shelter, Adoption Center, and Spay/Neuter Center
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This position
involves transporting animals to and from their spay/neuter
appointments.
Volunteers will sign up for one day a week.
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Reliable
Transportation and a Safe Driving Record
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AAHS
Street Team
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Help collect money
from donation jars, refill brochures, distribute flyers, post event
posters, and basically help spread our mission throughout the
community. Volunteers
will be responsible for at least one location of their
choosing.
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AAHS
Orientation
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Special
Events Volunteer
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The primary
function of this position is to raise money for AAHS. You will assist staff with
special event fundraisers such as Bingo, yard sales, Pictures with
Santa, etc.
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AAHS
Orientation
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Grounds Keeping/
Maintenance
Locations: Intake
Shelter and Spay/Neuter Center
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Help keep
the grounds looking their best. This includes pruning bushes,
weeding, planting flowers, pooper scooping, collecting trash, or
using any other skills to help improve the overall appearance of the shelter
and spay/neuter center.
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Your own gardening
tools will be needed.
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Repair/ Improvement
Specialist
Locations: Intake
Shelter and Spay/Neuter Center
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Work independently
on small jobs inside and outside the shelter and the spay/neuter
center.
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Experience in
plumbing, electric, painting, carpentry, etc.
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Graphic
Designer
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Design and
facilitate production of newsletters, posters, flyers, pamphlets,
invitations, t-shirts, and other promotional materials.
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Internet Access
and Graphic Design Software
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