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Animal Companion: Volunteers provide affection, exercise, companionship, play and basic training for shelter animals. Bathe and groom dogs and cats to keep them looking their best for adoption. Assist with pet laundry and dishes.

Benefit Shop: Volunteers assist with sales, pricing, sorting and the occasional pick up of donated merchandise. Proceeds from these shops provide a significant funding source for SPCA operations and programs. The SPCA Benefit Shop is located in Carmel.

Clerical/Bookkeeping: Assist staff with mailings, typing, data entry, light bookkeeping, running errands and other vital office tasks.

Spay /Neuter Clinic: Assist clinic staff with cleaning surgical instruments and sterilizing spay/neuter surgical packs. Help with the pet laundry, cleaning cages and kennels. Assist with filing and other necessary office duties.

Shelter Greeter: Greet customers with friendly smiles and assistance as they enter the Pet Adoption Center lobby.

Adoption Guide: Help to ensure a long lasting and happy relationship by helping to guide prospective pet owners to select an animal companion that suits their life style and housing.

Foster Friends Program: As a Foster Friends volunteer you are providing an invaluable service for the animals in your care. Prepare underage, orphaned, or injured dogs, cats, puppies, and kittens to live in loving and permanent homes with your support and a little TLC. The Foster Friends experience is rewarding for both animal and foster parent alike.

Special Events: The SPCA is not affiliated with any national humane organization and does not receive any state or federal funding. This means that we rely on the generosity of donors to fund our programs. Volunteers help with our annual events, such as the Pet Telethon, the Wag n' Walk, and the Wild Celebration.

Grounds Maintenance: Volunteers may assist with the maintenance of our 218 acres. Gardening, painting, facility clean-up and special projects are just a few of the grounds maintenance opportunities available to volunteers.

Hug-A-Pet: This program provides visitations to care facilities by SPCA volunteers and their own companion animals. Volunteers must be compassionate and understanding of the various physical and psychological needs of the patients. All Hug-A-Pet dogs must be certified as Canine Good Citizens or Certified Therapy Dogs. Volunteers provide their own transportation and commit to an established visitation schedule.

Junior Volunteers: Junior volunteers become more knowledgeable about animals and their needs. This is the basis for an awareness of the need of all living creatures for care and love, and the developing of attitudes of kindness and thoughtfulness in human relationships.  Click here to print out a Junior Volunteer Application.

Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation: Volunteers help staff rehabilitate injured and orphaned wildlife. Jobs include preparing meals, laundry, cleaning cages, transportation, general facility maintenance, record keeping, feeding wildlife and assisting with their care. During baby bird season (March-September), a large group of volunteers are needed to assist with the feeding of the baby birds. In addition, volunteers may help with the release of healthy animals back into the wild.

:: How to Become a Volunteer ::
Click here to print out a Volunteer Application
Click Here for Current Volunteer Training Opportunities

For more information please call: (831)373-2631 or 422-4721 ext. 223 or Email Us