Thank you for your interest in volunteering at Heartland!
Below are the many volunteer opportunities at Heartland Animal Shelter:
We request a volunteer commitment of eight hours a month for most volunteer positions. Volunteer shifts are scheduled in two to four hour shifts from 9am-7pm during the weekdays and 9am-4pm on weekends.
Cat or Kitten Room Attendant: This volunteer helps to tidy up and organize the cat/kitten room while assisting potential adopters with questions regarding available cats for adoption.
Dog Walker/Cleaner: If you want to give our dogs a special treat, come join us as a dog walker! You can skip that health club membership as you will get plenty of exercise! As a dog walker you will also be asked to help clean the dog kennels while at the shelter and show dogs to potential adopters. Before walking dogs, however, we request that you attend Heartland's New Volunteer Orientation, Dog Orientaiton, and Dog Obedience Training classes.
Clean and Feed Team (Dog or Cat): Become a Heartland Hero by helping us to do our daily feeding and cleaning for our pets! You can even give the pooches a bath if you would like in our NEW dog wash station.
Foster Parent: This is one of the most rewarding things you can do. Sometimes pets need fostering due to health, age or temperament. The best part is knowing your caring hand helps to ensure the pet will get adopted sooner. You must first attend a new volunteer orientation class to begin fostering. Click here to see the next volunteer orientation time. Once you have completed the new volunteer orientation, you will attend our foster training class with our volunteer Foster Coordinator. Click here to see the next foster training class.
Adoption Day Volunteer at our Satellite location: If you love animals and like to reach out to educate people about adoption, become an Adoption Day Volunteer! This volunteer represents Heartland and takes the responsibility of taking an animal to an off site location for the purpose of getting the pet adopted. Often times this transport occurs in your vehicle. We currently have adoption days every Saturday at Golf Mill Shopping Center. If you are a new volunteer, please attend new volunteer orientation to become a volunteer first.
Fundraising Volunteer/Event Coordinator: Like to have fun and help the animals? The fundraising committee is for you! If you are interested in joining the fundraising committee, please attend a General Volunteer Orientation for more informaiton. Heartland's fundraising committee puts the FUN in FUNdraising!
Attendants during Open Hours (Dog or Cat): Are you a matchmaker and love working with people? Become a Cat or Dog Attendant and learn to make love connections for all of our wonderful animals waiting for a home! You will assist potential adopters in filling out adoption forms and contracts and qualify applicants for adoption. If you are a new volunteer, please attend new volunteer orientation to become a volunteer first. To become a Cat or Dog Attendant and you're already a volunteer at Heartland, please let a staff member know you're interested.
Heartland Greeter: If you like people and also like to talk on the phone, consider being a Heartland Greeter. This volunteer answers phones at Heartland and directs guests to and through the shelter.
Rush Spay & Neuter Clinic Veterinarian Volunteer: We are currently looking for volunteer vets to help with spays and neuters vets for the Heartland Animals. Surgeries are performed in Heartland's new Rush-Gilbert Spay Neuter Clinic made possible by the kind and generous endowment of Sharon and Jerry Rush.
Newsletter & Appeal Donation Letter Management: We always need help writing appeal letters to help the shelter to raise awareness and much needed funds to support our shelter operations. Contact Volunteer Fundraising Coordinator, Jeff Deutch, at j.deutch@comcast.net if you have experience writing.
Grant Writers: We are always looking for experienced grant writers to help raise funds for special projects and services at Heartland.
Graphic Design & Printing: If want to help the animals and you have talent as a graphic designer and/or contacts for low cost or printing donations please contact Volunteer Fundraising Coordinator, Jeff Deutch, at j.deutch@comcast.net .
Sorry, we do not have any openings for paid positions at this time.
