Warrior Dog Volunteer Opportunites
- Help Care for Dogs and Puppies: directly care for dogs, and puppy litters at our facility in Savage. Shifts available from 8 AM to 9 PM, seasoned volunteers also can do an overnight shift from 8 PM to 8 AM (or earlier if needed).
- Fundraising Activities: creating them, coming up with unique ways to fundraise online, search for grants, write grants.
- Data Entry: uploading vet records, dog profiles, photos, etc.
- Transporting Dogs: Bringing dogs to vet appointments if their foster is unable. Occasionally a situation will arise when a dog needs a ride to our rescue from Alabama or other southern locations.
- Virtual Home Visits: all of the home visits are now being done virtually visiting the homes of future fosters and adopters to go over safety points.
- Reference Checks: calling references for new fosters, adopters, and volunteers.
- Photography: either taking photos, assisting photographers, or helping with editing photos.
- Transports: help gathering gear, kennels, and food so it’s ready for fosters before transport, Help with dogs from transport- supporting them through getting photos, vet checks, and getting their gear fitted on them, Help after transport to clean up.
- Blankets: each Warrior Dog receives their very own blanket to see them through their foster home and into their adoptive home. Volunteers make fleece blankets, and/or fundraise for fleece.
- Short-term fostering: caring for foster dogs while their fosterer is on a vacation, or if an emergency comes up.
- Advertising/Marketing/Community outreach: promoting the rescue, connecting with groups or organizations that could help with volunteering.
- Boarding Visits/Dog walks: occasionally we may have a dog in rescue who needs to be boarded and would love a friendly visitor. Fosters who may be overscheduled would love help with dog walks.
- Litter help: Having a newborn litter is a lot of work. Volunteers help with feedings, or general support in a foster home.
- Dog Walking: take a pup for a walk to help out a fosterer, or a dog that is in boarding, or our facility in Savage.
- Supply Coordinator Team: helping to maintain all supplies needed for foster homes, medications, and office supplies.
- Web Development: maintaining and updating our website as needed.
- Facility help: Volunteers take shifts to be at our facility, The Dog House, to accept returned items from fosters and to allow fosters to pick up food and meds as needed for their pups.