Level 1- Companion Animal Volunteer Positions

All volunteers start at Level I and remain at this level for five weeks. The Level I phase allows volunteers time to become comfortable with our facility and staff while assisting with various administrative, cleaning and maintenance duties.  Level I positions include the following:

Adoption Avenue Cleaning Crew
Adoption Avenue cleaners take part in maintenance and cleaning duties in and around Adoption Avenue. This role is a tremendous help to WHS staff, enabling them to provide more hands-on care for the animals. Level I volunteers help to maintain a clean and healthy environment for the animals and ensure that visitors always experience a clean shelter environment. Volunteers set up classrooms for meetings, maintain our Newsroom, clean Adoption Avenue windows, sweep floors in Dog Town, dust window ledges and frames, and more.

WHS Shelter Crew
Handy, energetic people are needed to give the shelter its shine! Be the star behind the scenes by assisting with cleaning and maintenance duties in our Guest Lodging area. As you can imagine, much goes on to keep our facility up and running! We could not do it without the help of our volunteers. In this position, you will be helping with laundry (washing, drying, and folding), mopping hallways, maintaining our Doggie Day Spa, and preparing enrichment toys for our dogs.

Grounds Crew
Grounds Crew volunteers help the WHS staff keep the outside of our shelter as warm and inviting as the inside. Volunteers on the Grounds Crew help pick up trash, pull weeds, mow the yard and plant and water the flowers. These efforts make the shelter grounds appealing to all who pass by. This position is seasonal - from April through November.

Office Hopper
Our Office Hopper volunteers help WHS staff with a variety of office projects! Volunteer opportunities include filing, word processing, mailings, record keeping, and photocopying. Volunteers may also assemble adoption materials that are given to clients who adopt! This position offers a flexible schedule.

Again, all Level I opportunities are a 5-week minimum duration. With further training and expertise, volunteers may progress to Level II. If you would like to become a Companion Animal Program volunteer, please submit an online volunteer application.