Volunteer Positions Available, You Can Help from Home

Running two shelters, an FIV house for our kitties, a full-time thrift store, hundreds of foster homes and 13 adoption centers takes A LOT of hard work! We continue to grow and save more animals with the help of over 500 active volunteers around Georgia. Volunteering for Furkids does not mean you need to commit every weekend to helping. In fact, we don't have ANY requirements on your time. We just want you to give back as much as your schedule and abilities allow. Below are just a few of the volunteer positions we are looking to fill right now:

1. Biography writers (can be done at home): Show off your creative talents by writing a captivating biography for an animal. These bios are critical to helping them find their forever homes on various websites. More than 75% of our applications come from websites. You can write 5 a week or 50 a week. The choice is yours! Apply now!

2. Video editing (can be done from home): At both our cat and dog shelters we have volunteers willing to take cute videos of our animals. We need creative people to put those clips together into videos for our website and YouTube Channel. You can come take the video yourself or have other volunteers send you the content. Have a look at our YouTube page for samples. Apply now!

3. Ambassadors at both our Doraville Cat Shelter and Alpharetta Dog Shelter: This position is great for people who may not be able to do a lot of physical work. Both shelters are wheel chair capable. It requires communication skills and the ability to work with the public to take phone calls, answer our door and/or greet guests. Depending on what you want to do we have clerical work as well. These positions are available everyday of the week, as many hours as you can give, and you can even bring a book or laptop with you if you like. Apply now!

4. Medical Team at our Doraville Cat Shelter (am and pm): If you have a background in a medical field or have experience giving cats fluids and medications we want you! Our shelter houses more than 300 cats, many of which have daily medications. Our medical team comes in twice a day to medicate all of the cats at the shelter. This is a great way to give back and make the cats feel better! You really get to know them very well. Even if you can give one day a week that would be very helpful! We have to fill 14 shifts weekly. Apply now!

5. Laundry Helpers: Are you one of those people that loves laundry? If so, we have a room made just for you! Our Doraville Cat Shelter is in need of laundry helpers Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. You can come in your sweats, bring your iPod and knock out laundry for a few hours in our two washers and two dryers. This is extremely helpful to the shelter staff and volunteers! Apply now!

6. Shelter Greeters for Saturdays: Do you LOVE talking to people? Do you LOVE the idea of finding animals homes? Then we need you! Both of our shelters are looking for volunteers to help give tours to the public during our open business hours Saturdays. We will provide you with the training and knowledge to be able to answer questions. We just need your enthusiasm and help! One Saturday a month would be a wonderful way to give back! Imagine your delight when the person you give a tour to brings an animal home! Apply now!

7. Silent Auction Helpers (can be done at home): Furkids holds multiple auctions every year to raise much needed funds for our programs. If you are a sales person at heart and are interested in calling or visiting businesses to ask for in-kind donations please e-mail lisa@furkids.org now. Our next big event, Paws for Cocktails, is coming up Nov. 6 and we are looking for auction items now!

If you are interested in any of these positions or would like to explore other opportunities please e-mail volunteer@furkids.org or apply to become a volunteer now!