Volunteer
**IMPORTANT: Please be aware that all volunteers must complete a MANDATORY Safety and Animal Handling Class before beginning their volunteer work. Please email Volunteer@petsinc.org a copy of your filled-out volunteer application to coordinate a time to attend. The class requires donation of $20 and can be paid onsite via cash or card.
Unfortunately, no one under 18 years of age may volunteer without adult supervision. Minors between the ages of 10-17 may volunteer under the direct supervision of their parent(s) or guardian(s) after attending the MANDATORY Safety and Handling Class with their parent or guardian. A parent or guardian MUST be present with minors at all times.
Volunteers are what make PETSinc function. We need volunteers from 8 am until 7 pm Monday through Sunday or “Eight Days a Week!”. Our volunteers perform a number of duties that include:
- Groom, walk, and exercise our dogs
- Keep the pet store and adoption center clean
- Perform yard work to keep our grounds beautiful and safe for the dogs
- Socialize and give attention to the dogs and the cats
- Help with clerical work
- Make special events run more smoothly
- Maintain our Adoption Board
- Stock and organize our thrift store
- Building repairs and painting
- and many, many other vital tasks
PTI/AEP/Court Ordered Community Service
PETSinc benefits greatly from the assistance of volunteers who need PTI/AEP/Court Ordered community service hours to complete pretrial intervention, alcohol education or similar programs. Court ordered community service workers may volunteer Monday through Sunday in three shifts: 8 am – 12 pm, 12 pm – 4 pm, or 4 pm – 8 pm. If you would like to earn court ordered community service hours at PETSinc, you must be 18 years of age, take the MANDATORY Safety and Animal Handling Class and pay the $20 class fee. Please email elise@petsinc.org a copy of your filled out community service application along with official documentation of your court order to be eligible for consideration into the program.
