Get Involved
The Anti-Cruelty Society has provided shelter and medical care for hundreds of thousands of animals since 1899. Volunteers make our success possible by helping throughout our shelter, veterinary clinic, from home and beyond! If you love animals and are interested in lending a helping hand—you've come to the right place!
On-Site Volunteering
Adult Volunteer Program
Explore how adults 18 years of age or older can train to work with visitors, dogs, and cats who come through our facility. Visit our How to Become a Volunteer page for more information.
Teen Volunteer Program
The Anti-Cruelty Society offers service-learning opportunities for teens who are looking to complete community service hours for school. The program includes activities that individual students or classrooms can perform to help us fulfill our mission of helping pets and educating people. Additional information can be found here.
Enrichment Construction Crew
This weekly gathering of volunteers creates toys and other supplies needed for the inplementation of our cat and dog enrichment programs. The group meets at 169 W. Grand in our Training Center to craft dog puzzles, cat teasers and other items using recycled materials. If you're interested in attending one of our upcoming Sunday afternoon meetings, please send an email to volunteers@anticruelty.org.
Off-Site Volunteering
Foster Volunteering
Act as an additional lifeline for underage, undersocialized or sick animals by becoming a Foster Volunteer. For additional information on foster volunteer requirements and an application click here.
Special Events
If you're interested in representing The Anti-Cruelty Society in off-site events - consider training to be a Special Events volunteer. In this role people from the community act as ambassadors of our organization by attending mixers, outreach parties and other social meet-ups on our behalf. To sign up for an upcoming Special Events training session contact volunteers@anticruelty.org.
Pet Visitation
Volunteer with your dog to visit a community organization in one of our three specialized programs. Candidates must be able to provide their own transportation and have a dog in their care with a Canine Good Citizen Certification. To learn more about Pet Visitation opportunities click here.
Do-It-Yourself Donations
Enrich the lives of shelter pets by creating fun and functional crafts from home. From no-sew to crochet, we have a variety of techniques and projects that you create and then donate to needy shelter animals. For a list of projects click here.
