Cat Care Shelter Cleaning (mornings only):

• Shelter cleaning between 8 a.m. and ends before noon daily
• Scooping litter boxes, freshening up linens in the cat rooms, sweeping / vacuuming, mopping, providing fresh water, dishes, laundry, etc.
• Socialize and spend quality time with the cats after shelter cleaning

Surgery Intakes and Discharge Support (evenings only 4:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. approximately):

• Detail oriented people to help with Intake and Discharge tasks which include –
  
  • Intakes: Monday and/or Wednseday evenings: Weigh & fleacomb house cats, put in surgery cage, paperwork (including rabies certificates, etc.). Must be 18 yrs of age to weigh cats.
  • Discharge: Tuesday and/or Thursdays evenings: Make & answer phone calls, paperwork, discharge cats to owners, clean surgery room,, etc.

Foster Care:

• Become a foster parent by providing a home to a kitten or cat from our shelter
  
  • Especially needed during Spring time which is kitten season
  • Needed for younger cats to help them socialize to be ready for adoption
• Provide bottle feeding for kittens in your home
• Attend adoption events with your kittens / cats

*Volunteer Schedule Coordinator:

• Review & contact new volunteer applicants
• Coordinate a schedule for new and existing volunteers to ensure daily cleaning coverage
• Arrange with lead volunteers initial training for new volunteers

*Grant Support:

• Complete/assist in fulfilling the necessary requirements to formally seek funding
• Write proposals to apply for grants allocated by government departments, companies, foundations, & trusts
• Research online potential grant opportunities

Administrative Support:

• Assist in inventory management, organizing and maintaining supplies
• Perform general administrative tasks: filing, logging phone calls, record keeping tasks, etc.
• Support with computer skills, photocopying, scanning, organizing for fundraising, events, etc.

Fundraising Support:

• *Organize and / or attend events
• Collect donations for fundraisers
• Bake or create crafts for fundraising events
• *Generate new fundraising ideas

*Marketing & Communication:

• Communicate fundraisers, shelter events, adoption days, etc.
• Keep supporters up to date on events through newsletters and emails
• Generate press releases and flyers for distribution
• Distribute newsletter and flyers and discover new outlets for each
• Connect to new media outlets for shelter events
• Maintain an online presence via social media, website, etc.
• Support creative side of promotional literature, advertising, artwork, developing materials for our shelter
• Take photos to be used for promotion – shelter cats, volunteers in action, and fundraising events.

Adoption Support:

• Facilitate the adoption of cats by working closely with the shelter manager & veterinary team.
  
  • Must have a love for and understanding of cats and empathy for those that are sick or injured and abandoned.
• Assist in processing incoming adoption applications
• *Conduct / arrange pre-adoption screening
• Assist at adoption days at the shelter (usually weekends)
• Take photos of cats to be used in promoting adoption
• Create and print adoption flyers (printing can be done at the shelter)
• *General adoption support: checking vet references, contacting families after adoption, follow-up phone calls or emails, etc.

Veterinary Services:

• Help treat the injured and ill cats in our shelter
• Daily tasks include feeding animals, helping to clean kennels, and monitoring animals’ general well-being
• Assist with check-in and check-out for Spay/Neuter clinic (Monday or Wednesday evenings)