Volunteer

You will find a number of opportunities that allow you to participate in a meaningful way with the flexibility to participate as your schedule allows:

• Fostering – Provide a temporary home for a rescued animal until a permanent one can be found. If you're interested in fostering, please check out the page about the Foster Program.
• Conducting home visits – Ensure a potential adopter's home provides a quality environment for our animals
• Transportation – Drive animals from our shelters partners, to and from adoption events and medical visits and help meet transports when they arrive.
• Events – Provide support for adoption events and/or special fundraising events throughout the year. To check out some of our upcoming events, go to our Events Page.
• Fundraising - help us raise needed funds to keep going!

You can become an HT volunteer by completing our Volunteer Questionnaire below. After you fill it out, our volunteer coordinator will follow up with you.

First Name

Last Name

Address

City

State

DCMDVA

Zip

Phone

Alternate Phone

Email

Are you under 18 years old?

Under 18

Over 18

Do you have a car?

Yes

No

Are you interested in working with/to help

Dogs

Cats

Do you have previous experience handling animals? (not required to volunteer)

Yes

No

Do you have previous volunteer experience with an animal rescue/shelter? (not required to volunteer)

Yes

No

Please rank your level of interest in each HT volunteer activity on a scale of 0 to 5.

Home Visits- Visit a prospective adopter's home to ensure it is a safe place for an HT animal to live (a step needed for every adoption). These take place during the week and/or weekends and volunteers generally visit homes near their own.

0 - not interested1 - a little interested2 - somewhat interested3 - interested4 - very interested5 - extremely interested

Team Fundraising/Event Planning - Work within a team of volunteers to raise funds for special needs animals. This can include yard sales, restaurant nights, online efforts, office fun and more. It is lots of fun, very rewarding and not very time-consuming

0 - not interested1 - a little interested2 - somewhat interested3 - interested4 - very interested5 - extremely interested

Adoption Events - Interact with potential adopters at events where they can meet adoptable animals and learn more about HT's adoption process. The events almost always take place on weekends.

0 - not interested1 - a little interested2 - somewhat interested3 - interested4 - very interested5 - extremely interested

If interested in adoption events, can you...

handle dogs/cats at events

transport animals from boarding facilities/foster homes to events

post announcements about events on listserves/Craigs List

Transports (long distance) - Drive to/from a pick up point to retrieve animals coming from shelters. The drive may be as long as 2.5/3 hours one way and usually takes place on the weekends.

0 - not interested1 - a little interested2 - somewhat interested3 - interested4 - very interested5 - extremely interested

Transports (short distance) - Drive animals or meds/supplies to/from foster homes, to the vet, to boarding facilities, etc. This usually takes place around the DC metro area and may be needed during the week and/or weekend.

0 - not interested1 - a little interested2 - somewhat interested3 - interested4 - very interested5 - extremely interested

Publicity/Marketing/Outreach - Can you man an HT booth at a community event? Can you help us increase our marketing and publicity? This entails talking about HT, passing out info, taking donations, creating marketing campaigns in our area and sometimes se

0 - not interested1 - a little interested2 - somewhat interested3 - interested4 - very interested5 - extremely interested

Other - If there are special skills you have that you feel HT might benefit from, please share them! We may have office needs and/or other things that you can help with!

Any Other Comments?