If you’re a veterinarian or veterinary assistant and would like to spend more of your time helping animals in need, you can volunteer for the Animal Humane Society. The Animal Humane Society is always seeking caring and compassionate volunteers that can assist the Veterinary Services staff with medications, vaccinations and in the surgery areas.
Whether you’re a vet assistant or have years of volunteering experience, the Animal Humane Society can use your help. The organization also needs exam volunteers to assist the Animal Humane Society’s exam staff in recording health data on adoptable animals. Exam volunteers can help with the physical examination process by offering restraint and diversion. Requirements for exam volunteers include basic computer operations, data entry skills and a willingness to work in close association with a variety of animals.
The only prerequisite for these animal jobs is adoption support volunteering. This means that interested volunteers must first volunteer to help find good matches between people and animals that need to be adopted. This program allows volunteers to work with dogs, cats or small mammals on the adoption floor.
Volunteering your time and skills for the Animal Humane Society can be rewarding in many ways. Students enrolled in veterinary assistant school can volunteer to help the Animal Humane Society in order to satisfy their mandatory volunteer requirements. Volunteers must commit to a minimum of one year of volunteering at least twice per month. Shifts are typically two to four hours, depending on the assignment. Volunteers must be a minimum of 16 years of age. Students enrolled in veterinary assistant schools who are interested in volunteering can contact the Animal Humane Society for more information.