We count on dedicated volunteers like you every day to help Save Them All. Volunteers at the Best Friends - Atlanta Pet Adoption Center have the opportunity to get involved in a wide range of opportunities, and we're specifically looking for volunteers to help with transporting our pets to and from vet appointments around the city. Volunteers will drive their own vehicle or use a Best Friends - Atlanta vehicle, based on the needs and preferences of both the organization and volunteer.
Needs include:
To/from Lifeline Animal Project (College Park) Thursday mornings and afternoons
To/from Peachtree Hills Animal Hospital as needed
To/from Paces Ferry Vet Clinic as needed
From Cobb/Fulton/Dekalb/Gwinnett Counties Animal Controls as needed
To/From adoption events as needed
If you are willing and available to help in this role, please follow the steps below. Experience driving large transport vehicles a plus, or must be able to provide personal vehicle (DMV background check required).
Visit volunteers.bestfriends.org and follow these steps to create your volunteer profile, view a list of volunteer opportunities, and schedule an orientation date:
Visit volunteers.bestfriends.org
Select "Start Volunteering" and be sure to check off the path for Atlanta.
Follow the steps to fully activate your volunteer account.
You will receive an automated email after profile completion with details about volunteer opportunities along with sign up instructions.
Requirements for all Atlanta Programs:
* Active volunteers are asked to commit to a minimum of six hours a month for at least six months * Volunteers must be at least 18 years old
If you have any questions or need more information, please contact volunteerATL@bestfriends.org.
Every day, nearly 2,000 dogs and cats are killed in America's shelters. But every day, there's something all of us can do to help save those animals. Together, we can Save Them All.
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About Best Friends Animal Society:
Best Friends Animal Society is the only national animal welfare organization focused exclusively on ending the killing of dogs and cats in America's shelters. An authority and leader in the no-kill movement since its founding in 1984, Best Friends runs the nation's largest no-kill sanctuary for companion animals, as well as life-saving programs in partnership with rescue groups and shelters across the country. Since its founding, Best Friends has helped reduce the number of animals killed in shelters from 17 million per year to less than 1 million. Best Friends has the knowledge, technical expertise and on-the-ground network to end the killing and Save Them All(tm).
