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Adults to mentor teen Youth Task Force

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ORGANIZATION: St Hubert's Animal Welfare Center

  • 76 people are interested
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St. Hubert’s is getting ready to launch the next session of our Youth Task Force https://www.sthuberts.org/youth-task-force. The task force is composed of teenagers (15 -17 years old) who volunteer in teams to provide direct animal care in the after-school and weekend hours. The teens will be trained in safe cat and dog handling as well as social media promotion of pets, and fundraising for specific shelter needs.

We are currently looking for adult volunteers who would be interested in working with the youth during their weekly shifts. You would serve as a mentor to the youth volunteers, guiding them into safely interacting with shelter dogs and cats. This would also entail taking the dogs out of the kennels and bringing them to the dog runs where the students will interact and socialize with them. Basic understanding of dog body language and experience and comfort handling large (50 lbs.+), high energy dogs required. Basic knowledge of cat body language is also required. This is a great opportunity if you enjoy working with teenagers and want to support their advocacy for animals.

We ask that adult volunteers commit two shifts per month (Spring session: February-June, Fall session: September-January).
Available shifts:
Weekdays, 4:00 - 6:00 pm
Saturday 11:00-1:00, Sunday 12:00-2:00 & 3:00-5:00
If you are interested in this volunteer opportunity, please contact Humane Educator, Karen Potocek kpotocek@sthuberts.org .

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About St Hubert's Animal Welfare Center

Location:

575 WOODLAND AVENUE, MADISON, NJ 07940, US

Mission Statement

St. Hubert’s Animal Welfare Center is dedicated to the humane treatment of animals. The organization believes in and provides services that support the human-animal bond and seeks to foster an environment in which people respect all living creatures.

Description

St. Hubert's Animal Welfare Center & Shelter has three shelter locations: Madison, North Branch, and Mt. Olive NJ.

CAUSE AREAS

Animals
Children & Youth
Animals, Children & Youth

WHEN

We'll work with your schedule.

WHERE

575 Woodland AveMadison, NJ 07940

(40.76345,-74.44279)
 

SKILLS

  • Animal Care / Handling
  • Youth Services

GOOD FOR

N/A

REQUIREMENTS

  • Must be at least 18
  • Orientation or Training
  • 2 hours per week
  • has experience and comfort handling dogs of all sizes, especially 50 lbs.+

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