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131 people are interested
Cat Caretaking - Help Our Adoptable Cats at Norwalk Petco (650 Main Ave/Walmart Complex
ORGANIZATION: TAILS (The Alliance In Limiting Strays)
Please visit the new page to apply.
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131 people are interested
Love cats? Always wanted to help those kitties looking for their forever homes in a positive, friendly way? This is your opportunity! :)
We ask everyone to please fill out the following volunteer application so we know how to contact you, what you're interested in and you are properly registered: https://tailsct.z2systems.com/projectList.jsp
To sign up for a cat care taking volunteer orientation (mandatory) - please go to our website at www.tailsct.org, click on Calendar and sign up for the next orientation at the Main Ave Petco store in Norwalk.
Each morning and evening we need to go visit our furry charges and clean their litter, feed them, play with them and give them some general loving! Ideally our volunteers also go during the day whenever they can to socialize as well - but the locked-in times we need are feeding/cleaning/playing in the morning and early evening timeframe. Whether you can commit to one shift a week or once every other week (or once/month?) - that would be great! It's easy and you really are making a difference!
Cat caretaking must be done during the store's hours (basically 9am-9pm, M-S, 9-6pm on Sun) and around what is considered "normal" feeding times. An orientation and filling out our volunteer application are mandatory. Please click on the link in this listing to fill out the volunteer application and we will email you back regarding orientations scheduled. All supplies are provided. For our calendar of orientations and to sign up - https://tailsct.z2systems.com/np/clients/tailsct/publicaccess/eventCalendarBig.jsp
PLEASE PRE-FILL OUT OUR VOLUNTEER FORM HERE: https//tailsct.z2systems.com/projectlist.jsp
We welcome responsible children as volunteers if accompanied by an adult and teens, based on successful completion of a probation period (and parental signature), can volunteer solo/pairs. We also have kitties at the Westport Petco (near Home Goods/Michael's and across from Shake Shack) and the Petco located at 431 Westport Ave, Norwalk.
Please note: TAILS is a no-kill organization - meaning that we only euthanize due to medical necessity. All of our kitties are destined for homes. :)
Thank you!
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About TAILS (The Alliance In Limiting Strays)
Location:
P.O. Box 2277, Westport, CT 06880, US
Mission Statement
The mission of T.A.I.L.S. is to serve the community as a charitable organization that promotes spay/neutering of animals and provides financial support to humane organizations and individuals in pursuit of this goal. We are dedicated to vigorously promoting and educating the community about the importance of spay/neuter to reduce, and eventually elimnate, the killing of unwanted dogs, cats, and other animals.
Description
TAILS is an all-volunteer, stand-alone, spay/neuter organization based in Fairfield County. Put simply, TAILS funds and promotes spaying and neutering to save dogs and cats from being born into a world where there already aren't enough homes.
Formed in 2001, TAILS has grown each year thanks to the many volunteers who have come out and made our events successful. A tax exempt, 501(c)3 we welcome anyone who cares about our furry friends to come out and help us make a difference!
In November 2014, we took over the cat adoption space at the Petco-Norwalk location at 650 Main Ave (next to WalMart and Staples) and in 2017 we moved into the Westport Petco adoption space as well. Our primary focus is still spaying and neutering... .However, we are not a shelter so rely on our Petco adoption space and foster homes to help save cats we come across during our work on the streets. We desperately need help with fostering cats/kittens and help with our daily cat caretaking at both Petco stores we are in.
For a snapshot of our work (and how busy we are), in 2022 we spay/neutered approximately 650 dogs and cats and adopted 222 cats into loving homes.
We cannot do it without the help of our community. We are all volunteers ourselves - trying to help make our neighborhoods better for our furry friends. Can you help?
Thank you.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
650 Main Ave (Petco)Norwalk, CT 06851
DATE POSTED
August 28, 2023
SKILLS
- Animal Care / Handling
- Veterinary
- Animal Therapy
- Community Outreach
GOOD FOR
- Kids
- Teens
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Orientation or Training
- 1-2 hours either weekly/biweekly/monthly
- love of cats; responsible