Animal Care Assistant at Effie Yeaw Nature Center

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This is for people who enjoy working with animals! Animal Care Assistants clean out animal enclosures, prepare food and help with feeding; handle snakes and other animals; assist with animal care record keeping; general cleaning and maintenance. Animal Ambassadors include reptiles, amphibians, raptors, and invertebrates. You must be at least 14 years old to volunteer. Shifts are daily from 8:30am to 12:30pm; Volunteers are assigned one day a week and continue to come in on the same day each week. An initial 90-minute safety training and orientation is provided. We ask for a 6 month commitment pledge.

Volunteers work at the Effie Yeaw Nature Center in Ancil Hoffman in Carmichael. It is a beautiful setting where you often see deer or turkey as you approach the Nature Center from the parking lot.

Volunteers must be able to bend, kneel, squat, lift 25 pounds, and be okay with handling snakes (gopher, king, etc.), as well as hawks and other raptors.

The longer you volunteer with us, the more you'll learn, and the more responsibilities you can take on (if you choose!). You will learn a lot about our local animals and nature. The minimum time commitment is 4-5 shifts (16-20 hours) per month for a minimum of 6 months.

The first step in becoming a volunteer is to share your interest with us. Visit: sacnaturecenter.net/support/volunteer for more information and to submit an application online.

I can generally meet Sunday-Thursday from 9am to 4pm. Thank you for your interest in volunteering with us!
Hope to hear from you soon.
Jacqueline Ramirez, CVA
Manager of Volunteer Programs
JacquelineR@sacnaturecenter.net
(916) 875-3912