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Flexible Schedule
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La Mesa, CA 91941
The Animal Pad all-breed dog rescue is currently looking for more amazing humans to join our most coveted and most popular volunteer role in the rescue - the TAP Care Team!! TAP Care Team members work onsite at our medical clearing facility in La Mesa, CA (91941) and are responsible for feeding, cleaning kennels, administering meds, laundry, and hanging out with the fur babies while they await medical clearance before being matched and going to a foster home. This role is our most active and hands-on volunteer opportunity at TAP, and requires the willingness/ability to handle a variety of different dog personalities as well as dogs of all shapes/sizes/breeds (strong pullers, energetic breeds, shy and decompressing dogs, etc.). Care Team volunteers must be able to lift 30 lbs. and feel comfortable handling dogs that pull on leash. Morning and evening shifts are available daily, 365 days of the year! The TAP Care Team is looking for volunteers who can commit to a minimum of one, 2-hour shift per month (ideally 1 shift/week). Morning shifts ( 8am to 10am) and Evening shifts ( 5pm to 7pm) are available on both weekdays and weekends. If you are interested in being considered for the TAP Care Team, please let us know the shifts for which you might potentially be available. The Animal Pad has become infamous for taking on medical cases that other organizations won't/don't, and as a result you may encounter dogs with specific medical needs during Care Team shifts or while onsite at our facility. Some of these medical cases include: Contagious conditions (which we all wear PPE for, provided by TAP) TVT, aka transmissible venereal tumors (only transmissible via direct cellular contact w/another dog, which looks like visible tumors and occasionally atypical presentations including fluid draining from facial areas) Mobility issues (including dogs who have pending surgeries) Dogs with visible conditions in the process of healing (skin conditions, underweight or sometimes emaciated dogs, etc. This disclaimer is not meant to scare you away, however, we want to be transparent about the sometimes heartbreaking situations dogs come to us in so that you feel better prepared to work directly with dogs in all manners of condition. Our facility is the first place that many dogs ever receive medical care, regular meals, medications, and TLC from dedicated volunteers, and it takes a village (and time) to rehabilitate dogs and prepare them for foster and adoptive homes. If you feel this may hinder your ability to work directly with dogs at our facility, THAT IS OKAY! We have many volunteer opportunities at TAP and want to be sure you find the right fit for your comfort level! ***This volunteer role is strictly 18+.*** If this is something you would be interested in, please fill out a Volunteer Application on our website: https://theanimalpad.org/volunteer/volunteer-application/
Date Posted: Jul 21, 2022
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Flexible Schedule
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Virtual Opportunity
DO YOU WANT TO BE TAP'S VERY FIRST PUPPY CUDDLING MANAGER?! The Animal Pad all-breed dog rescue is looking for two very special volunteers to become TAP's very first Puppy Cuddling Managers!! We've recently launched an amazing new fundraising program where people can host a private puppy cuddling party at their personal events, corporate events, birthday parties, etc. if they make a monetary donation to TAP. The Puppy Cuddling Managers would be responsible for answering the email requests we get for these private puppy parties, coordinating volunteers to transport the puppies as well as work the event, manage our GigSalad account, and spread the word about our puppy cuddling services! While our 2 Events Directors have done an incredible job of starting up and building out this new department, they are extremely busy already with all of our regular TAP event happenings, and unfortunately don't have the bandwidth to continue in this new but very exciting role. So if you LOVE puppies (who doesn't?), and you LOVE saving lives (who wouldn't?), and you want to help make a big difference for all of us at TAP (dogs and humans alike), we want you on our team!! This volunteer role can be fully remote, and is hands down the cutest and most cuddly role we have to offer! If this is something you would be interested in, please fill out an a Volunteer Application on our website: https://theanimalpad.org/volunteer/volunteer-application/
Date Posted: Jul 22, 2022
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Flexible Schedule
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Virtual Opportunity
The Animal Pad all-breed dog rescue is looking to fill the volunteer role of Dog Meds Coordinator, a position that will act as a liaison between our Vetting and Adoptions teams. It's not terribly time consuming, but does require a daily commitment, as well as keen attention to detail for the 'Medical Hold' dogs. This position's purpose is to keep our Adoptions Directors aware of the status of our medically needy dogs. The role of the person in this position is to be aware of the status of the dogs that are 'On Hold’ on the vetting spreadsheet. This involves understanding their medical needs, knowing when they are scheduled for vet visits, reading their medical records, and keeping the Adoption Directors up to date on their status. Each dog’s Vetting Coordinator is the go-to person for information and questions on that specific dog. Once a dog is taken off 'Med Hold' and made available for adoption, you'll no longer need to monitor that dog. Below is what this volunteer role entails: Monitor vetting spreadsheet for 'On Hold’ status Monitor email and PE for records and additional information Monitor vetting Slack channels as well as Med Dog slack channel for information from VCs or Vetting Director Communicate with Adoption Directors Shelby and Helen via Med Dog Slack channel Develop a system for keeping notes on individual dogs so all parties can be updated (This can be a separate spreadsheet or a note pinned on Slack, or whatever you develop that works for everyone.) **We are specifically looking for someone who would be able to monitor vetting info on a daily basis.** If this is something you would be interested in, please fill out an a Volunteer Application on our website: https://theanimalpad.org/volunteer/volunteer-application/
Date Posted: Jul 21, 2022
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Flexible Schedule
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Virtual Opportunity
The Animal Pad all-breed dog rescue is searching for a Traffic Coordinator to join our Creative Team! This volunteer role is all about organization and attention to detail, as it entails the Traffic Coordinator staying on top of the Creative Team and ensuring that they stay on track to meet deadlines. We are looking for someone who is: organized, skilled with managing deadlines, good with communication across multiple departments, possessing basic knowledge of Canva, and familiar with Google Drive, Trello and Sked (or something similar). If this is something you are interested in helping with, please fill out a volunteer application on our website: https://theanimalpad.org/volunteer/volunteer-application/
Date Posted: May 25, 2022
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Flexible Schedule
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La Mesa, CA 91941
Fundraising and adoption events are absolutely crucial to us at The Animal Pad all-breed dog rescue for a number of reasons - namely spreading the word about who we are and what we do, raising much needed funds, and of course helping our adoptable dogs meet their forever families! We are looking for volunteers to join our amazing Events team as Event Coordinators - which currently is literally just our 2 incredible Events Directors who dedicate their lives to making event magic happen on the regular! For this role, we are looking for volunteers who would be able to swing by our TAP HQ in La Mesa, pick up our event supplies and transport them to events, help to run the actual event itself, and transport supplies back to HQ after. It's important that these volunteers become familiar with HQ so they know where all the event supplies are stored, which of course we'll give everyone the full tour! As this is an in-person role, you must be able to attend events in/around the San Diego metro area. We are looking for volunteers who can commit to helping out at a minimum of 2 events per month. In most cases, volunteering for a TAP event is quite literally just hanging out and selling merch, talking TAP and teaching people about what we do, and cuddling/handling dogs! It is one of the best ways to directly make a difference for these deserving dogs and support our rescue efforts, all while kickin' it with some good people and some even better dogs! As a side note - we would absolutely love it if these volunteers took pictures and videos during events they're running to post on TAP's social media outlets! We'd like to start making TikToks after each event that highlights the event fun, so anyone who's TikTok savvy would be perfect for that! If this is something you would be interested in, please fill out an a Volunteer Application on our website: https://theanimalpad.org/volunteer/volunteer-application/
Date Posted: Jul 22, 2022
