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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 welcomed into 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 three, 2-hour shifts. Morning shifts ( 8am-10am) and evening shifts ( 5pm-7pm) are available on both weekdays and weekends. If you are interested in joining 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: Sep 15, 2023
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Flexible Schedule
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Virtual Opportunity
The Animal Pad all-breed dog rescue is looking for some more volunteers to join our amazing Foster Team! We are in need of a few dedicated Temp Foster Matchmakers to work with our Foster Matching Team in helping to organize temporary foster homes for our rescue pups as needed. Sometimes our regular foster families go out of town or have emergencies come up, and these volunteers will be coordinating the short-term stay of a TAP foster dog in a new, temporary foster home. Some temp fosters have ended up falling in love and adopting their temp foster dog, so not only do you get to play matchmaker and help a rescue dog sleep well while their main foster is away, you could actually be the reason that a TAP pup finds their perfect forever family! 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: Sep 6, 2023
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Flexible Schedule
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Virtual Opportunity
The Animal Pad all-breed dog rescue is searching for a few more Foster Coordinators to join our incredible Foster team! Because TAP is a foster-based rescue, our network of amazing fosters are truly the lifeline of everything that we do. They are a huge reason that we're able to do the work that we do, so their comfort and satisfaction is a top priority of ours! We have a large, dedicated team of Foster Coordinators who are each assigned to some of our active fosters, keeping in regular contact with them and making sure that both they and their foster pup are adjusting well. Volunteers in this role must be compassionate and people-oriented, willing to handle multiple fosters at a time, comfortable with providing emotional support to their assigned fosters, have clear communication skills and personal experience with dogs, and have the ability to use Slack as well as check it daily. Foster Coordinators are our fosters' primary point of contact, and when being assigned to a TAP foster, will: reach out and introduce themselves to their new foster, make sure their fosters have any supplies they may need while fostering (e.g., food, crate, bed, collar/leash, etc.), and answer any questions or concerns that the foster may have. We always want our fosters to feel heard and well supported, so this is a really crucial role! 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, 2023
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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 couldn't be a part of as many events as we are without our incredible team of Event Volunteers! We typically host, or are involved in about 4-6 events each month within San Diego County, and always need volunteers to attend and help ensure that they run smoothly. There are multiple ways to help, whether it's picking up event supplies at our TAP HQ in La Mesa (we'll show you around HQ beforehand!), transporting those supplies to/from events (always back to HQ), or helping run the event itself - all of these tasks are very helpful and always needed! While certain events will have one-off tasks such as selling raffle and drink tickets or working the bake sale table, generally all events entail TAP volunteers helping to run the merch table, handling our adoptable pups and giving them love, refilling empty water bowls, etc. Volunteers are almost always needed to help with both set-up ~30 minutes before the event starts, as well as teardown ~30 minutes post-event. We also sometimes need help with transport of TAP pups - aka "Dog Dashing" - to/from events and their foster homes! All TAP adoption events are on weekends, with the occasional fundraiser or TAP Tribe meetup taking place on a weekday. I deally, each volunteer could commit to at least one event per month. Event volunteering 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 involved in so we can post on TAP's social media outlets! We'd like to start making TikToks after each event that highlights the fun from that day, so if anyone who's TikTok savvy would ever like to help with that, we would love that! 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, 2023
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Flexible Schedule
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San Diego, CA 92103
The Animal Pad always needs Transporters who are comfortable handling and transporting dogs to and from wherever they need to be within San Diego! The majority of our transport needs center around making sure our foster dogs can get to all of their vetting appointments (primarily at our own HQ/care facility, sometimes outside veterinary offices for surgeries) and adoption events that their foster is unable to bring them to. We are also sometimes in need of supply drops to our fosters as well as pick-ups, although this is much less frequent. Transporting is often overlooked because it doesn't seem quite as "glamorous" as adoption events, but having that quality, one-on-one time with the dogs and getting to build your own personal connection with them is truly second to none! 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, 2023
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