Join the Team!
Animal Outreach of the Mother Lode needs volunteers for a wide range of different jobs, which means you can find the thing that suits you best.
Main Shelter & Clinic
Miscellaneous Volunteering
Main Shelter & Clinic
6101 Enterprise Drive, Diamond Springs, California 95619
United States
PetSmart Locations
Miscellaneous Volunteering
Main Shelter & Clinic
PetSmart Folsom - 2705 E Bidwell St, Folsom, CA 95630
PetSmart Citrus Heights - 6434 Sunrise Blvd, Citrus Heights, CA 95610
Placerville Petco
Miscellaneous Volunteering
Miscellaneous Volunteering
Petco Placerville - 3910 Missouri Flat Rd Placerville, CA 95667
Miscellaneous Volunteering
Miscellaneous Volunteering
Miscellaneous Volunteering
No Set Location
Volunteering Available at Our NEW adoption center!
Placerville Petco 3910 Missouri Flat Rd. Placerville, CA 95667
Exciting News — Animal Outreach Needs You!
We’re thrilled to announce that Animal Outreach of the Mother Lode has been selected as the adoption partner at the brand-new Petco store on Missouri Flat Road in Placerville! This is a fantastic opportunity to connect more animals with loving homes — and we need your help to make it a success.
Volunteer Opportunities:
We’re looking for dedicated, animal-loving volunteers to support us in this new partnership:
Weekday Shifts
[Each Care shift is about 1 hour]
Morning Care: Help feed, clean, and comfort our cats in the adoption center
Late Afternoon Care: Refresh food/water, clean litter boxes, and provide love and playtime before the store closes
Weekend Adoption Events:
Help introduce potential adopters to our cats and answer basic questionsRepresent Animal Outreach with kindness, care, and compassion
No prior experience needed — just a big heart and reliability. Training will be provided!
Location:
Petco – 3910 Missouri Flat Rd, Placerville, CA
Ready to Lend a Paw?
Email volunteers@animaloutreach.net or call us at (530) 642-2287 to sign up or learn more.
Let’s work together to give every cat the loving home they deserve!
Volunteering Available at Our Main Shelter & Clinic
6101 Enterprise Drive, Diamond Springs, CA 95619, United States
Shelter Cleaner
These are A.O.’s main in-shelter volunteers that have mostly cleaning duties.
Duties may include: Laundry; sweeping and mopping; disinfecting cages, bedding, and toys; dishes; organizing shelter materials.
Shifts available every day at A.O.’s main shelter in Diamond Springs.
Office Work
These volunteers assist our front desk and office staff with their basic tasks.
Duties may include: Printing documents; putting together adoption packets; inputting animal info/bios into our system; adding emails to listserv from adoption packets and foster forms; other duties as requested by front staff.
Shifts available Monday through Friday at A.O.’s main shelter in Diamond Springs.
Training for Main Shelter Volunteers
Volunteers must attend one, one-hour orientation session prior to volunteering. After attending the session, approved volunteer applicants will be scheduled for their volunteering shifts on the shelter calendar. At a new volunteer's first few shifts, they will be paired with an experienced volunteer who will train them on volunteer tasks.
If interested, please fill out the volunteer application HERE. Someone will contact you shortly to get you on the schedule for the orientation
Volunteering Available at Animal Outreach Adoption Locations
PetSmart Folsom - 2705 E Bidwell St, Folsom, CA 95630
PetSmart Citrus Heights - 6434 Sunrise Blvd, Citrus Heights, CA 95610
Petco Placervile - 3910 Missouri Flat Rd Placerville, CA 95667
Adoption Specialist
Adoption Specialists are on-call volunteers who help when the Adoption Coordinator receives an adoption appointment request from the public. When an appointment is scheduled, the coordinator notifies all Adoption Specialists, and those available assist with the meet-and-greet and (hopefully!) the adoption of an Animal Outreach cat from one of our adoption centers.
Adoption Specialists are also needed for our weekly weekend adoption events at all three locations:
- Folsom PetSmart: Saturdays 11 AM–3 PM, Sundays 12 PM–3 PM
- Citrus Heights PetSmart: Saturdays & Sundays 11 AM–3 PM
- Placerville Petco: Saturdays & Sundays 11 AM–3 PM
Cage Cleaners
These volunteers get on a regular morning and/or afternoon schedule to clean cages, refill food/water, and socialize adoptable kittens and cats. for any of the Adoption Centers.
Training for Adoption Center Volunteers
PetSmart and Petco Volunteers are trained individually by the location’s Adoption Coordinator, either Jackie Silva (Folsom location), Garry Saperstein (Placerville Petco), or Michelle Lee (Citrus Heights location). The appropriate party will contact prospective volunteers after receiving the Volunteer Application indicating a volunteer’s desired location.
If interested, please fill out the volunteer application HERE. Someone will contact you shortly to get you on the schedule for a training session.
Miscellaneous Volunteering
No Set Location
Fundraising and Events
Duties may include: Attending Fundraising Committee meetings as an active participant; set-up and take-down for fundraising events; event-related duties.
Committee meetings occur monthly; Event work available on an as-needed basis
Committee meetings occur online via Teams; Events occur all over El Dorado County.
Transportation
Duties may include: Driving A.O. animals and/or paperwork to and from A.O.’s locations in Diamond Springs (main shelter) and A.O. subsidiary locations off East Bidwell St. (PetSmart Folsom) and Sunrise Boulevard (PetSmart Citrus Heights); transporting animals and/or supplies to events; pickup of ferals within El Dorado County and transfer to A.O.’s Diamond Springs main shelter.
Available on an as-needed basis any day of the week.
*Note: A.O. must have a copy of your driving license on record.
**Liability insurance may cover volunteers in the normal course of transportation duties for A.O.
Just looking to socialize cats?
We welcome up to two people in the shelter at a time to come socialize cats. You must be at least 13 years old and those 13 to 15 years old must have a supervising adult with them at all times.
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