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
Miscellaneous Volunteering
Miscellaneous Volunteering
Miscellaneous Volunteering
No Set Location
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 roughly one-hour training orientation session prior to volunteering. After attending the session, approved volunteer applicants will be sent a monthly link to sign up for volunteering shifts.
If interested, please fill out the volunteer application HERE. Someone will contact you shortly to get you on the schedule for a training session. You must speak to A.O.’s Volunteer team prior to training. Please do not show up for a training session unannounced as they will not occur unless we know to expect someone.
Training Sessions: Volunteer training occurs on the second Wednesday and fourth Friday of every month, with occasional Saturday trainings as needed. Please contact the Volunteering team at volunteers@animaloutreach.net if you wish to get on the list for a training session.
Volunteering Available at A.O.’s PetSmart Adoption Locations
PetSmart Folsom - 2705 E Bidwell St, Folsom, CA 95630
PetSmart Citrus Heights - 6434 Sunrise Blvd, Citrus Heights, CA 95610
Adoption Specialist
These volunteers are on-call to come in to one of A.O.’s two PetSmart adoption locations when the Adoption Coordinator gets an adoption appointment request from a member of the public. The Adoption Coordinator will send out a call to all the Adoption Specialists and whoever can make it will assist with the meet-and-greet and hopeful adoption of an A.O. cat from the Adoption Center at PetSmart.
A.O. Adoption Specialists are also needed on a weekly basis during A.O.’s weekend Adoption Events at both PetSmart locations. Folsom PetSmart needs adoption event volunteers Saturdays from 11am to 3pm and Sundays from 12pm to 3pm. Citrus Heights PetSmart needs adoption event volunteers Saturdays and Sundays from 11am to 3pm.
Cage Cleaners
These volunteers get on a regular morning and/or afternoon schedule to clean cages and refill food and water for A.O.’s cats at PetSmart.
Training for PetSmart Volunteers
PetSmart Volunteers are trained individually by the location’s Adoption Coordinator, either Jackie Silva (Folsom location) 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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