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Volunteer Application
Adult
Volunteer Program: The first
step to become a Happy Tails volunteer is to review our
New Volunteer Packet (see below). The next step is to RSVP to attend a new
volunteer orientation meeting to
learn about Happy Tails, its policies and procedures,
and how it operates. Plan to bring your completed application
with you
to this training session. During Orientation, you will
find out more about our organization, and we will review
your application to
determine how you can best assist us.
Click here for information on how to RSVP for an Orientation session.
Junior Volunteer Program: We
also offer opportunities to help the animals if you want to
volunteer and you are between ages 12 to 17. You can organize
community donation drives for
pet food, toys, towels and
other needed supplies. You can also volunteer to work with
our adoptable animals at the Center or another adoption site
and possibly earn community service credit to meet your school's
requirements (please note these shifts fill up very quickly
and therefore we cannot guarantee their availability). To get
started, review the Junior Program application (see below) and you and your parent or guardian must RSVP to attend a New Volunteer Orientation session. After you attend a session and submit a Junior Program Application, you will be contacted by our Junior Program Coordinator within two to three weeks.
Instructions for Downloading Application
Adults Program (ages 18 and up): Happy Tails holds New Volunteer Orientation sessions for our Adult Program at our Adoption Center located at 721 56th Street (in the Elvas Center at the corner of 56th and H Streets (Map), in east Sacramento on the third Wednesday of every month at 6:30 PM. It will give you an overview of Happy Tails and our goals. Orientation is also offered on the first Sunday of every month at 1:00 p.m. at our Adopt-A-Pet Center.
Orientation lasts about three hours, depending on attendance. Please sign up in advance by calling our Volunteer Recruitment Coordinator at (916) 532-4468. Leave your name, a day and evening phone number and the date you wish to attend Orientation. You can also send an email message to the Coordinator.
Additional training in other more specialized volunteer areas is also available after you complete orientation. This additional training will cover other areas you may be interested in as a Happy Tails Volunteer. Topics such as adoptions, trapping, fostering, Voice Mail, feral programs are covered at meetings of committees and are scheduled by the Coordinators in charge on an as needed basis.
Juniors Program (ages 12 through 17): Happy Tails holds a separate New Junior Volunteer Orientation session at our Adoption Center located at 721 56th Street (in the Elvas Center at the corner of 56th and H Streets (Map), in east Sacramento on the second Sunday of every month at 2:00 PM. It will give you an overview of Happy Tails, our goals, and information specific to our Junior Program.
Junior Orientation lasts about two hours, depending on attendance. Please sign up in advance by calling our Junior Program Coordinator at (916) 708-8235 or email happytailsjuniors@gmail.com.
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This page last updated September 5, 2008.
