All About Volunteering
Thank you for helping the animals!
Excluding Special Events and Fostering, we ask for a minimum of 24 hours over a three month commitment to volunteer with All About Animals.
Minors are welcome to volunteer with a guardian present to assist them.
Wearing a volunteer t-shirt is required. T-shirts are $20.
If you would like to volunteer regarding any of the opportunities below, please fill out the forms here and email Catherine Garrett at cgarrett@allaboutanimalsrescue.org with your interests, requested clinic location and available time commitments. Thank you!
Fostering Saves Lives (Everywhere)
Maybe it’s not the right time to add a permanent family member to your house. You can still save an animal by fostering! Take care of pets while we look for their forever home. All of our pets stay in foster homes where they can be looked after individually and receive all the love and care they deserve. Pets will be vaccinated, de-wormed, fixed and put on heartworm and flea prevention. Sometimes the need is for a short time and sometimes it can take months.
We also need people who are willing to take pets in on an emergency basis and hold on to them while we look for longer term foster.
Cleaning (Warren, Flint and Auburn Hills)
General and deep cleaning is always needed. Sweeping, scrubbing and mopping floors, scrubbing walls, cleaning tables, chairs and windows. Cleaning soiled cat traps, litter boxes, kennels and dishes. Vacuuming and steam cleaning carpets. These are just a few of the daily cleaning duties we are looking for help with.
Grounds Poop and Litter Patrol (Warren, Flint and Auburn Hills)
There’s a lot of trash and doggie presents that accumulate quickly. We supply the trash bags, gloves, pooper-scooper and our many thanks! Grounds Patrol volunteers are welcome during any of our open hours.
Trap-Neuter-Return Training Classes and Shelter Building Workshop (Warren)
The second Sunday of every month:
10:30 am – 3:00 pm. Volunteers will help set up/break down the room, sign in participants, distribute handbooks and handouts, assign TNR cards, prepare and handout traps/forks to participants.
10:30 am – 4:30 pm Shelter Building Workshops. Help set up/break down the room, check participants in, help them build feral cat houses, put away supplies, vacuum clinic. If you can use scissors and tape, you can help! Know what a hot knife is or able to cut 6 inch PVC pipe? We can use your expertise too!
Special One-Day Event Assistant (At offsite events – Traveling wellness/shot clinics)
Skills Needed – Be able to follow direction, interact well with people
Job Description – Assist with event, assist public.
Fundraising Marketing Committee Member (Everywhere)
Skills Needed – Be able to follow direction, interact/communicate well with people, strategic planning and implementation
Job Description – Assist with research and contacting individuals and companies, write/send donation requests and thank you letters and perform assigned tasks.
Event Photographer
Skills needed – Photography experience, professional camera and ability to email pictures
Job Description – Take pictures as requested at events and at prearranged times at the Warren clinic. Photos must be available by the next evening.
Kennel Attendant (Warren and Flint)
Skills needed – Bending, kneeling, lifting and standing on a step stool are required.
Job Description – Clean any potential pet accidents, clean kennels, sweep, mop, help with laundry, potentially help walk dogs and feed pets. Generally early morning and early evenings.
Laundry Attendant (Warren and Flint)
Skills needed – ability to operate a washing machine and dryer (instructions will be provided for the particular brand of laundry machine). Bending and carrying are required.
Job Description – Shake out laundry to ensure that all debris is removed. Load laundry washing machines to full, ensure that items are of approximate equal weight (for example, thick heavy blankets should be washed by themselves or with another thick heavy blanket). Add appropriate amount of detergent, bleach and start machine. When the cycle finishes , move to the dryer and start cycle. NOTE: surgery drapes (blue/blue green) MUST be washed separately from towels, blankets and other items. Once items are dry, fold towels by rolling them, smaller items and blankets can be folded in squares. Surgery drapes should be folded as instructed (rectangle for pack wraps and fan fold for drapes with a hole).
Surgery Pack Technician (Warren and Flint)
Skills needed – able to wash instruments (similar to washing dishes at home) and able to follow directions.
Volunteer from home (Everywhere)
Want to volunteer from home? Let us know!
- Spread the word! Print literature at home and post them in your area. Please be patient with the links, it may take a few seconds to load. Printable flyers: Pick One Kitten, Pick One Dog.
- Do you sew? Make feral cat trap covers
- Want to help animals in your area? Help us get the word out that affordable pet preventive care is available! Talk to your friends, neighbors, post on your Facebook page etc.
- Certified Pet Behaviorist; Assist with problem solving and training with foster pets or with the Pet Support Line callers.
- Graphic designer with their own software? Flyers, mailings, web banners and more needed!
- Are you computer tech savvy? Familiar with Jotform?
Wellness Veterinary Technician (Warren, Flint, Detroit and Auburn Hills)
Skills Needed – Veterinary Technician experience. Be able to follow direction, work quickly and interact well with the public.
Help the veterinarian and veterinary technician during our wellness hours at Warren: Tuesday 10am to 6pm, Wednesday 11am to 7pm, Thursday 11 am to 7pm, Friday 10 am to 6pm and Saturday 10am to 6 pm. In Auburn Hills: Thursday 3pm to 7pm, Friday 10am to 6pm, Saturday 10am to 3pm.
Prepare vaccines, fill out paperwork, weigh patients, assist Veterinarian with procedures. Help hold animals for exams and vaccinations. Get heartworm and flea prevention ready to be sent home with the patient. Training consists of shadowing a technician until you are signed off by the veterinarian on your shift. This may take multiple sessions before ‘graduating’.
Wellness Veterinarian (Warren, Flint, Detroit and Auburn Hills)
Skills Needed – Veterinary license in the State of Michigan, ability to work quickly and interact with the public.
Job Description – Perform physical exams, vaccinate, counsel and educate owners.
Surgery Veterinary Technician (Warren, Flint)
Skills Needed – Veterinary Technician and surgical monitoring experience. Be able to follow direction, prepare animals for surgery, monitor patients while in recovery. Must have experience with anesthesia.
Veterinarian Surgeon (Warren, Flint)
Skills Needed – Veterinary license in the State of Michigan, ability to handle spay/neuter complications, extensive surgery experience.
Job Description – Perform physical exams and spay/neuter surgeries on dogs and cats. Patients can be as young as 8 weeks/2 pounds and may be in heat. Prep work is done by veterinary assistants.
