How To Volunteer At Children's Hospital With Animals In Portland Oregon

Volunteer Opportunities for Kids

We are pleased to offer a diverseness of volunteer opportunities for kids nether the historic period of 16. Youth may volunteer with a parent, guardian, or canonical family member who volition be their adult volunteer partner. Youth volunteer opportunities include:

Dog Socialization

The shelter environment may be stressful for an animal. To help overcome this stress, we depend on volunteers to assistance give the animals extra attention needed to feel happy! We accept five play yards for dog do. Our goal is for each dog to leave of its kennel and into a play yard a minimum of three times a day. Volunteers play a vital part in accomplishing this goal. Volunteers are encouraged to have dogs into yards to play, work on commands, exist brushed, and just loved on! The homo interaction that dogs get through this volunteer socialization helps prevent aggressive behavior, as well depression in the animals.

Cat Socialization

Cats have specific needs that must be met in order for them to be successful in a shelter environment. Nosotros have a cat room filled with toys, treats, brushes, and windows to help meet these needs. Our goal is to become every cat out of its kennel at least three times a day. Volunteers are encouraged to let cats out to play, be brushed, given treats, and cuddled! Sometimes all y'all need to do to make a cat's day is ringlet upward in our rocking chair with information technology, and give it some love!

Community Outreach

We believe that the humane treatment of animals applies on the community level. Nosotros try to become the animals in the shelter out into the community, and educate the community on what we practise! Outreach Volunteers aid with taking animals into nursing homes, Petco, PetSmart, and other outreach events. On average, outreach volunteers assist with events once or twice a calendar month.

Fundraising and Events

We receive no public funding and rely heavily on donations and fundraising efforts to keep our shelter running. Volunteers make these fundraising events a success! Having youth volunteers at fundraisers and other events helps the community see what a difference immature people can make in the lives of animals. At events youth volunteers can perform a variety of tasks including handling animals, helping with event activities, and setup/tear downward of the event. Being a fundraising and events volunteer is a great way to get involved without committing to a gear up weekly schedule.

Happy Tales Reading Program

Desire to help your kids brush upwardly on their reading skills? Happy Tales helps children increase their reading skills and self-confidence by reading aloud to our adoptable dogs and cats. It also benefits our adoptable animals by allowing them valuable fourth dimension socializing with people. Happy Tales is open year-round to children in K-8th grade. Kids may bring a book from domicile to read or use 1 from our library. Learn more than here.

To go a youth volunteer, we enquire that you do the following

Youth Volunteers must fill out ouronline volunteer application.
Youth volunteers must attend a volunteer orientation.

Requirements for adults partnering with youth volunteers

Volunteering with a kid is a memorable and unique feel. When you are volunteering with a youth volunteer, you are considered a volunteer yourself. Adult partner volunteers must submit avolunteer application, and nourish a volunteer orientation.
To be a partner volunteer to a youth volunteer you must be the youth's parent, guardian, or family fellow member over the age of 21.

For more than information about our youth volunteer program, delight call us at 541.928.2789 or emailvolunteer@safehavenhumane.com.