Angel's Wish, Inc.

Angel's Wish is an all-volunteer organization and depends on the community to help the animals in our care. We have a wide variety of volunteer opportunities for people of different ages, skills, and backgrounds.

Please take a moment to look through our opportunities, and if you have other ideas you would like to share, let us know. Fill out and submit our volunteer application and we will get back to you as soon as we can.

Please Note: Angel’s Wish is unfortunately not on a bus line and we do not have the ability to offer transportation for volunteers.

There are many ways to volunteer with Angel's Wish. Many of the common areas where we need volunteers are listed below. Please also check the Angel's Wish page on VolunteerYourTime.com to see all of our current opportunities.

When you volunteer, please fill out and submit a Volunteer Log Sheet.

Adoption Center

Pet caretakers - prepare condos, cleanup after animals leave.
Adoption consultants - help make great pet and people matches.
Retail area - welcome customers, provide product recommendations.
Office administration - answer phones, computer work, etc.
Building maintainance - minor projects, routine cleaning.
Education - assist with volunteer orientations.

Grant Writing

Research and identify grant opportunities.
Gather info about the guidelines/requirements.
Submit for approval, the write the grant.

Membership and Volunteer Activities

Help with membership drives.
Plan rewards and acknowledgments for volunteers.

Microchipping

Plan and coordinate microchip clinics for the public.
Assist during a clinic with paperwork and greeting people.
Distribute promotional materials.

Office & Organization

Assist with mailings.
Maintain inventory of copies.
Prepare price tags and mark merchandise.

Promotions and Marketing

Help with direct mailings.
Plan and work events and fundraisers.
Brainstorm events and opportunities.
Work with the newsletter team.
Create flyers and direct mailers.
Create, distribute and maintain donation cans.

Special Events and Mobile Adoptions

Work UW home football games for 5-6 hours and watch the game.
Work at off-site adoption events (various duties to choose from).
Work special events (various duties to choose from).

Transportation

Transport animals and/or supplies to adoption events, veterinarian or other places.
Distribute newsletters and other promotional materials

Saturday Volunteers at the Pet Adoption and Resource Center

Come volunteer at the Pet Adoption and Resource Center! Our current need is for volunteers on Saturdays. We open the building at 9:30am and usually finish by 4:30pm. We can divide this up into three shifts, approximately 9:30am to 11:45pm; 11:45am to 2:00pm; and 2:00pm to 4:30pm, and cover one or all of these shifts as it suits your schedule. Contact us for more information!

Foster Families Needed

Come join the Angel's Wish foster family network! Fostering is accepting an animal into your home for a temporary amount of time until they can be placed in an appropriate, loving home. Fostering is necessary for under socialized, unweaned, pregnant, sick, injured, or displaced animals. Fostering is also a critical step for some animals that need to be rehomed, but who are weaned, healthy, and not pregnant. It provides a home environment with one-on-one specialized attention that is needed by animals in order to heal, grow-up, learn to love people, and flourish. Please contact us for more information!

For current volunteer opportunities, please sign up for our Volunteer e-Newsletter!

Volunteers all over Southern Wisconsin are giving their time and their hearts to provide temporary homes for cats and dogs awaiting adoption. Can you help, too?

What is fostering?

Fostering is accepting an animal into your home for a temporary amount of time until they can be placed in an appropriate, loving home. Fostering is necessary for under socialized, unweaned, pregnant, sick, injured, or displaced animals. Fostering is also a critical step for some animals that need to be rehomed, but who are weaned, healthy, and not pregnant. It provides a home environment with one-on-one specialized attention that is needed by animals in order to heal, grow-up, learn to love people, and flourish.

What are the benefits of fostering?

Fostered animals tend to be adopted quickly and good family matches tend to be easier to make. Not only are the animals more highly social, there is more information known about them. The more interactions, the more you'll understand and know your foster animal, the more information Angel's Wish can provide to potential adopters, elevating the opportunity for a good match, which will result in a permanent, loving home.

What types of people foster animals?

People from all walks of life find fostering a rewarding experience. Some families foster as a way to teach their children about compassion and responsibility in a creative and collaborative way. Home schooling families have found fostering a great teaching endeavor. Youth have done it for community service projects, either for schools or through organizations like Girl Scouts and 4-H. Sometimes people that are looking to adopt do foster care until they find the perfect match and adopt their foster animal. Whatever your reason, foster care helps reduce euthanasia of adoptable animals in our communities.

How can I find out more information?

To find out more about foster care, please browse through our Foster Home Orientation (PDF).

If you think you are ready to become a foster home or would like more information, please contact us at (608) 848-4174 or send us an e-mail message.

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