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General
Information
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Adult
Volunteer Orientation
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Third
Sunday of every month, 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Angel's Wish Pet Adoption
and Resource Center,
161 Horizon Drive, Suite 106, Verona
Details
This
1 hour session includes information about:
• Angel's Wish and our
philosophy on pet adoption
• Basic policies and procedures
that all volunteers should know
• The foster program and
adoption process
• Volunteer opportunities
For
more information and to register
Just
send us an e-mail
message. Please include the number of people who will
be attending.
We would be delighted to have you! |
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How
You Can Help
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
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Volunteer
Opportunities
For
current volunteer opportunities, please sign up for our Volunteer
e-Newsletter!
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!
Vaccination and Testing Clinic
Volunteers
5-6 volunteers are needed to help with the Vaccination and Testing
Clinics, every other Tuesday evening, 6:30pm until last animal
is seen and everything is put away. Contact
us for the date and time of the next clinic and information
about how you can help.
Any one (age 16 and over) can help. If you're not particularly
experienced with veterinary procedures, we'll start you with
easy-to-learn duties. 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.
Contact us for more
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Fostering
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.
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What are the benefits of fostering?
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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?
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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. |
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How can I find out more information?
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To
find out more about foster care, please browse through
the foster
parent's manual (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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