Help Us Help Cats in the DC Metro Area: Alley Cat Allies

In the Washington, DC area, Alley Cat Allies is raising awareness and educating the community about outdoor cats, feral cat colony care, Trap-Neuter-Return, and the importance of accessible, affordable neuter services through workshops, outreach, and organizing. Join them today! 

Opportunities include:     

• Put out flyers about Trap-Neuter-Return in your community
• Learn how to hold Trap-Neuter-Return workshops in your area
• Assist with general office work inluding filing, data entry, mailings, and special projects
• Help trap cats
• Help recover cats
• Help transport cats

Volunteers must be at least 16 years old. Apply today through Alley Cat Allies' Volunteer Match page, or check out their available opportunities on their Volunteer page.

Volunteer...WITH DOGS!!! Pet Harbor Rescue and Referral

What youth/ young adult doesn't love dogs?

Pet Harbor Rescue and Referral is an organization which rescues Siberian Huskies and cats from high kill shelters. As an organization, they foster and place abandoned Huskies and cats in new forever homes.
They are currently looking for volunteers within the ages of 14-25 to take part in their Youth and Youth Adult Program. This opportunity may consist of transporting, grooming, assisting with adoption events, and playing with dogs.

This program is located in Virginia, and some sites are metro-accessible.

To apply, visit Pet Harbor Rescue and Referral's Volunteer Match page, and click on "I Want to Help!" at the bottom left hand corner. Be sure to tell them you're looking for high school community service hours!

Bring Your Pet With You: People-Animals-Love

People Animals Love (PAL) has a Pet Visit Program that allows volunteers and their pets to visit nursing homes, hospitals, libraries, and other places in need of TLC in the DC metropolitan area.

Note that PAL's Pet Visit Program has several requirements: 

• Pets and their owners must take a certification class (which costs $100).
• Volunteers must be 16 years old, or accompanied by an adult.
• Pets must be well-behaved, spayed, or neutered.
• Pets must also have a health certificate with a current rabies vaccination signed by a veterinarian.

 To begin volunteering, click here. This volunteer page will walk you through the steps to becoming a Pet Visit volunteer.

Circle of Hope: Therapeutic Riding Center

Did you know that you can use your community service hours to try out potential career paths and college majors? 

Interested in any of the following: physical therapy, occupational therapy, medicine, psychology, sociology, social work, athletic training, veterinary work,  non-profit development, fundraising, teaching, marketing, public relations, or event planning?

Apply to volunteer with Circle of Hope, an organization that uses riding or equine therapy to encourage the physical and mental development of children and adults with developmental, psychological, or physical disabilities.

Therapeutic riding was first introduced in the United States in the late 1960s. The approach utilizes instruction in horseback riding and horsemanship skills to assist children and adults with developmental, psychological, or physical disabilities.

To find out more, visit Circle of Hope's volunteer page (here).