VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME & TALENTS

A Caring Place - All Breed Dog Rescue is an all volunteer organization; we have no staff nor employees. To keep the organization running so that we may rescue and rehome as many animals as possible, we need volunteers to share their time, talents, and services. We have many volunteering opportunities and we do not set limits on how much time you donate. We are grateful for each volunteer and the time they share with us and the animals. Below is a short list of the many volunteering opportunities we have available. To get started, please complete our online application. A director will be in contact with you shortly.

ADOPTION COUNSELORS:

A rewarding area of volunteering with A Caring Place is performing adoptions for our animals. A Caring Place seeks individuals to become trained adoption counselors; they work with the public to secure a new adoptive home. We provide (and require) class-room training first, and then coaching with active adoption counselors to provide "in-training" adoption counselors the necessary resources to work productively and respectfully with the public, and discern appropriate homes for each animal.

DOG SHOWING HANDLERS:

Individuals with experience in handling dogs of all sizes are needed for dogs when showing our dogs at adoption events. Handlers will need to know basic commands and safe training methods for use on the dogs when at adoption events. Additionally, the handler will be expected to walk the dog around the adoption event and outside so that the dog may relieve itself as necessary.

FOSTER CARE PROVIDERS:
We are always in need of animal lovers to provide temporary homes for dogs and puppies while they are recovering from illness and/or awaiting adoption. Fostering supplies are provided including cage/crate, bowls, collar and leash, chew toys, flea/tick preventative, Heartworm Disease preventative, and other items deemed necessary for dogs. Since A Caring Place actively rescues animals from euthanasia and because we do not have our own facility, foster care providers are a vital resource and are always needed. Our foster questionnaire needs to be completed; it is available for on-line completion and submission.

FUND RAISING:
We are looking for people to help raise funds for the veterinary care of the dogs we rescue. Some people volunteer for specific events, while others prefer to take charge of a specific activity, like bake sales. Funds are always needed to be able to provide for the veterinary care of all animals, including special surgeries, as well as educational and community programs that support our mission.

TRANSPORTERS:
We need volunteers to pick-up the animals we have chosen to rescue from animal control facilities as well as rural pounds that are arriving in the Chicago area from transports. The volunteer would pick-up the animals and take them to one of our vets, per a director's instructions.

OTHER:
There are many additional volunteer opportunities including help with administrative needs, website maintenance, graphic design, free-hand artists, etc. If there is an area that you have talent in and would like to share that with A Caring Place, please let us know.

To get started, please complete the online form, or print off and complete our Volunteer Application and Agreement. You can return the form via fax at 630-271-9006, or scan the pages and send as jpg files to acaringplace@comcast.net, or send the document to us via U.S. Mail....

A Caring Place - All Breed Dog Rescue
PO Box 989
Westmont, IL 60559