Much like we rely on fosters to house and socialize our animals, we rely on volunteers to support our organization. From transporting animals to vet appointments, helping at adoption events, administrative work, fundraising, building cat shelters and just about everything in between, volunteers help support 9 Lives Rescue's mission to find homes for our animals.

Volunteering with animals is fun, but there is real work to do! Most kids work at weekend adoption events with our cats available for adoption. If you don’t want to clean litter boxes, help clean cages, sweep floors, do laundry, or any of the other work that helps keep our pets healthy and comfortable, then volunteering with us isn’t for you. Our cats and kittens are socialized during the week with their foster homes and we limit volunteer contact with our cats to minimize the risk of spreading disease. Youth volunteers must be 12-17 years old.

There are many different ways you can support HAWS! Some opportunities involve direct interaction with the animals at the shelter, while others support the shelter from home. Check out the different options, and see which might be a fit for you.

Heartland Farm Sanctuary is recruiting volunteers 16 and older who support our mission of inspiring compassion for all beings. Interested? Start by filling out our volunteer application. You can learn more about our volunteer opportunities through the link.

We are still in need of Train/Carousel crew members for Friday afternoons and biweekly Sunday afternoons. We are also looking for Henry the Lion/Handler volunteers! Interested? Sign up for an info session HERE to get started! Not ready to start an ongoing role, but still want to get involved? Signing up on the info page gets you on our volunteer email list. Each week we send out updates to anyone interested in one day volunteering with the many opportunities we have to get involved with HVZ.

Since OccuPaws is a volunteer-driven association, we are always in need of people’s time, knowledge, and experience! Some ways of helping us are obvious, such as raising a puppy or serving on the Board of Directors, but we need many different skills: – YOU DO NOT NEED TO ATTEND PUPPY TRAINING CLASSES TO BECOME A NON-RAISER VOLUNTEER.