Volunteer Application

Thank you so much for your interest in becoming a Muttville volunteer. Our work depends on the kind help of people like you.

GENERAL INFORMATION

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AVAILABILITY

Any previous experience working/volunteering with dogs or rescue organizations? If so, please explain.

Any previous experience working/volunteering with non-profit organizations? If so, please explain.

INTERESTS

Please indicate how you'd like to help out at Muttville. Check as many interests as apply, and please provide the additional information requested for each.

Our foster homes are the backbone of the organization. They provide a much-needed temporary home for a rescued dog until a permanent home is found. Learn more about becoming a Muttville foster parent here. (Link opens in a new window.)

If you are interested in pursuing this opportunity, please a complete a foster application, so we can match a foster dog to you, your home and lifestyle. (Link opens in a new window.)

Muttville holds many adoption events throughout the Bay area where we bring our available dogs to meet the public. We need people to help set up, talk to the public about our organization, care for the dogs during the event, and promote adoptions.

While it is not required to have a car to volunteer for with outreach/adoption events, it helps us to know which volunteers on this team are able to assist in transporting equipment, materials, other volunteers and/or dogs to adoption events.


To ensure that our pooches are placed in safe, secure, and suitable foster/adopted homes, we need volunteers to conduct brief but important home checks as part of our placement process. Members of this team will also be on call to transport our dogs to and from adoption events, vet appointments, shelters, and foster homes.

Volunteers must provide proof of a current, valid state-issued driver's license, as well as current automobile insurance.



Over at Muttville HQ, volunteers are crucial in helping to keep our administrative systems maintained and functioning well. We need help with everything administrative, including data entry, mailings, correspondence, and many other day-to-day tasks.






Muttville holds a number of special fundraising events throughout the year that are a major source of our revenue. We need volunteers to help in every stage of planning and facilitating these special events.



As a growing non-profit organization, Muttville will be focusing on diversifying and increasing its revenue sources through various fundraising programs. As such, we are looking for volunteers with fundraising experience in fund development, corporate sponsorship, and all other non-profit revenue-generating programs and plans.



Muttville's "Seniors for Seniors" program matches our senior dogs with senior citizens. This program has great growth potential and needs development now. We are looking to build a strong program team that will include volunteers to help create the program handbook, identify and connect with pet-friendly senior homes, and implement adoption counseling for seniors and other components of this unique program.



If you have an interest and skill in social media networking, graphic design, production, web or app development, copywriting, photography, videography, or online marketing, Muttville could use your talents for the creation of print/web marketing collateral (flyers, posters, ads, merchandise, web banners/mini-sites, dog profile descriptions, photos, videos), and social media networking (writing/posting to our Twitter, Facebook, blog).



Muttville gets a good deal of press, but we need folks who have some experience reaching out to media. We're looking for folks who can write and distribute press releases, newsletters, etc.



Muttville offers support to our new adopters and foster homes. We are looking for experienced dog trainers and behavioral specialists to work directly with our new adopters and foster families.



We need help keeping Muttville HQ clean, safe, and operational. Shifts are available 7 days a week working at the Muttville HQ in San Francisco's Portrero Hill neighborhood, with occasional visits to other foster homes. Volunteers on this team must be willing to pick up and clean up after dogs, and bathe and walk dogs. We ask for a commitment of at least three hours per week. Any experienced veterinarian technicians, contractors, handy-persons or landscapers are encouraged to join us, as well!



Muttville gets a LOT of much-needed donations of supplies and equipment for the pooches, and we desperately need skilled organizers to set up and maintain a simple, easy-to-use system. Volunteers will work on a weekly basis to cull through, organize and maintain the supplies that live in the Muttville garage and office.