Thank you for your interest in volunteering for Homeward Trails Animal Rescue. Homeward Trails has rescued over 6,000 animals through an amazing network of dedicated volunteers who perform a variety of tasks that help save the lives of animals in need.

Volunteers are critical to our success and perform many vital functions at Homeward Trails. You will find a number of opportunities that allow you to participate in a meaningful way with the flexibility to participate as your schedule allows:

• Adoption Coordination – Work with our adoption coordinators to post animals on PetFinder
• Fostering – Provide a temporary home for a rescued animal until a permanent one can be found.
• Conducting home visits – Ensure a potential adopter's home provides a quality environment for our animals
• Transportation – Drive animals from our shelters partners, to and from adoption events and medical visits and help meet transports when they arrive.
• Events – Provide support for monthly adoption events and/or special fundraising events throughout the yea.
• Adoption Center – Work at PetMAC (www.petmac.org) doing retail-oriented tasks such as helping customers, stocking and running the register, during the week or weekends
• Priority Animals – Help publicize Homeward Trails and our priority dogs through creating blogs, MySpace pages, creating flyers, media opportunities, etc
• Fundraising– Head up fundraising efforts - take a fundraising idea and work with other volunteers and businesses in our communities to make it happen

Homeward Trails promises to do our best to provide volunteers with training, guidance and a strong support network of other dedicated volunteers. And, you'll meet some wonderful people along the way..

To check out some of our upcoming events, go to our Events Page.

For more information, or to sign up to volunteer, please fill out our volunteer questionnaire and send it to volunteer@homewardtrails.org. Then, please join us at an upcoming Volunteer Orientation session to learn more about Homeward Trails and the various opportunities and get started making a difference in the lives of homeless animals. Once we receive your questionnaire, someone will follow up with you with information about the next Volunteer Orientation session.

We look forward to working with you!

Volunteers like Girl Scout Troop 870 help make a difference in the lives of homeless animals. Through adoption events like this one at PetMAC, Homeward Trails is able to bring dogs and adopters together and hopefully find new homes. The girls helped handle dogs and talk with potential adopters about their dogs. And the dogs got some valuable socialization time and lots of love and attention, too! The Girl Scouts also gathered much needed supplies for our shelter partners during our December shelter supply drive. Through their passion for animals and desire to give back to their community, these Girl Scouts are making a difference. You can, too. Please consider volunteering with Homeward Trails.