Volunteers are needed to pick up confined animals, generally birds and small mammals, and take them to Second Chance Wildlife Center in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The drive from the D.C. Animal Shelter to Second Chance Wildlife Center takes about an hour. Printed directions to Second Chance are available when animals are picked up. The adoptions staff can always use help in assembling adoptions packets, compiling shot and health records, making post-adoption follow up calls, and helping process adoptions at the front desk. Flexible, but generally during the weekdays.
Every little bit helps.
The Washington Humane Society's two big fund raising events are the Bark Ball, a formal dance to which dogs are invited, and Strut Your Mutt Day, an informal and light-hearted outdoor promotion of pound hounds. Both require numerous volunteers in different capacities. Outreach volunteers Volunteers are frequently needed to work at information tables at street fairs and community events, post fliers publicizing adoptions, and appear with shelter animals on television spots.