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Volunteer Orientations

Thank you for your interest in volunteering for Animal Services, located in Olympia, WA.  Below is information on our online foster home and shelter volunteer orientations.

Currently we are not accepting new volunteers until after May 2024. Please keep a look out on our website and social media for exciting updates to our volunteer program. 

If you need access to view the orientations, the Timberland libraries have free Wi-Fi and their computers have headsets.  You can find their locations and hours at https://www.trl.org/locations.

Shelter Volunteers must be able to commit to at least 4 hours per month for a minimum of 6 months, as we do not have the resources to accommodate short-term volunteers.

Foster Home Orientation
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Thank you for wanting to foster; we’re excited to have you join us.  Below are the steps for becoming a foster home.

Make sure you complete the Foster Home orientation AND the final foster application!  Without these 2 items, your application is incomplete.

Shelter Volunteer Orientation
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Thank you for wanting to volunteer; we’re excited to have you join us.  Below are the steps for becoming a shelter volunteer.

Make sure you complete the Shelter orientation, a supplemental orientation, AND the final volunteer application!  Without these 3 items, your application is incomplete.

We will be onboarding new volunteers from the list of completed applications based on the current shelter needs (areas and times) with preference going to the order that people applied.  For example, if we need Dog Adoption Room volunteers on Tue and Wed mornings, we will contact people who marked that they are interested in volunteering with dogs and are available on Tue and/or Wed mornings.  If more people fit the criteria than we need, then we will start by emailing people in the order they completed their application.

These emails will list when and where we need the help.  It will include links to the background check form as well as the parental consent form for minors.