Minimum age: 12 years
When: Monday - Sunday, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Office admin volunteers help with the essential behind-the-scenes tasks that keep the shelter running, including organizing pet supplies and paperwork, greeting guests, and setting up for events. This is a great opportunity for young volunteers looking to get involved.

Minimum age: 16 years
When: Monday-Sunday, 7:00 am - 5:00 pm

Wildlife transporters take sick, injured, and orphaned wildlife from our shelter to Peninsula Humane Society's wildlife center in Burlingame for treatment and rehabilitation. When wildlife (such as baby squirrels, birds, and raccoons) arrive at our shelter you’ll receive a text message alert. If you are available to transport within two hours, you have the option to accept the transport. There is no obligation if you’re unavailable. Click here for more details.

Minimum age: 5 years with an adult
When: Select days, 9:00 am - 12:30 pm

Want to make a shelter dog's day? Take one out for a Doggy Day Out! Through this field trip program, participants give our active, large and small breed dogs (that tend to pull on the leash and don’t quite yet understand good manners but are otherwise great dogs) a chance to experience fun outside of the shelter! Field trips can be a relaxing morning at home, a visit to a park for playtime, or even a hike on one of the Bay’s dog-friendly trails! Click “Make a Dog’s Day” above to get started.

WEEKLY IN-Shelter Volunteering

In-shelter volunteers work directly with animals in the shelter, providing crucial exercise, socialization, and training for the shelters’ cats, dogs, rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, and birds.

Click Here for more details about our in-shelter volunteering!

We are closed for applications right now.

Our next recruitment will be February 2025. Hope to see you then!

Minimum Age: 16 years old (or turning 16 in the next 6 months). Please note that the minimum age for in-shelter volunteering is strictly upheld. Underage volunteers cannot volunteer with an adult.

GET UPDATES!

Use this form to get email updates on the latest volunteer opportunities, including when in-shelter recruitment begins.

Email  volunteer@petsinneed.org for any questions.

Did you know? Many companies will match employees’ volunteer hours with a donation. Learn more about volunteer grants.