If you are interested in volunteering your time to help the less fortunate animals of Charleston, we could use your help! Below are some different ways you could make a difference through our shelter:

  On-Site Shelter Opportunities:

* Give a few cats some much needed play time and attention.

* Take the dogs outside for a walk and play time.

*  Bathe and groom the dogs and cats.

* Help with outside and inside clean-up.

* Work in the adoption room to help answer questions from the public and process paperwork.

*  Help to answer phones and greet customers at the front desk.

* Assist with administrative duties (including making follow up phone calls to: recent visitors who adopted an animal from us or fundraising contacts, filing, bookkeeping, etc...)

* Take photos of animals for our website.

* Provide Web/IT assistance.

* Help out in the shelter retail store.

 Special Event and Community Outreach Opportunities:

 * Assist with fundraising and community outreach events in various ways such as working at the booth, answering questions, set up, clean up, taking care of the on-site CAS animals at the event and more….

 * We need help organizing clippings from our archives and newspaper articles, volunteers are needed to help publish a monthly "Wags and Licks" poster.

 Foster Opportunities

Are you able to open your heart and home to an animal in need of a

temporary home? Some of our animals need a loving place to stay until they are old enough or healthy enough to be adopted out to a permanent home.

 All volunteers will be required to:

* Attend a volunteer training session at the shelter (contact Jennifer Slark for details)

* Shadow a staff person for more specific training for a designated amount of time depending on the volunteer duty.

* Commit to volunteering at least 8 hours per month.

* All volunteers must be at least 18 years of age. Anyone under the age of 18 will need to volunteer under the supervision of a parent or guardian at all times.

For more information, please contact our Director of Volunteer Programs, Jennifer Slark at 843-329-1579 or via email at volunteer@charlestonanimalsociety.org.

 The animals at the Charleston Animal Society can’t wait to meet you!